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- prompel, on 03/23/2008, -6/+58How could he shoot at something that didn't actually look like a turkey?
"Hey, there's something moving, and it doesn't look like a human. Let's shoot it, and hope it's a turkey!"
*BANG*
"Hmmm, we'll never get that one in the oven, way too big." - Chairboy, on 03/23/2008, -2/+50My dad was on a hunting trip, walking through the woods with family. Everyone was in a bright orange vest, and they saw some movement in the bushes ahead. They stopped and waited, and after a few seconds, two people stepped through on a hike. They were wearing brown earthtones. My dad called out to them. "Hey, this is hunting season, you should be wearing some brightly colored clothes or a vest."
"Oh, it's ok," one of the hikers re-assured him. "We're not hunters." - LuckyASN, on 03/23/2008, -10/+43Time to inject some smarts into digg.
I went through hunter training once. Safety was harped into us like you wouldn't believe. During hunting season, in hunting areas, you must ALWAYS wear your orange for safety and legal reasons. The CO's will bust you for this. The exception to this rule is turkey hunting. Why? Turkeys know orange = bad & deer don't (that's the short answer). So to get that turkey in close, you have to ditch the orange and blend into the background. And yes, sometimes you do look like a turkey in doing so.
Some of you diggers need to get off your high horse and realize some things in life are just accidents. Much like this incident and your dad's busted condom. - inactive, on 03/23/2008, -7/+31"Don't be a turkey, wear your hunter orange!"
- EvilDr.X, on 03/23/2008, -1/+22"While the large domestic turkey is generally unable to fly, the smaller wild turkey can fly to several meters height. This is usually enough to perch in the branches of trees, however, it is an ineffective method of transportation."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_%28bird%29 - digitalpencil, on 03/23/2008, -2/+20Maybe he fancied a turkey sub you ***** vegan, tree-hugging, animal-rights touting prick!
- DaDrake, on 03/23/2008, -1/+19Bromac, you obviously know nothing about turkey hunting. Most states require you to use a shotgun, which means you need to get close to the turkey (for a clean and quick kill). Turkeys are very alert and will recognize orange as un-natural. Hunters (by law) are require to wear orange as they move through the woods (decoys must be covered also) but they take it off when they find their spot.
Turkey hunting is consider the most difficult type of hunting. You literally can't even move or sneeze or they will fly away. They are much smarter than deer. - DaDrake, on 03/23/2008, -2/+20You wear orange going to the hunting spot (and you cover any decoys in orange also). But, you must take off the orange if you want to kill any turkeys. Unlike most animals, turkeys are very aware and can see orange distinctly.... you simply won't be able to kill a turkey with orange on. Furthermore, most states require shotguns so you need to be relatively close to the animal (another reason why you can't wear orange).
Never wear red, blue, or white... those are the colors of the turkey head.
Hunting accidents are very rare and almost never fatal. More hunters die falling out of tree stands than getting shot. - inactive, on 03/23/2008, -2/+19I've seen some ugly people before, but I've never seen somebody who could ever be mistaken for a turkey.
- thuang513, on 03/23/2008, -6/+23another dick cheney copy cat...
- pinguwin, on 03/23/2008, -2/+16I'm not a hunter but hang out with many who are and spend tons of time in the woods watching wildlife. Their is a cardinal rule of hunting: ID YOUR TARGET FIRST. You might see an eye through the bush, but until you see the rest of the "deer", you don't shoot. It's pretty damn hard to mistake a person, camouflaged or not, for a turkey. It might be an accidental shooting, but in this case it's 99.99% stupidity, and one can only hope their is consequences for being this stupid.
- ripple123, on 03/23/2008, -3/+15HES COMING RIGHT AT US
- TheSuperunknown, on 03/23/2008, -0/+11Indeed, this is a cardinal rule of firearms in general. You DO NOT engage a target until you have identified it!
- LemmingJesus, on 03/23/2008, -1/+12I stand corrected.
- dattaway, on 03/23/2008, -3/+13That's the Cheney defense.
- diggduggjoe, on 03/23/2008, -0/+10When you hunt, you should always make sure to identify the game. That is the biggest mistake when these types of accidents happen. They think they see a turkey, but are not 100% sure, but fire anyway. A hunt is exciting, but you have to keep your head and be certain that you are shooting what you think you are. With rifles, you have to be mindful of everything behind your prey. A rifle bullet can travel far and still be quite lethal.
- Ganja420, on 03/23/2008, -0/+10HE'S COMING RIGHT FOR US
- DaDrake, on 03/23/2008, -0/+9I hike often and I wear orange all the time (I bought a hunter-orange backpack). You can never be too safe, even when its incredibly rare.
- Trueblood, on 03/23/2008, -1/+10I'm not a turkey hunter, but as I understand it, wearing anything orange or red when you're turkey hunting is the WORST thing you can do. Other hunters are tuned in to the color of the turkey's "wobble" and will shoot at the color, not the bird.
Sadly, this happens more than you might think. - ludar, on 03/23/2008, -0/+9dude thats only domesticated turkey's that are raised indoors that drown when it rains
- Chairboy, on 03/23/2008, -1/+10So, did he use an oven to cook him traditionally (w/ stuffing and all that) or did he go with the increasingly popular deep-fry?
- TheSuperunknown, on 03/23/2008, -2/+11I'm sorry but I don't need to be a hunter to understand that this is stupid. Identify your ***** target. That rule does not change because you're hunting harder game.
- goosnargh, on 03/23/2008, -1/+9Hunter mistakes man for Turkey, Shoots, Kills and Cooks him.
- graderguy, on 03/23/2008, -0/+8It's funny how non-hunters can get such a perverted view of hunting. They have no trouble buying a ham at the store, but woe to the "redneck asshat" who caps a wild boar. The vast majority of turkeys eaten on thanksgiving lead a pretty awful life until they are killed. I guess I'd rather eat one that didn't spend it's entire life in a tiny cage.
Veggies and Vegans can make a principled case for not hunting, but anyone who eats meat and derides hunting is just an ignorant asswipe. - digitalpencil, on 03/23/2008, -0/+8I don't condone hunting simply as a sport.. hell, i've never even fired a gun. my point is that you can't go around classifying people who hunt as '***** rednecks'.
We eat animals.. simple as. and the methods by which the saran-wrap variety on the shelves of your local market are culled are no more humane than shooting a turkey with a gun.
Carnivorous animals kill and eat each other for sustenance (save the panda, but it's lazy). We are no different and shouldn't be considered so.
Kill, the deer, mount the head.. just eat the rest! - EvilDr.X, on 03/23/2008, -0/+8Hang on now. I bristle at the whole ignorant drunken redneck hunter stereotype also, but I have known "hunters" to drink while "hunting". These are usually the suburbanite, weekend Rambo types who look at hunting as an excuse to spend some time in the woods drinking, rather than out on the golf course drinking, but they still exist.
- ScorpionV, on 03/23/2008, -1/+9Have you never seen a turkey fly? It's kind of funny seeing them sitting up in a tree.
- Accolade1, on 03/23/2008, -2/+10"I thought he was a turkey!" - Michael Showalter
- inactive, on 03/23/2008, -1/+9That was my first thought when I saw this article.
- inactive, on 03/23/2008, -0/+7uuiU, try harder.
- natastna2, on 03/23/2008, -1/+8RTFA, of course he was sitting still, he was in a tree.
- Dantetheinferno, on 03/23/2008, -0/+7Or if it's shooting at you, whichever comes first.
- Chairboy, on 03/23/2008, -0/+7Mod me down all you want, but again, what's a 'gun license'? There are concealed carry permits (doesn't apply here, unless he walks around in the woods with the shotgun in his trousers). There are special dealer licenses that allow some folks to own modern machine guns, I think, but unless his shotgun was fully automatic, that goes back into the 'unlikely' category. There are hunting licenses, but those are things you buy at the sporting goods store that are usable for a few weeks and don't have personally identifiable information.
In short, there's no such thing as a 'gun license' in the USA unless you mean the 2nd amendment, and to have THAT license pulled you need to be a felon or resident of california. - fafaforza, on 03/23/2008, -0/+7Deer aren't free floating heads, numb nuts. There's 200lb of flesh attached to it at the neck.
Plus, I don't know about your local traditions, but in the US, eating the brains, tongue and eyes isn't considered a delicacy. - therealgeddylee, on 03/23/2008, -2/+9Or, go out hunting and get 50-75 pounds of the most high quality, good-for-you meat ever, for FREE. Go eat some bean sprouts and try to get jacked you pussy. Men like you are a disgrace to manly men everywhere.
- nickrct, on 03/23/2008, -0/+7I never knew Turkey hunting was so tough. When I went to UCONN these wild turkeys were literally everywhere....and you could walk right up to them and they wouldn't flinch. Guess that's what they call assimilation.
- bitterbug, on 03/23/2008, -0/+7In Canada it's illegal to shoot unless you've actually identified your target. If you shoot someone, it's not considered an accident. It's considered negligence or even murder. I can't believe the cases that make it into the US news were walkers on trails, other hunters, and livestock in fields are shot by hunters only to have the community or the local police say "It was a terrible accident" and then let the shooter walk away.
- thesonofdarwin, on 03/23/2008, -2/+9How in the world does your comment have ANYTHING to do with what DaDrake said besides "He's right."
- therealgeddylee, on 03/23/2008, -3/+10Thank you somebody for throwing that out there. I can't stand everyone generalized statements. So few people on Digg probably know a single damn thing about wildlife.
- DaDrake, on 03/23/2008, -1/+7Just so everyone knows, most hunting fatalities result in "tree-stand" accidents.
Furthermore, less than 8% of "accidental shootings" result in death. Most shootings happen with bird sports (quail, turkey, etc) and that means hunters are using bird shot with shotguns. These accidents rarely happen at close range and such shotgun shells are rarely enough to kill someone.
Basically, this is rare and that guy got REAL unlucky. - thesonofdarwin, on 03/23/2008, -2/+8It's the hunter's responsibility to be sure of what they are shooting, it is not the general public's responsibility to cater to their desires by being quiet or wearing orange. Around my area we have a 100+ mile bike trail that goes right through the middle of hunting ground - it amuses me when I see hunters around the very popular trail where screaming children come through every couple of minutes.
- blast_flame, on 03/23/2008, -5/+11Not too horrifying. Accidents happen and no matter how many laws you put in place noting will change that fact.
- CoolWind, on 03/23/2008, -0/+6The Canadian law is sane. It puts responsibility squarely on the shoulders of the shooter.
- ForTh3W1n, on 03/23/2008, -6/+11"Detectives are treating the incident as an accidental shooting and no charges will be filed, according to officials."
Hmm interesting... - Mothrog, on 03/23/2008, -0/+5Obviously because he's a pathetic example of the modern male, taught to shun scary things like guns and killing for sustenance. The modern male is of the opinion that, since he is a giant pussy, others should do the dirty work for him.
- secrity, on 03/23/2008, -0/+5Why do you feel that is it OK to keep a ***** of turkeys in crowded pens and then kill them, but that it is wrong for somebody to kill a wild turkey?
- notoneofus, on 03/23/2008, -0/+5Unlikely he would need a license for a shotgun. They could take away his hunting license, but he could get a new one the next year.
- winmywii, on 03/23/2008, -1/+6It's funny that you pointed out everybody else's generalized statements and then made one of your own. Though I agree.
- bromac, on 03/23/2008, -8/+12That's usually how it works. After sitting in the woods waiting for hours for your prey, sometimes the mind plays tricks on you. You end up blasting the first thing that moves in anticipation.
Hunting accidents are common. Wear your hunter orange. - inactive, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4nice.... a 6000x6000 page full of ***** and the story only has 12 lines of text....
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