Hunting accident in Harvey County

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Saturday Morning a man was killed in a hunting accident in Harvey County. The man was hunting waterfowl and was killed when a shotgun was accidentally discharged.
My deepest condolences go to the family and friend of the gentleman who lost his life and for those involved as well.

It's a good reminder to always treat every gun as if it was loaded. Be safe out there folks.
 
Something similar happened upland hunting in eastern Colorado a couple years ago. Hunter put his loaded shotgun down in the vehicle and his dog stepped on it and it discharged into his stomach. The hunter passed away shortly afterwards.
 
I heard that there was a fatal hunting accident on the radio yesterday morning. There were no details in the report I heard; I assumed it was related to rifle deer hunting since that season was open through Sunday. It's tragic regardless of how it happened. It's also a great reminder to unload your gun before setting it down.
 
TeamBlackGSP said:
Saturday Morning a man was killed in a hunting accident in Harvey County. The man was hunting waterfowl and was killed when a shotgun was accidentally discharged.
My deepest condolences go to the family and friend of the gentleman who lost his life and for those involved as well.

It's a good reminder to always treat every gun as if it was loaded. Be safe out there folks.
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He was accidentally shot by someone he was duck hunting with. I can’t imagine carrying that on my shoulders for the rest of my life. I duck hunted a fair amount back in my younger days. I really am surprised it doesn’t happen more often. 3-4 guys in a blind/ boat with loaded guns ready to fire. Between the slick, wet floors, dogs running around and bumping the guns it certainly could happen. Sad deal, the memorial’s posted various place recall him as a good dude.
 
carptom1 said:
He was accidentally shot by someone he was duck hunting with. I can’t imagine carrying that on my shoulders for the rest of my life. I duck hunted a fair amount back in my younger days. I really am surprised it doesn’t happen more often. 3-4 guys in a blind/ boat with loaded guns ready to fire. Between the slick, wet floors, dogs running around and bumping the guns it certainly could happen. Sad deal, the memorial’s posted various place recall him as a good dude.
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Terrible deal. The grief, makes me cry just thinking about it. I hope he can find a way to get past it. Prayers for him.
 
Double guns may not be that safe either. Watched a video of a guy on a driven shoot with his lab at heal. The birds started to fly, he closed the receiver and the gun discharged into the ground right beside his dog. People really need to be mindful of where the barrel is pointed at all times while hunting.
 
As a kid I was always taught to keep the gun barrels pointed towards the ground. I never had a hunting dog growing up, so this made sense. After getting a hunting dog, I prefer to see gun barrels up! It also amazes me how many people carry their guns on "fire" in the field, and then when they get in a vehicle you see that they have not put the safety back on or unloaded their guns. (I've reached a point in my life or I don't tolerate this if we are sharing a vehicle.)
Not all hunting accidents are avoidable, but most are. I am not sure I would ever recover if I was responsible for the death (or even serious injury) of a friend because of my negligence. Prayers to all affected parties in this tragedy.
 
LCR10A said:
Something similar happened upland hunting in eastern Colorado a couple years ago. Hunter put his loaded shotgun down in the vehicle and his dog stepped on it and it discharged into his stomach. The hunter passed away shortly afterwards.
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no no, always unload gun.I knew a guy who was killed crossing a fence.
 
LCR10A said:
Double guns may not be that safe either. Watched a video of a guy on a driven shoot with his lab at heal. The birds started to fly, he closed the receiver and the gun discharged into the ground right beside his dog. People really need to be mindful of where the barrel is pointed at all times while hunting.
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They’re not inherently safer. Just easier to load and unload, making crossing fences, in and out of vehicles, laying gun down around dogs, easier and quicker and hence more likely to be done with an unloaded gun.
 
Carguy2Banker said:
As a kid I was always taught to keep the gun barrels pointed towards the ground. I never had a hunting dog growing up, so this made sense. After getting a hunting dog, I prefer to see gun barrels up! It also amazes me how many people carry their guns on "fire" in the field, and then when they get in a vehicle you see that they have not put the safety back on or unloaded their guns. (I've reached a point in my life or I don't tolerate this if we are sharing a vehicle.)
Not all hunting accidents are avoidable, but most are. I am not sure I would ever recover if I was responsible for the death (or even serious injury) of a friend because of my negligence. Prayers to all affected parties in this tragedy.
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Not to derail from a very sad and serious post, but this question is along the lines of safety.
How much quicker does a person feel like they are at target acquisition and firing by carrying their gun afield off "safe" prior to the actual flush? For me, it is an unconscious, fluid motion with my gun mount to switch off regardless if it's located on the trigger guard or on top of the gun frame. Personally, I don't think it slows me down at all, but I feel so much better knowing that if I stumbled a weed, or stalk couldn't cause an unwanted discharge if I lost control of the gun.
I can move this question to a different post if lots of discussion occurs....
 
Carguy2Banker said:
As a kid I was always taught to keep the gun barrels pointed towards the ground. I never had a hunting dog growing up, so this made sense. After getting a hunting dog, I prefer to see gun barrels up! It also amazes me how many people carry their guns on "fire" in the field, and then when they get in a vehicle you see that they have not put the safety back on or unloaded their guns. (I've reached a point in my life or I don't tolerate this if we are sharing a vehicle.)
Not all hunting accidents are avoidable, but most are. I am not sure I would ever recover if I was responsible for the death (or even serious injury) of a friend because of my negligence. Prayers to all affected parties in this tragedy.
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We were always taught barrels up. Pointed at the ground and a stumble could lead to a plugged barrel which is utterly dangerous as well.
 
I plugged an over / under once when I fell in the snow. Right out of the car, barrel was warmish and snow froze in the end of both barrels. Thankfully I checked and discovered the problem. Found a stick to clean them out.
 
Carguy2Banker said:
For me, it is an unconscious, fluid motion with my gun mount to switch off regardless if it's located on the trigger guard or on top of the gun frame.
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Same for me. Having the safety off prior to the gun mount would be a hindrance for me since switching the safety off is part of the motion of mounting the gun. Doing it that way doesn't slow me down even a tiny bit.
 
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