hunters beware

[EX#996]

Just for the record, Dawn.  The last night Laura and I were camping at your place, I took the dogs out for a poddy break around 2 am.  We walked down by your barn.  A car came whipping around the corner, sweeping the trees with a spotlight.  A few minutes later, I heard a shot.  I'm just glad they didn't open up on me or the dogs!

They were arrested and the DNR now has a nice rifle to added to thier collection.  Sorry you had to experience that.  

I called the DNR warden again last night for after hours hunting.  The one draw back about living out in the middle of nowhere is those who think that they can shine and poach at will.  They don't realise that those who live here are getting better at getting descriptions of vehicles, recording of circumstances, and locating the evidence.  We're just fed up with dealing with this crap.

Dawn  

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

 The one draw back about living out in the middle of nowhere
Dawn  

I suspected that there might be a drawback to the Buxton Family Ranch, but I just couldn't figure out what it might be.  Thanks for pointing it out! ;D

[EX#996]

I suspected that there might be a drawback to the Buxton Family Ranch, but I just couldn't figure out what it might be.  Thanks for pointing it out! ;D

All things considered, it's a pretty minor draw back.

 ;)

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

BTW one of the victims in the hospital died. So now theres 6 counts of 1st deg homicide on this guy. The guy is now claiming they shot at him first.  ::)

[Dawn]

According to MSNBC

Vang says he was told to leave the property
He said that he was told to get off the property, and as he started walking away, he turned back and saw Willers point a gun at him from about 100 feet away. He told investigators he immediately dropped to a crouch, and Willers shot at him, the bullet hitting the ground 30 to 40 feet behind Vang.

Vang said he removed the scope from his rifle and began firing, continuing to shoot as the group scattered. He said one of the victims, Joey Crotteau, tried to run away, but Vang chased him, got within 20 feet and shot him in the back. Crotteau, 20, was killed. Willers was wounded and was listed in fair condition Tuesday.

Tell me this...  If you were shot at, would you take the time to take the scope off your gun to fire back?

I'm sure there are some parts of his statement that are true, but I don't believe that the others fired first.  Plus, why would you continue to kill people even when they are unarmed?  

This is soooo disappointing and sad.

Dawn  

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Honestly Dawn, it sounds to me like he's making alot of this up just to get out of this. But if they did shoot first and he returned fire, he should had just high-tailled it out when they started running away instead of chasing them. But taking the time to remove the scope while under fire is a crock. Even the quick release on my AR15 takes 5-10 seconds.

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Why would you remove the scope?  Wouldn't it be easier to hit the other hunters if it was still attached?  Just wondering....

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Why would you remove the scope?  Wouldn't it be easier to hit the other hunters if it was still attached?  Just wondering....

Some scope mounts might block the iron sights. Iron sights are faster than scopes.

[Jeff]

In my instance, they were well +100 yards from my house, but I was just naive as to where people could/would hunt until we were out riding.

My kids play in the woods where they were, so I had to put the kabosh on that for till the end of the season.

back on the original nutjob who killed these people
My opinion is that the guy went into the woods with the intention of killing people, not deer...  Just my thoughts though.

[StumpysWife]

It's really a tragedy.  Hunters get so excited for hunting--holidays in union contracts are written according to hunting season up here--it's serious business.  When something this crazy happens over deer hunting, it's just unimaginable.  

I feel so bad for all the families involved.

Heather

[Nate R]

Finding someone in one of our stands on our 40 would be enraging, but not anything like shooting at them.

Taking the scope off? My understanding from the news is that he was a trained sharpshooter. Probably used the irons to feel more manly.

I've heard the nearby hunter on opening day with the fully automatic rifle. They do NOT belong in the woods.  >:(

[Dawn]

I've heard the nearby hunter on opening day with the fully automatic rifle. They do NOT belong in the woods.  >:(

I agree that fully automatic rifles do not belong in the woods, but how do you know it was fully automatic?  

I have a semi automatic shot gun that can have all six shots out of it in less than 6 seconds.  (I should time that once, I bet I could do better).

Dawn   ;)