Extra Caution Needed When Turkey Hunting (I shouldn't giggle, but I do)

[Robb]

Extra Caution Needed When Turkey Hunting

A man hunting turkeys in Western Colorado on the Uncompahgre Plateau was accidentally shot by another hunter on April 22. The accident, however, could have been prevented, said officials for the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
     
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Turkey hunting can be riskier than other hunting activities for a few reasons, explained Mark Cousins, hunter education coordinator for the DOW. Hunters dress in camouflage and use calls and decoys to attempt to bring in birds for a shot. The calls and decoys not only attract turkeys, they also attract other hunters. Sometimes hunters mistake the decoys for real birds or shoot towards sounds.
     
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According to the accident report, the man who was shot was trying to call birds in. The man who fired the shot was about 50 yards away. He told wildlife officers that he saw something move in the bushes and believed it was a turkey.
     
The movement he discerned, however, was that of the other hunter who was struck in the back of the head with one shotgun-shell pellet. The man who was shot told wildlife officers that it felt like someone hit him in the back of the head with a baseball bat. He was aided by the man who shot him.
     
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[texas1928]

1. They should not let Cheney hunt.

He is a menace.

[skygazer]

2. I've never understood this

How can you shoot at "a movement" if you can't see what's making the movement?! The whole idea is to kill the bird, right? If you can't see it, how can you kill it?!

Idiots. Complete and utter idiots. :banghead: