BF2S Forums Woman Fatally Shot By (read thread to find out how)

She musta been fuckin' HUGE.

How do you mistake a woman for a BEAR? unless she was wearing a fur coat lulz

Your mind can play some pretty funny tricks in you, he was prolly drunk, but not necessarily

it's pretty stupid that people can hunt in a hiking area tbh, just seems like a bad idea to me

That's why one of the most basic and important rule of hunting is identify your target.

There have been a couple of incidents here where a hunting party of two has gone after deer or wild pigs and one has ended up shooting the other. How devistating would it be to shoot at what you thought was a deer then find that you'd just killed your mate.

Sorry for being serious.

isn't oso spanish for bear?

Usually if your hiking around a specified hunting zone you'd wear a bright orange item of clothing wouldn't you?

Not saying that she wasn't or it was her fault, but the kid should have been more aware of what he was shooting at.

krazed wrote:

Mutantsteak wrote:

I didn't even know you could hunt bears

really? wow



what a fucking moron, how can you not tell the difference? he probably shot at a sound in the bushes. noob

again, you can make mistakes like that really easily, there's a reason why you're supposed to wear the bright orange vests, and it's because your mind sometimes sees things differently than they are.  It's a caught up in the moment thing, and you can be absolutely certain that it was a bear, and then see that it isn't

Someone is dead due to incompetence. One of the most basic rules of firearms: identify your target before pulling the trigger.

4 years juvenile detention, and firearm privileges revoked. Or whoever failed to properly train the child can take the punishment instead.

just another reason i dont hunt...

MorbiD.ShoT wrote:

She musta been fuckin' HUGE.

That's exactly what I thought when I read "Mistaken for a bear".

At least she didn't get harpooned because someone mistook her for a whale.

http://www.nrahq.org/education/guide.asp

_____________begin pointers_________________
Know your target and what is beyond.
Be absolutely sure you have identified your target beyond any doubt. Equally important, be aware of the area beyond your target. This means observing your prospective area of fire before you shoot. Never fire in a direction in which there are people or any other potential for mishap. Think first. Shoot second.

and

ALWAYS keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.
This is the primary rule of gun safety. A safe direction means that the gun is pointed so that even if it were to go off it would not cause injury or damage. The key to this rule is to control where the muzzle or front end of the barrel is pointed at all times. Common sense dictates the safest direction, depending on different circumstances.
_____________end pointers_________________

This means your eyes work with your brain BEFORE your reflexes work with your ears, it's incredibly hard to mistake a bear in the woods for a human if you actually look and recognize the target... orange or not... those vests were made for amateurish fuckups *EXACTLY* like this.

If anybody fails a basic firearms safety course, they should be castrated.

If anybody fails to recognize the difference between 200 (at best for a mid 50's female hiker) and double that for a bear... should just be euthanized publicly with said castrated parts stapled to their foreheads.

probably a redneck,shooting on sight