I see rule changes coming….
Bingo.Terrible deal.
I suppose their are some really weird situations out there, but almost always if the basic firearms safety rules were followed these situations would not happen.
Ya, I didn't think about those decoys. I agree, the responsibility is still on the shooter, though, and also that using one of those decoys during any firearms season is not a good idea.Bingo.
I get that it was a mistake, but I’m having trouble feeling bad for the guy who inevitably shot at a bush that was moving and making elk noises.
About the only thing that would change my mind is discovering that the archery hunter was using one of those decoys that attach to your bow. While that doesn’t make what the blackpowder guy did right, it takes a special kind of stupid to hunt public land with something like that… especially during a firearm season when guys want to shoot at moving bushes.
While I'm not saying that archers should be required to wear orange, I am saying that the regs are very backwards in a way regarding the blaze orange requirements, and the overlapping seasons should probably not overlap for several very obvious reasons.
True, but nobody is really worried about archers accidentally shooting other archers or muzzleloader hunters. So I guess my question is how do gun hunters wearing orange make archery hunters safer? Pending details, the above incident may be an example of why this isn't great logic.They make sense to me because the color designates those not sending arrows.