Two Idaho Hunters Killed In Two Days Highlights Dangers Of Unsafe Hunting

[MaddH]

Just saw it happen two weeks ago when a guy shot the guides truck while getting out of it at
the end of the day. I was about 15yds away at the house. Scared the shit out of me and luckily nobody was hurt. Did blow the heck out of the radiator though. Needless to say the outfitter ended this guys hunting on this trip and told him he wasn’t welcome back. The camp rules were no loaded guns until you were ready to shoot.

 

[TX Trophy Hunter]

I have always struggled wondering about what to do with my handguns. The CCW experts seem to all agree that you need to carry on a loaded chamber because seconds matter in self defense. I get the point, but also feel like odds of needing to use my gun to defend myself are low and if somehow my gun ever discharged negligently and hurt someone that would be the worst thing imaginable. I’m moving to an area with a high grizzly population soon and have been thinking more about how and what to pack for firearm self defense (in addition to bear spray). This kind of stuff reaffirms my gut feelings that the most important thing is to not create a bigger hazard with your choices on that front.

 

[mevertsen]

@TX Trophy Hunter

If your gun is in the holster, and stays in the holster until you need to use it, it wont go off.

Keep the bugger picker off the bang switch.

Just imagine someone (or a griz) coming around a corner with a knife( or claws). You throw your off arm up to defend as your primary goes to the gun.

How do you load it?

Try it at the range. Have a holstered gun, with nothing around you, and load it with one arm up in the air, in a split second, because that's all you have before your off arm strength runs out and the knife or claws hits its mark.

Low odds, high likelihood of dying.

I have one in the pipe. ALL THE TIME when carrying.

This is different than a long gun loaded in a vehicle.

Chamber always empty.

 

[TX Trophy Hunter]

@TX Trophy Hunter

If your gun is in the holster, and stays in the holster until you need to use it, it wont go off.

Keep the bugger picker off the bang switch.

Just imagine someone (or a griz) coming around a corner with a knife( or claws). You throw your off arm up to defend as your primary goes to the gun.

How do you load it?

Try it at the range. Have a holstered gun, with nothing around you, and load it with one arm up in the air, in a split second, because that's all you have before your off arm strength runs out and the knife or claws hits its mark.

Low odds, high likelihood of dying.

I have one in the pipe. ALL THE TIME when carrying.

This is different than a long gun loaded in a vehicle.

Chamber always empty.

I can imagine thousands of scenarios and like I said I struggle with what is right because I consider all possibilities. There are plenty of examples of Sigs going off in the holster in recent years. I’ve had a glock 23 trigger fail to reset even though it’s impossible for a glock to malfunction. I’ve shot in USPSA matches and seen people do some scary stuff when they’re in a hurry with a pistol. The reality is that a loaded gun is extremely dangerous and that should factor into your decision making.

 

[SaskHunter]

Complacency kills. Period.

Some newbies make mistakes because they don't know any better.
Some experts make mistakes because they think they know better.

 

[Jwill]

Grapevine man dies after hunting accident in Marion County

A Grapevine man was killed in a hunting accident early Saturday morning in Marion County.

www.kltv.com

Another one in TX recently, taking a (loaded) gun out of a vehicle.