AND... Never go hunting in a deer costume, either! Sheesh!

[PegLeg45]

Conn.. man injured in NY hunting mishap
 

Associated Press - May 23, 2009 12:25 PM ET

FORESTBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - A Connecticut man is recovering from shotgun wounds sustained in a hunting mishap in southern New York.

Authorities say Henry Gasiorowski, of Greenwich, Conn., was hit in the arm and back by shotgun pellets in the Friday morning accident at a hunting club in Forestburgh.

The Sullivan County Sheriff's office says the 60-year-old was sitting behind a decoy turkey making turkey calls when a hunting companion from Greenwich mistakenly opened fire.

Gasiorowski was hospitalized, but his injuries were not life-threatening. Police are investigating.


Information from: The Times Herald-Record, http://www.th-record.com

Oh good grief.............. 

[fightingquaker13]

Oh good grief.............. 

Anyone here still think Darwin was wrong? God may take care of drunks and fools, but Darwin is a mean son of a bitch.
FQ13

[SwoopSJ]

I swear turkey hunters have to be the funniest bunch of hunters ever.  Pay hundreds for cammo (even the shotgun), put up decoys (lots o money there too), then start calling.  DON"T move a muscle (turkeys is smart ).

Yeah and I'll bet their Grandpas used all that gear too.  

I'm an avid and very successful turkey hunter, and I can say from experience that calling and not moving, when you're on a tom, are pretty much the only two requirements for turkey hunting.  Well, if you know where they are roosting and your in position before sunrise, you don't even have to call.  Which is why, FQ, we get up at "O'dark thirty".  Turkeys do have excellent vision, though, so if you can't be perfectly still when it counts, better find a different animal to hunt.  Also, you can buy trout at the supermarket, but doesn't it taste better when you pull it from the stream yourself? 

Swoop

[TAB]

I'm an avid and very successful turkey hunter, and I can say from experience that calling and not moving, when you're on a tom, are pretty much the only two requirements for turkey hunting.  Well, if you know where they are roosting and your in position before sunrise, you don't even have to call.  Which is why, FQ, we get up at "O'dark thirty".  Turkeys do have excellent vision, though, so if you can't be perfectly still when it counts, better find a different animal to hunt.  Also, you can buy trout at the supermarket, but doesn't it taste better when you pull it from the stream yourself? 

Swoop

you need to come out here the dumb things walk right up to you.

[fightingquaker13]

you need to come out here the dumb things walk right up to you.

I got drawn for a cull/quota hunt  for deer at Enchanted Rock State Park in Tx. After giving it some thought, I decided to take a pass. I realized the most effective weapon would be a bag of Doritos and a 2x4, not my style. Honestly, you could probably get the things into your truck before doing the deed.
FQ13

[Sponsor]

[TAB]

I don't hunt for the "sport".

I hunt to be with family/ friends, get "away from the world"  and to fill the freezer.

any of the 3 works for me.

[fightingquaker13]

I don't hunt for the "sport".

I hunt to be with family/ friends, get "away from the world"  and to fill the freezer.

any of the 3 works for me.

I'm halfway with you TAB. I am an unrepentant meat hunter. I prefer does and preferably last years fawns, because I'm out for venison. I would rather have a spike than the famed 30 point buck, (Southerner I may be, but I am aware of the Yoopers, sic?).However, hunting deer, or turkeys at what is essentially a petting zoo is where I draw the line.
FQ13

[TAB]

in these parts turkeys are on the same terms as coons, possums and skunks.

I don't hunt deer here.  90 lbs is a big buck, shots average 250 yds...  not to mention not alot of public land to hunt ( deer)

Also drawing a tag where you want to hunt can be very hard.

[SwoopSJ]

you need to come out here the dumb things walk right up to you.

Shortly before taking my "trophy" tom, I had two p.o.'d hens walking around and over my legs, trying to locate the source of my previous calls, as I sat still trying not to spook them.  One of them kept looking directly into the barrel of my shotgun.     So, with the exception of the older, more experienced toms,  I must agree with you and Haz, they are pretty dumb.  Of course, it seems the big, mature males of any kind of animal are the difficult ones to harvest.

Swoop

[TAB]

In college I was working for a FFL.  A young boy  7-8 years old had a 26 lb tom over his shoulder, its head was draging on the ground.  It was the biggest turkey ever wieght there.  The kid could barley stand up with the bird.

Now here is the cool part about that story... it was his turkey, killed with a gun he won from a hunter safety corse raffle.   a youth 870 20 ga.

Out of my time there, that was by far the best thing...