Turkey hunter shot

[Steuben Jerry]

Happened back on May 15th, but this just was reported on one of my local news sites. Glad he just took one pellet, could have been worse!

https://www.mytwintiers.com/news/local-news/hunter-shot-in-steuben-county-while-turkey-hunting/2055981601

[First-light]

You could ask a million questions.......why? 

[mowin]

Damm lucky it was only one pellet.  Looks like the deek took most of the pattern. 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Keep that orange in sight at all times. 

[Nomad]

I don’t turkey hunt much anymore , but I always wore an orange hat when on my feet , and decoys had orange surveyors tape tied on neck ,when carrying. But then I have a friend who was shot along with his son by another “ turkey hunter .” 

 

[Five Seasons]

thought for sure this was a belly crawl incident, and I'm still not convinced that the story is accurate and he was just "setting up a decoy".

[Paula]

37 minutes ago, Stay at home Nomad said:

I don’t turkey hunt much anymore , but I always wore an orange hat when on my feet , and decoys had orange surveyors tape tied on neck ,when carrying. But then I have a friend who was shot along with his son by another “ turkey hunter .” 

 

That is crazy! When did that happen?

[virgil]

I'm always amazed when I hear these stories.  Considering the relatively short distances on most shots at turkeys, I can't believe you wouldn't notice that you're shooting at a person carrying a decoy instead of a bird walking through the woods.

[NFA-ADK]

Scary!

[Nomad]

32 minutes ago, Paula said:

That is crazy! When did that happen?

Oh gosh 10 or 15 years back . They were changing spots , and kicked up a Tom , which ran and then started to take flight . Another Hunter was down range and shot at the bird, hitting the son in the face and my friend took a couple pellets , I forget where .

DEC investigated , said shooter couldn’t have seen them , no charges .