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Originally Posted by burkie_21
i heard from friends shooting at the lake that she was waist deep in the water wearing camo gear!!! camo gear is ment to be worn so you don't get seen, obviously this worked for her cos he didn't see her. gun smart has nothing to do with sheer stupidity
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Well, soldiers frequently identify people in one type of cam gear and decide to shoot them or not. Cam gear is not an invisibility suit.
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Yes but the duck hunters are not hiding and lurking in front of the targets trying to interfere.
The other point is the boy was exactly that, an inexperienced boy. There is only one way to gain experience and that is by doing.
If classroom lectures could replace real word experience there would be no need for P plates would there?
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I agree completely, I am not saying the kid is solely at fault and should be strung up, I am just saying his youthful exuberance at taking the shot at the duck may have lead him to not taking as much care as he should.
Any accident is normally a combination of errors and normally although the law may say otherwise, realistically more than one person has a part responsibility. I think this situation is no different.
Just for the record for the benefit of others, as Flappist knows I do have a lot of experience with firearms of many different types, including shot guns.