Twisp hunting accident

[Shrimper]

https://methowvalleynews.com/2019/02/06/wdfw-investigation-of-shooting-incident-finished/

[huntnphool]

 Unbelievable!

[elkrack]

Bad deal all the way around.

[boneaddict]

 

[JeffRaines]

I feel bad for all involved in this. Originally I just thought the group was shooting into the bushes because they were moving a bit... but after reading that I'm having a hard time understanding why someone would rattle bushes and growl at people who have guns in a low light situation... you're literally playing russian roulette. I'm not saying the end result was justified in any way - it wasn't - but I'm just having a hard time grasping why you would do that in the first place.

[Magnum_Willys]

If one hears growling like a cougar from 46 feet in dusk conditions and bushes start shaking you may be 2 leaps from being mauled.   Wrong to shoot but understandable. Not conceivable the action of hunters in the bushes. 

[h20hunter]

If you think sneaking up on someone you know is armed. In the dark, pretending to be a predator.....then get your pretending butt shot......well sorry but frankly you had it coming.

[huntingfool7]

I feel bad for all involved in this. Originally I just thought the group was shooting into the bushes because they were moving a bit... but after reading that I'm having a hard time understanding why someone would rattle bushes and growl at people who have guns in a low light situation... you're literally playing russian roulette. I'm not saying the end result was justified in any way - it wasn't - but I'm just having a hard time grasping why you would do that in the first place.

Stupid kid stuff gets his dad shot.  I'm surprised that they are still looking at charges.

[JeffRaines]

I feel bad for all involved in this. Originally I just thought the group was shooting into the bushes because they were moving a bit... but after reading that I'm having a hard time understanding why someone would rattle bushes and growl at people who have guns in a low light situation... you're literally playing russian roulette. I'm not saying the end result was justified in any way - it wasn't - but I'm just having a hard time grasping why you would do that in the first place.

Stupid kid stuff gets his dad shot.  I'm surprised that they are still looking at charges.

I'm sorry, but at 16 years old I knew better than to rattle bushes and growl at people carrying guns in the dark.

[BNAElkhntr]

  Absolutely I usually try to wave or signal make my presence known usually people will go elsewhere if they see you
Still Doesn't excuse anyone shooting into bushes

[huntingfool7]

I'm not so sure that he was "shooting into the bushes".  The kid rattled the bushes and growled to give them a scare and the guy put one round in the noggin of what he thought was a cougar.

[300rum]

This reminds me of those people who pull pranks by dressing up like an arab, dropping a backpack on the ground and then running off.  Or, the ones who jump out at people walking along the street.  Eventually they run into the wrong person.....

It's a shame all around!   

[NOCK NOCK]

I'm not so sure that he was "shooting into the bushes".  The kid rattled the bushes and growled to give them a scare and the guy put one round in the noggin of what he thought was a cougar.

Very well could be.

[bwhntr350]

Wow! Does anyone not agree that this entire situation could have been avoided with a little common sense from all parties involved? The kid shaking the bush made poor judgement. Pretty damn dumb. The guy who shot made poor judgement. I always stressed to my kid, once you pull that trigger, everything that bullet hits is yours!

This is sad, and this is scary. As dumb as it may have been to shake that bush and make noises, if that is what actually happened, it is still the responsibility of the shooter to know what the hell he is shooting at. Too me, that is non-excusable.

I don't hunt much anymore but, when I did, I hunted the the thick, nasty, brushy, crap, for deer. Loved it! But if I got shot because someone did not do what they should have been trained to do, which is identify your target, 100%, no doubt about it, then I would have been kind of bummed out.

[MADMAX]

we were up that way
lots of guys
pretty damm stupid IMO to play lets see if we can scare them