Winston Creek Hunting Incident 12-3-2010

[LittleJohn]

It matters to me , I must have had a bad day at work, I am going to go kick my dog

[fishermanjoe]

good job for acting cool. There are some questions that you have to ask yourself. This gun that you had? Was it on your person for personal protection? If it was, was your life being threatened. I am not saying that you made the wrong decision, its just that if you carry personal protection, dont be afraid to use it. I was not there and wont judge your decision, but sometimes when there is a second thought of using your weapon its usually to late. Good thing you got out of there before he let that arrow fly. Good thing you are safe and unharmed!

[BIGINNER]

Question? Did you knowingly bust there hunt?? Answer:  Yes, you did. I would be pissed if I got beat to a spot too. I would not have driven around there rig. If  there story is true , they had permission   to be there.
 The Dumb A$$ should not have drawn on you, but you put yourself in the position, Nothing good could have come from you driving by there rig
 Thats why I hunt the wilderness!!!!

I am probably an A$$ Hole now

LOL  A$$HOLE!!!!!    I WOULD'VE DONE THE SAME.  WHO DO THOSE GUYS THINK THEY ARE BLOCKING OFF THE ROAD LIKE THAT?  IF I WAS IN THAT SITUATION BUT THEIR TRUCK WAS OFF TO THE SIDE I WOULD RESPECT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE HUNTING AND NOT GO FURTHER,  BUT BY BLOCKING OFF THE ROAD THE SHOWED THAT THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR ANYINE ELSE WHO WOULD BE DRIVING ON THAT ROAD WHY SHOULD ANYINE GIVE A FLYING FU%^ THAT THEY'RE HUNTING THERE?  

[sportsman002001]

John, No your not a a-hole. I knew that i should not have went around their truck but had been dealing with a-holes all week and I think it all boiled at that point. We follow the rules up there. Walk in, bike in what ever it be and it just got old having people drive in there when they were not suppose to.

[Yeti]

...... I was not there and wont judge your decision, but sometimes when there is a second thought of using your weapon its usually to late. Good thing you got out of there before he let that arrow fly. Good thing you are safe and unharmed!

 

[sportsman002001]

 Re: Winston Creek Hunting Incident 12-3-2010
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good job for acting cool. There are some questions that you have to ask yourself. This gun that you had? Was it on your person for personal protection? If it was, was your life being threatened. I am not saying that you made the wrong decision, its just that if you carry personal protection, dont be afraid to use it. I was not there and wont judge your decision, but sometimes when there is a second thought of using your weapon its usually to late. Good thing you got out of there before he let that arrow fly. Good thing you are safe and unharmed!

Yes it was for personal protection. I knew I was in my truck and if I could back out there quickly and get out of harms way. Trust me the incident still goes throgh my head.

[LittleJohn]

I ran into the same thing in Modern season in Ryderwood, trying to find my dad a cow. Every other spur road had a truck side-ways blocking it before day light. My old man grabbed me by the arm more than once during the week to keep me in the truck. " AINT going to do any good talking to those idiots", he would say. He was right.
Didn't mean to sound like a Prick, Us Chehalis archers have to stick together You ddi the right thing

[fishermanjoe]

From what has been posted and the story so far you dodged a big bullet.. or should i say arrow. You best thank your lucky stars.

[Bigshooter]

Question? Did you knowingly bust there hunt?? Answer:  Yes, you did. I would be pissed if I got beat to a spot too. I would not have driven around there rig. If  there story is true , they had permission   to be there.
 The Dumb A$$ should not have drawn on you, but you put yourself in the position, Nothing good could have come from you driving by there rig
 Thats why I hunt the wilderness!!!!

I am probably an A$$ Hole now

I agree if I would of saw them parked in the road I would of turned around.

[LittleJohn]

That guy had some BALLS to draw down on you. I bet there isn't very many rigs out there this time of year without a side arm in the console.
He would have seen my .41 MAG As I backed out of there with one hand on the wheel

[sportsman002001]

 Re: Winston Creek Hunting Incident 12-3-2010
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I ran into the same thing in Modern season in Ryderwood, trying to find my dad a cow. Every other spur road had a truck side-ways blocking it before day light. My old man grabbed me by the arm more than once during the week to keep me in the truck. " AINT going to do any good talking to those idiots", he would say. He was right.
Didn't mean to sound like a Prick, Us Chehalis archers have to stick together  You ddi the right thing

John, You are fine yes we need to stick together. Now I know why I like to my elk in early season and don't have to worry about all the bs. I like my little secluded areas that you have to hike into. No one to worry about.

[halflife65]

Gotta say kudos to you for keeping a level head.  And I really hope those idiots get exactly what they deserve.  

I think you did the right thing backing out of there.  There'd really be hell to pay for everyone involved if you would've pulled that pistol.  You certainly were carrying it for a reason and you have EVERY right to protect yourself, but if you can get out of a situation without using it that is definitely for the best (that should go without saying.)  Not to mention, whether the guy is an a-hole or not, you'd have to live with the fact that you shot someone for the rest of your life.  And I know I'm going to get some sh!t about the guy could've shot you because you didn't defend yourself.  The guy pulled the bow back before you got the pistol out - so if he was going to try to shoot you he would've just released when he pulled the bow back.  He was lucky that you have a cooler head - if you pulled the pistol you would've forced him to shoot and, unless he was point blank, the windshield would've been hard on his arrow, you would've probably survived it and then been forced to shoot at him.  A bad deal all around.   Just because you (maybe) COULD get away with claiming self defense in shooting a guy doesn't mean that you SHOULD if you think that you have another option.

You made the right decision - you had another option and you took it.  Even though it can be hard to back off when someone is up in your face and threatening you like that, you can know that you were the bigger person.  Two guys together and the guy pulls a bow back - what a f'n dipsh!t.  The guy most likely thought he was in the right (whether or not he really was is not my point - he thought he was) but that's no excuse to do something like that.

Let the law handle it.  That's their job.

ITGs.  There's a whole thread on it.

[ser300wsm]

I would have to say that the whole situation could have been avoided. Now with that being said, if that idiot drew on me with a weapon i always have either my Beretta 9mm Or my Smith & wesson .44 mag. & he would have been seeing that pointed at his groin. The point is that if your life is being threatend you have every right to defend yourself.. I do have experience being former law enforcement, so i would have reacted to the way i have been trained. Now a state firearms instructor he would have been in serious trouble pointing a weapon at me.. Im just glad you are ok, it could have been real ugly.. Hopefully you can give us a heads up who these a- holes are...  

[Annette]

If you don't hear from the shiriff in 2 weeks contact the prosicuting atterny and talk to him...push it, you don't want one of your kids to run into something like that!

[Tony 270]

Why wouldn't you have waited by the gate for the sheriff to arrive so it could have been dealt with then and there? Call up and say what happened and your life was threatened. A photo of a truck, three guys against the word of one, days later... unfortunately I bet nothing is going to happen.