Why you always need PID

[Scanker19]

PID, PID, PID. Know what you're shooting at, and what is behind your target. Common Sense isn't.

SUBLIMITY, Ore. (AP) — A California member of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves was shot and killed in Oregon after authorities say a hunter mistook him for a bear.
Christopher Ochoa, a 20-year-old from French Camp, Calif., and a friend were hiking through a field in Western Oregon on the way to Silver Creek Falls Park on Friday evening.
Ochoa was wearing dark-colored clothing when an Oregon man hunting for bear with his 12-year-old grandson saw something moving in the brush and fired one shot from a .270-caliber rifle, striking Ochoa, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said.
The sheriff's office said the hunter, Gene Collier, 67, hasn't been charged and said the shooting appeared to be accidental but turned the case over to the local district attorney's office.
Collier cooperated with detectives, according to a press release from the sheriff's office, and there was no indication that he was impaired by drugs or alcohol.
Ochoa's family in California told police he and Raymond Westrom, 53, of Lathrop, Calif., were in Salem, Ore., to do work on a house. Ochoa was set to report back for duty on Oct. 25.
Westrom directed Marion County sheriff's deputies through the woods to Ochoa, who was still alive when deputies arrived. The deputies administered first aid, but Ochoa died at the scene.
Bear season in Western Oregon runs from Aug. 1 until Dec. 31. Hunters are permitted to take one black bear per season, with restrictions on cubs less than one year old or sows with cubs.

[Byte Stryke]

according to a press release from the sheriff's office, and there was no indication that he was impaired by drugs or alcohol.

THIS is why I say even 1/2 a beer is too much if you are carrying.

[Elhuero]

should the guy have been wearing blaze orange?

would it have helped against a hunter willing to shoot blind into the bushes?

[Byte Stryke]

should the guy have been wearing blaze orange?

would it have helped against a hunter willing to shoot blind into the bushes?

in the end... whose bullet was it?


ALWAYS know your target

[Scanker19]

should the guy have been wearing blaze orange?

would it have helped against a hunter willing to shoot blind into the bushes?

Sure wouldn't. That moron should not be blind shooting, accident or not its negligent and he should have to answer, either criminally or in Civil Court.

[Gcompact30]

So sad

[Elhuero]

Sure wouldn't. That moron should not be blind shooting, accident or not its negligent and he should have to answer, either criminally or in Civil Court.

that's what I figured.

took hunter's safety as a kid, but I've never been.

[sniper7]

Very sad case for everyone involved. Always know exactly what your target is.

[Irving]

When you say blind shooting, you mean not being able to identify the animal 100% right?

[DD977GM2]

When you say blind shooting, you mean not being able to identify the animal 100% right?

I think he does mean this. A lot of times accidents like this is the shooter
has no idea what he really is shooting at due to buck fever or whatever you want
to call it. Pure bull**** that this Marine was killed.
The shooter should have waited for a 100% ID of the movement and should
not have shot when he did.