tigger Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 thanks for asking but sorry i wont be able to make that day you asked me on! ha :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippylawkid Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Yrs ago on the telly, there used to be a government ad , with a guy getting over a barbed wire fence and his loaded guns trigger caught on the wire and shot one of his shooting buddies. with the slogan "dont forget the countryside code" or something similar. Anyone remember that?? BB. Aye, remember it well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Yrs ago on the telly, there used to be a government ad , with a guy getting over a barbed wire fence and his loaded guns trigger caught on the wire and shot one of his shooting buddies. with the slogan "dont forget the countryside code" or something similar. Anyone remember that?? BB. Bet we never see anything like that on the box again will we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoughton Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I think a few people have suffered hearing damage... Not good There's a couple of older guys on some of my shoots and they shout constantly and hear little of what you say. I used to think they just didn't listen as they knew it all - but in fact they just don't always realise anybody else is speaking! Neither have ever used hearing protection - even now despite knowing the effect it has had on them. But I have to say - they are fantastic pigeon watchers and I have no problem listening to them explaining where the pigeons are feeding during the day and what lines are being used. I've not known them to be wrong yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad1 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I once shot a pigeon .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I have to confess about 30 years ago I shot a mate and his dog. He was shooting on a marsh went he saw a bunch of duck land in an open ditch 60 yards off. He hid in some reeds alongside the dyke knowing I would shortly be walking along this ditch to go to my flighting stand. Sure enough as I was walking along I flushed the duck and shot two as they fled down the ditch. The pellets hit my unseen mate , though not doing him any harm as his thick jacket stopped them. However I did put two pellets through his dogs ear. To hide in front of a gun walking up a ditch knowing he was unaware you were there and any flushed duck were going to fly towards you was very daft in the first place . but then perhaps I should have not shot at the duck until they were well above the skyline , but by then they would have been well out of range. Also shot myself once. I shot an overhead goose once using Hevi-shot no 1 and a couple of seconds later a pellet me quite hard on the shoulder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I have to confess about 30 years ago I shot a mate and his dog. He was shooting on a marsh went he saw a bunch of duck land in an open ditch 60 yards off. He hid in some reeds alongside the dyke knowing I would shortly be walking along this ditch to go to my flighting stand. Sure enough as I was walking along I flushed the duck and shot two as they fled down the ditch. The pellets hit my unseen mate , though not doing him any harm as his thick jacket stopped them. However I did put two pellets through his dogs ear. Interesting detail. Many years ago a chap I know through pigeon shooting knelt 80 yards away with his back to his brother who proceeded to pepper him with bird shot. He said he barely even felt the strikes and certainly none penetrated through his Barbor type jacket. Other articles point to shot being unable to penetrate thick cardboard at a mere sixty yards, yet we all know many game shooters who routinely fold pheasants up at extraordinary distances. How their shot gets through the plumage and manages to then penetrate and damage vital organs has not yet been established. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Oh i have another not really a shooting incident i have had this happen more than once, i was picking up on a shoot and a gun shot a cock pheasant which he had pricked it was about to fly over my head and just dropped out of the sky dead and promptly smacked me clean in the face broke my glasses and gave me a black eye and what felt like some mild whiplash :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margun Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 First time I took missus margun out as a beater on the shoot someone shot a bird that crashed with astonishing force into her chest, knocking her over, we all rofled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 First time I took missus margun out as a beater on the shoot someone shot a bird that crashed with astonishing force into her chest, knocking her over, we all rofled My dad told me a story of when he shot a partridge which hit him in the chest as he`d taken his eyes of it , he said it proper winded him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bull Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 I once shot a pigeon ... :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 There is one fatality that comes to mind . It was at the Bedford gun club some times in the seventies . Some body took a shot gun out of the boot of his car and obviously pulled the trigger and the gun was loaded and the shot hit a bystander at point blank range in the spine and killed him instantly . A real tragedy . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 First time I took missus margun out as a beater on the shoot someone shot a bird that crashed with astonishing force into her chest, knocking her over, we all rofled My dad told me a story of when he shot a partridge which hit him in the chest as he`d taken his eyes of it , he said it proper winded him. Yep not very pleasant I can assure you :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirokuMK70 Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 A couple of years ago there was a bloke who booked a lesson at Kibworth to get access to a gun, and blew his own head off when the coach's back was turned. a pretty selfish way to commit suicide... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopper Bopper Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 I was shot in the back by a person who thought standing in a hole where he could not see us beaters was safe. The idiot got over exited and shot at a bird at his own head height, missed the bloody bird and shot me. Not funny. No serious injury as fortunately I was wearing a freshly waxed barbour on a cold day and wasn't too close. Made me jump though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED BEARD Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 my mate chopped the end of his thumb off,he was loading his hw77 and it went off taking a big chunk of thumb with it! then he had to drive to the hospital to get mended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 A couple of years ago there was a bloke who booked a lesson at Kibworth to get access to a gun, and blew his own head off when the coach's back was turned. a pretty selfish way to commit suicide... A few years ago someone did the same at Willow Farm clay shoot in Kent but I believe he did it using a pistol on their indoor range (no longer in use obviously). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poorpeet Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Las year at Challock clay shoot I was scoring for my brother in law. We were on a raised platform. The first clay was a going away & the second was a quartering l-r coming towards us. Anyway he missed the first and hit the second. As I looked up from marking the second I had a momentary impression of somthing black in front of me. Before it had a chance register in my mind I was hit in the forehead by a moon shaped half of the clay. The sharp points cut me half an inch above each eye. Half an inch lower and I'd have been in deep trouble! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead-Eyed Duck Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 I went shooting out magpie nests some years ago with my 6 bore muzzle loader. Forgot the wads, and so used screwed up toilet paper instead...... My shooting buddy shot at the first nest (with 2 and a half oz of BB shot) and set the nest on fire with the wadding :good: Putting the fire out was a helluva job, and the maggie got toasted :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ91 Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 A few years ago a good friend accidentally Shot another good friend in the leg..walking up a hedgerow side by side, pheasant got up. As he closed the gun to raise it he managed to shoot him...many hours in surgery but he's back playing futbal now! A bloke blew his brains out in the toilets at the local clay ground a couple years ago. The old 'pro' fowler down the village shot his own dog last season (fox red lab) he thort it was a fox charging through the brambles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 joined a shoot last yr 10 guns, lost count of the times i saw swing throughs. and people falling over(guns loaded) on walk ups not 20ft apart.Needless to say didnt renew membership when there's a 1 in 10 chance of beeing shot.Stick 2 pigeons out on my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 There's one story of a gun who used a shooting stick where the 'leg' screwed into a wooden 'plate' to sit on. The seat was old and worn and the 'leg' penetrated the 'plate' and, as he was a big chap, about a foot of his rather tender anatomy. The story goes that he had to walk the best part of 250 yds with the whole thing dangling. He recovered after losing quite a bit of blood but was never seen to use a shooting stick again. Check your fixings guys or it will bring serious tears to the eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr wright-watt Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Good evening all, Kes i remember reading that warning letter in the shooting times some years back. It was a home made swivel seat, the steel shaft wore through the wooden seat. Regards Ken w-w. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 A few years ago a good friend accidentally Shot another good friend in the leg..walking up a hedgerow side by side, pheasant got up. As he closed the gun to raise it he managed to shoot him...many hours in surgery but he's back playing futbal now! A bloke blew his brains out in the toilets at the local clay ground a couple years ago. The old 'pro' fowler down the village shot his own dog last season (fox red lab) he thort it was a fox charging through the brambles! I no somebody who took his dads Ginger cocker out shooting and shot it thinking it was a fox apparently he just picked up said dog put it in a sack chucked it in the back of the truck and carried on shooting I would have been gutted if I had done that especially if it was my dads dog and certainly would not have kept on shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billywoodsman Posted September 25, 2011 Report Share Posted September 25, 2011 I know of a family whos two brothers were out shooting,as they were climbing through a fence the gun discharged killing one of them.And a farm worker who shot his dog out in the field by mistake,was badly hurt so had to shoot it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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