I just wanted to post this cause I know every year hunters have terrible accidents that could have easily been avoided. This past November I was shooting my .22 and I had a bullet jam with me. While I was attempting to clear the jam the gun went off and shot clean through my left foot bone and all. It put me out of work for 2 months but I'm fine now. The reason I'm posting this is that it could've been avoided and I have been around guns my whole life and never thought something like that could happen to me but it did and it hurt pretty bad lol. Lucky it was a .22 but all you guys just be safe and pay attention. Everyone have a safe and wonderful turkey season. God Bless
You be safe also. :icon_thumright:
Amen to that! Everybody have a safe and successful season
I know it matters all year long but every spring I say a prayer asking that turkey hunters be safe and make it home to their loved ones every day. Be safe y'all. Have a great spring.
Great advice...
Safest hunters out there are women who are new to the sport... Still a a bit fearful and cautious.
Sometimes as we get older and have a few years under us, I think we get a bit cocky and forget a bit about gun safety... I had a gun discharge while duck hunting in the tules. Tule got wrapped around the trigger guard, and I guess from the pressure of pulling it out to shoot, the safety and trigger got compressed... Scared the crap out of me, and I was just thankful that the muzzle had been pointed in a safe direction...
My buddy had a deer rifle go off simply by pushing the bolt forward to load the gun... Had the gun wedged in his crotch at the time, so it was a highly unpleasant experience for him... But, other than not being able to properly take care of his wife for a few days, nothing bad happened cause the gun was pointed in a safe direction.
As long as the end of the gun is pointed in a safe direction, the chance of having something bad happen is pretty slim... It is all about muzzle direction and control...