For those who lust for that 200 yd. capable shotgun slug that throws a bullet at 2000fps + understand that there are those safety minded individuals who throw these facts in your face. Consider, is that segment of the industry living on borrowed time ?
Numerous hunters have told me that they are very careful and always kill the animal on the first shot and that the animal always dies instantly. All the research I have done, including much of it from hunting sources, indicates that such statements are the exception and not the rule. Hunters miss and hunters wound, and some hunters are so engrossed in their intent on killing that they fail to remember or realize where they are or the deadly power that is in their control.
As an example, in Medina County, Ohio, on 27 November 2000, a woman was nearly shot in her own bathroom while putting on her make-up. The bullet from a shotgun missed her head by only four inches. The hunter told investigators that he took aim at a large buck as it bounded across a field, firing several rounds as the deer ran. Unfortunately this woman's home was behind the deer, and one of the rounds smashed through her bathroom window and nearly killed her. The two hunters involved in this case were hunting illegally on the property, and ran away when they realized what they had done. They were arrested later.
In another incident on 24 November 2000 in Niagara County, New York, Sheriff's deputies arrested a deer hunter and accused him of shooting at a house along a road. The arrest came after the hunter, aiming his 12 gauge shotgun at a deer that was moving across a field, fired and and hit the home, police said. The slug went through the north wall of the house into a family computer room, damaging a chair and lodging itself in a second wall that separates the computer room from a hallway.
In still another case which took place on 21 November 2003 in Albany County, New York, a hunter was charged with reckless endangerment after a shot he fired missed its mark and hit a Thruway driver. On that Tuesday morning, a shotgun slug smashed the driver's side window of the sedan and lodged in the back seat. The driver was grazed either by the bullet or smashed glass. He was treated and released from Albany Medical Center Hospital. State police said the hunter was hunting on his own property about 10 AM when he fired--parallel to the highway--at a deer, striking it but not killing it. As the deer continued to run, Payne fired again, this time toward the highway. He missed and hit the driver of the vehicle which was traveling at about 65 MPH.
Numerous hunters have told me that they are very careful and always kill the animal on the first shot and that the animal always dies instantly. All the research I have done, including much of it from hunting sources, indicates that such statements are the exception and not the rule. Hunters miss and hunters wound, and some hunters are so engrossed in their intent on killing that they fail to remember or realize where they are or the deadly power that is in their control.
As an example, in Medina County, Ohio, on 27 November 2000, a woman was nearly shot in her own bathroom while putting on her make-up. The bullet from a shotgun missed her head by only four inches. The hunter told investigators that he took aim at a large buck as it bounded across a field, firing several rounds as the deer ran. Unfortunately this woman's home was behind the deer, and one of the rounds smashed through her bathroom window and nearly killed her. The two hunters involved in this case were hunting illegally on the property, and ran away when they realized what they had done. They were arrested later.
In another incident on 24 November 2000 in Niagara County, New York, Sheriff's deputies arrested a deer hunter and accused him of shooting at a house along a road. The arrest came after the hunter, aiming his 12 gauge shotgun at a deer that was moving across a field, fired and and hit the home, police said. The slug went through the north wall of the house into a family computer room, damaging a chair and lodging itself in a second wall that separates the computer room from a hallway.
In still another case which took place on 21 November 2003 in Albany County, New York, a hunter was charged with reckless endangerment after a shot he fired missed its mark and hit a Thruway driver. On that Tuesday morning, a shotgun slug smashed the driver's side window of the sedan and lodged in the back seat. The driver was grazed either by the bullet or smashed glass. He was treated and released from Albany Medical Center Hospital. State police said the hunter was hunting on his own property about 10 AM when he fired--parallel to the highway--at a deer, striking it but not killing it. As the deer continued to run, Payne fired again, this time toward the highway. He missed and hit the driver of the vehicle which was traveling at about 65 MPH.