On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:39:46 -0500, Dave LaCourse
wrote:

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:56:45 GMT, rw
wrote:

Wayne Knight wrote:
William Claspy wrote:


(hmmm..... hey Wayne, you still planning on bird hunting during the Yoop
clave this fall? Just want to know if I should pack the body armor :-)


What's a little spraying with bird shot? You can go back to work and
tell everyone how bad the mosquitos were.

Yeah, he can do that after he gets out of intensive care.

I believe he went to intensive care because of his age, not the
wounds. I was sprayed with birdshot (abouot 200 yards away) when I
was a kid. I had a split second to duck my head when I heard the shot
hitting the tobacco barn. I had several shot hit my hat, and two his
my hand. Left a welt - didn't even break the skin.

This is yet another of the ridiculous "discussions" here on ROFF. From
what I've heard, Cheney ****ed up, pure and simple - it involved hunting
with guns and Cheney's finger was on the trigger. Barring someone
literally setting up their own "self-shooting," if one is hunting and
accidentally shoots someone, it's mostly on the shooter - you don't
shoot unless you _know_ what's down-range. And Whittington's injuries
are not material to Cheney's actions, whether Whittington went to
intensive care or had a PA put some Neosporin and one of those useless
"blood donation dot" bandages on his boo-boo.

But this type of accident happens with hunting; hunting is not a
perfectly safe sport because humans are involved. Yes, Whittington
would share some of the blame _IF_ he didn't practice reasonable hunting
safety by coming up unannounced and "popped" up out of a
gully/depression.

The real shame is that none of it is worthy of much more than a minor
notice, and such an event wouldn't even make the DFW papers if it had
occurred in Granbury (30 miles away) and involved a couple of DFW
business exec-types. In fishing terms, it appears that Whittington
walked up behind Cheney as he was casting and got hooked.

As to the type of shot, I'd rather not have someone shooting toward me,
but I'd much rather have someone shoot toward me with one slug than a
pattern of 7 1/2's at 20 yards. In fact, at such ranges, small shot is
much more likely to cause damage than a bullet fired from a typical
hunting rifle.

And Louie, at 200 yards, you weren't "sprayed," it just landed all
around your general area, which is so common as to be considered typical
in things like dove hunting - that's why sensible folks wear hunting
hats and shooting glasses.

TC,
R