know what you are shooting?

[fabsroman]

Like I said before, it is quite impossible to see everything when you are swinging on a bird. For example, if I am swinging right to left on a duck, and an eagle decides to come in from the left for a killing dive on this same duck, and the my shot is on target, as is the eagle, you can bet there will be a dead duck and a dead eagle, and I will have never seen that eagle. As I said before, it is almost impossible to make sure of the background, immediately before pulling the trigger, while upland hunting. The window to make the shot is about 2, maybe 3 seconds, depending on how quick the bird is and how it is moving. An upland hunter has to be aware of his/her surroundings all the time, and it doesn't help when people are walking all over the place.

I have had this issue with dove hunters moving all over the field instead of staying put.

At the end of the day, everybody should have gone for the downed bird and the hunting should have resumed afterward.

As previously stated, I believe there is a lot more for the media to worry about than Cheney and this accident. People die in sports and hobbies every day. Look at Dake Earnhardt. Stuff happens.

Now, lets worry about Iran getting nukes and China overpowering the US in both trade and military. Let's worry about the guys and gals overseas in the armed forces. See, the media isn't harping on that too much, because we don't get outraged about it and it isn't as controversial as it once was.