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Man Made Hazards -
Environmental Problems
It
Could
Have
Been
A
Hunting
A
c
c
i
d
e
n
t
:
In
20017
a
h
u
n
t
e
r
h
e
a
r
d
b
u
g
l
i
n
g
and
antler
r
a
t
t
l
i
n
g
from
the
o
p
p
o
s
i
t
e
end
of
700-yard
meadow.
An
elk
emerged
from
a
treeline
near
him,
which
he
shot
at.
The
wounded
bull
streaked
the
length
of
the
meadow,
with
the
hunter
totally
fixated
on
bringing
down
the
animal
with
rapid
difficult
hind
shots.
The
deed
done,
a
shaken
and
disturbed
outfitter
and
clients
emerged
from
their
spruce
tree
hiding
spot
directly
at
the
end
of
the
firing
line.
Unamicable
words
were
exchanged.
I
talked
separately
with
both
parties
to
get
their
sides
of
the
story.
I
concluded
the
outfitter
may
have
had
insufficient,
out
of
line-sight,
or
tree-
screened
(or
no)
fluorescent
bunting
on
trees
observable
from
the
far
end
of
the
long
field.
The
shooter
should
have
considered
that
the
bugling
and
rattling
may
have
been
a
hunter,
or
would
attract
other
hunters.
He
may
have
been
overzealous
to
fell
the
elk
before
the
bull
was
seen
by
another
hunter.
It
was
a
relatively
good
ending
to
a
potentially
deadly
outcome.
Fellows,
always
think
about
what
you
are
doing,
and
anticipate
what
others
might
do.
Have
patience
when
you
see
game,
assess
he
situation,
and
always
place
lots
of
bunting on trees if you hide within them.
Lightening:
Climate
change
will
impose
more
lightning
strikes
in
the
next
century,
according
to
research
by
University
of
California,
Berkley’s
David
Ramps
and
colleagues.
While
there
were
variabilities
worldwide,
the
United
Sates
should
experience
a
50%
increase
in
the
next
hundred
years.
Choose
your
scouting
and
stand
trees
well!
Exploding
Targets
Caused
a
Forest
Fire
Near
Boulder
May
4,
2014:
I
suggest
that
people
should
mature
by
the
time
they
are
allowed
to
buy
firearms,
but
that
is
not
always
the
case.
Shooters
used
targets
which
exploded
wren
hit
started
a
significant
fire.
Are
these
guys
the
same
intelligent
beings
who
would
drop
a
wet
turkey
into
a
boiling
pot
of
grease
on
their
wood
deck.
Come
on
fellows,
think
before
you
shoot.
Do
not
further
incite
anti-gun
advocates
lobbying
to
keep
guns
out
of
the
hands
of
imbeciles.
[Note:
Colorado’s
legislature,
under
citizen
lobbying,
enacted
a
law
allowing
police
to
remove
guns
from
mentally
unstable
people
who
are
a
possible
threat
to
themselves
or
others.
(The
cranky
old
gun-
waving
fellow
in
our
neighborhood
recently
got
a
six pack of officers to do the gun confistication.}
Darwin
Award
for
Impatience
:
A
disgruntled
man
drove
his
pickup
truck
into
a
gun
shop
because
a
delivery
truck
was
in
HIS
customary
parking
place.
I
say
that
such
a
man
should
not
be
visiting
a
gun
shop
in
the
first
place.
So
will
the
NRA
remove
him
from
membership,
or
award
him
with
another
AK447
and
some
extra
high-capacity
clips?
Gun
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