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Title: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: fishermantim on Dec 27, 2016, 12:49 PM
BOSTON - Massachusetts Environmental Police are reminding hunters not to shoot themselves.

An obvious reminder? Maybe. But according to a Facebook post from the agency, a hunter trying to determine ice thickness with the butt of his rifle on Saturday ended up accidentally shooting himself in the chest.

Environmental police say the muzzleloader rifle was loaded and shot the hunter in the chest while the person was testing the surface of the ice.

First-responders were able to stabilize the hunter and minimize blood loss.

Environmental police used the story as a reminder to maintain control over the muzzle of your rifle at all times and keep it pointed in a safe direction.

"A safe direction means that, in the event the firearm discharges, it will not cause injury or damage," the agency wrote in the post.
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: Idahogator on Dec 27, 2016, 01:01 PM
Dang ! An attempt to thin the gene pool.      :cookoo:

Good rule is ~ Treat every weapon as though a projectile is on it's way out the barrel at all times.     Perfect safety is the result of that mind-set.     :angel
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: GCD on Dec 27, 2016, 05:38 PM
I hope he can blame that on alcohol because I don't anybody is that stupid sober.
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: Jayjay05stsc on Dec 27, 2016, 05:55 PM
Wow.. Can't believe people really do dumb stiff like this
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: redneckdan on Dec 27, 2016, 07:16 PM
You would not believe the stupid crap I see during wilderness SAR. Muzzleloader dude is pretty tame compared.to some stuff I've seen.
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: bullpine on Dec 27, 2016, 08:29 PM
I like the stories about the guys who get shot by their dogs.
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: Lukaszu on Dec 28, 2016, 12:35 PM
Clearly it's the NRA's fault.
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: 1moslab on Dec 28, 2016, 02:15 PM
wow :D
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: Remingtonx2 on Dec 29, 2016, 01:14 PM
Clearly not the recommended practice for checking the thickness.
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: MFDIRT13 on Jan 02, 2017, 07:23 PM
Bummer, and I hope he stays hunting down there in Mass.
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: Icemanjim on Jan 03, 2017, 08:26 PM
But no one said how thick the ice was, just saying.
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: esox_xtm on Jan 03, 2017, 08:32 PM
But no one said how thick the ice was, just saying.

Yep, that's how it goes....

(http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee417/esox_xtm/Funny%20Stuff/sinking-cars-lake-geneva_zpsopnbttdk.jpg) (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/esox_xtm/media/Funny%20Stuff/sinking-cars-lake-geneva_zpsopnbttdk.jpg.html)

Last year, Lake Geneva WI
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: Walleyeranger621 on Jan 03, 2017, 08:40 PM
Yikes!!!
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: jethro on Jan 06, 2017, 10:15 AM
Gotta be kidding me.
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: Pail Rider on Jan 06, 2017, 11:52 AM
Cross the "muzzle loader spud bar" off the items to invent list.  Does stupidity have any boundaries whatsoever?
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: Spoondangler on Jan 06, 2017, 08:49 PM
Cross the "muzzle loader spud bar" off the items to invent list.  Does stupidity have any boundaries whatsoever?

Ha, it knows no bounds
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: bullpine on Jan 08, 2017, 09:37 AM
But no one said how thick the ice was, just saying.
;D Your too funny.  Yeah maybe he should use his car to check the ice next time.
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: bullpine on Jan 08, 2017, 09:38 AM
Yep, that's how it goes....

(http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee417/esox_xtm/Funny%20Stuff/sinking-cars-lake-geneva_zpsopnbttdk.jpg) (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/esox_xtm/media/Funny%20Stuff/sinking-cars-lake-geneva_zpsopnbttdk.jpg.html)

Last year, Lake Geneva WI

YEAH WELL CHECK OUT THE GUY STILL FISHING BY HIS CAR IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE PHOTO.
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: Chute82 on Jan 09, 2017, 06:14 AM
Cross the "muzzle loader spud bar" off the items to invent list.  Does stupidity have any boundaries whatsoever?

Add a bayonet to muzzle loader and it might work...
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: Gills-only on Feb 07, 2018, 01:14 PM
Watched a u tube video couple days ago, bunch of younger guys shooting holes in the ice to check thickness!! Had a 223 a 12 gauge and a couple other rifles, never seen anything so stupid in my life !!
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: mboss13 on Feb 07, 2018, 01:16 PM
Offloading a gun on public lake outside of any hunting season and without a proper hunting license is not only illegal but could be obviously deadly like in this case. I can't believe the guy survived a shot in the chest from a muzzle loader.
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: ada1986 on Sep 25, 2018, 02:49 PM
He definitely had a lot of luck.
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: AndyJ on Oct 12, 2018, 11:06 AM
Add a bayonet to muzzle loader and it might work...

Exactly. His only errors were outfitting his spud improperly and using the wrong end of it.  :)
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: Van_Cleaver on Oct 18, 2018, 11:37 PM
Darwin's theory in action. I once had a guy ride his four wheeler out to the middle of the lake and ask me how thick the ice was. ::) At least he stopped a reasonable distance from me.
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: Iceassin on Oct 19, 2018, 04:05 AM
Clearly it's the NRA's fault.

 :roflmao: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: 1750outfiterss on Dec 05, 2018, 12:30 PM
Pretty sure the cables for that elevator are made of spaghetti :cookoo: :cookoo:
Title: Re: How NOT to check ice thickness...
Post by: WARRIOR_ON_ICE on Oct 16, 2022, 09:25 AM
Cross the "muzzle loader spud bar" off the items to invent list.  Does stupidity have any boundaries whatsoever?

 :roflmao: