Cyclist shot with stray buckshot pellets

The good news is they caught the jackass and he's facing charges.

https://www.therecord.com/news/water...ellets.html?rf

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Cyclist shot with stray buckshot pellets

Wellesley Township — A cyclist was shot with stray shotgun pellets on Weimer Line in Wellesley Township on Saturday morning.

Waterloo Regional Police responded to calls from a cyclist and other concerned citizens that the cyclist was shot with stray pellets at 10:46 a.m. Saturday morning. He received minor injuries.

Along with the Waterloo Regional Police, conservation officers from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry also investigated the incident. As a result of the joint investigation, a 27-year-old male from Guelph was charged under the Fish and Wildlife Act.

“We recognize hunting is in full swing, and hunters are going to be waiting for the perfect moment, we’re reminding hunters to take necessary precautions,” says Const. Ashley Dietrich. “Don’t shoot unless absolutely sure of your target and what’s beyond it. Note the range of your firearm, and note whatever your projectile is. Be aware of its range.”

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Buckshot? Really? I'm guessing birdshot

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Originally Posted by SongDog

Buckshot? Really? I'm guessing birdshot

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The technical considerations are irrelevant. This type of behavior by "hunters" makes us unwelcome in many rural areas in southern Ontario. Were it up to me I'd charge the jackass with Criminal Code offenses as well as charges under the Game Act.

I find there is a extremely poor understanding of ballistics in the hunting community.

Just because the effective range of my birdshot is 30 or 40 yards, does not mean it can not travel a hundred or so yards. Just look at any trap or skeet range, they all have a 100 + yard fall zone for shot.

Landing geese shooting towards a roadway. Those roads are thick with cyclists from the city. Must have been a poor set up.

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Originally Posted by Snowwalker

I find there is a extremely poor understanding of ballistics in the hunting community.

Just because the effective range of my birdshot is 30 or 40 yards, does not mean it can not travel a hundred or so yards. Just look at any trap or skeet range, they all have a 100 + yard fall zone for shot.

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The required shot fall zone for trap and skeet ranges is well over 100 yards. Up to 300 meters for #7-1/2 shot.

http://pistolsmith.ca/wp-content/upl...Guidelines.pdf

And the heavier shot used in hunting goes further.

Where I have a boat blind anchor set-up on the north shore of Lake Scugog,it's not uncommon for shot from hunters wading the swamps behind us to come raining down around us at the edge of the lake after they take a shot at high flying ducks (I know it's dumb for them to do because recovery is almost impossible,but,that's another topic for a whole new thread). Granted,it's fairly harmless,but,for the uninitiated,it's rather unnerving just the same.

I find it interesting how the wording of a headline can effect ones prospective of what may have happen. In this case the headline reads, “Cyclist shot with stray buckshot pellets.” What if the headline read, “Cyclist was stuck with stray shotgun pellets.” The first headline wording suggests a level of intentionality. Worded in the latter manner it would come across as something that may have been non-intentional. I’m left wondering, did the cyclist receive a wound that required medical attention because he was shot at, or was he simply a victim of an accidental shot shower. If the latter I’m incline to agree with dilly’s view.

You don’t stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop huntig.
- Gun Nut . ..