Holy Crap...heck of a Story

[MikePal]

Wow....

Hunter heard a 'popping sound' and saw someone shooting at him, say police

A man faces several charges after a hunter came under fire in Middleboro, N.S., on Saturday.

A deer hunter in Middleboro, N.S., found himself being shot at around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, according to RCMP.

In a news release, police say the hunter was on private property, though he didn't realize it at the time.

He heard a popping sound and "when he looked in the direction of the noise, he saw a man pointing a handgun, firing several shots at him."

After firing the shots, police said the shooter, who turned out to be the landowner, got into a truck and drove away. The hunter, who wasn't injured, called 911.
Police surrounded residence

Police officers responded to the call and surrounded the residence near the location of the shooting. They reached the suspect by phone and he came outside and was arrested without incident.

After a search of the residence, police found a shotgun, a rifle, a pistol, a carbine and ammunition. Some of the firearms weren't properly stored, according to police.

The 52 year-old man from Wallace has been charged with:

discharging a firearm while being reckless.
careless use of a firearm (four counts).
pointing a firearm.
possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
carrying a concealed weapon.
possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle.

read more;

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...nter-1.4881746

[boogaloo]

YIKES!!!!!

[trimmer21]

I wonder if the hunter had have turned around and shot the assailant,would that have been self defense?

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

Some needs anger management training.

[Useless]

I wonder if the hunter had have turned around and shot the assailant,would that have been self defense?

Absolutely

[KennyT]

Not condoning any reckless violence of this nature by any means, but I wonder what pushed the landowner to this extreme? It will be interesting to see if this "victim" has a history of ending up on this property without "realizing it at the time". I routinely encounter trespassers on my hunting properties or catch them on trail cameras. I forward everything to the MNR and they take action where they can identify the offenders. But I know that many of my landowners are fed up to the extreme with the poaching and trespassing that goes on. And trespassing to hunt is poaching, let's not pretend it is anything else. So I hope the "victim" was charged appropriately as well. Again, gunshots are an extreme and inappropriate reaction. But I would like to hear the story behind this story.

[Gilroy]

'In the meantime, RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Clarke said if people don't want hunters on their property, they should post signs to that effect.'

That explains some of the story behind the story for me.This landowner would have saved himself a whole heap of trouble if he had posted his land firstly and secondly
called the police on the trespasser.Not doing the first led to the trespass and a landowner taking the law into his own hands.Now he will probably loose all his firearms
and licenses and might even end up in the bucket.Pretty dammed stupid.The trespasser in this case looks like the smart one of the two.

[trimmer21]

'In the meantime, RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Clarke said if people don't want hunters on their property, they should post signs to that effect.'

That explains some of the story behind the story for me.This landowner would have saved himself a whole heap of trouble if he had posted his land firstly and secondly
called the police on the trespasser.Not doing the first led to the trespass and a landowner taking the law into his own hands.Now he will probably loose all his firearms
and licenses and might even end up in the bucket.Pretty dammed stupid.The trespasser in this case looks like the smart one of the two.

Damn straight. I don't know if you feel the same way,but,my training would have kicked in,instantly. There's a better than even chance that nutbar would be pushing up daisies. He was just lucky the guy on the receiving end chose the action he did.

[KennyT]

I did not realize the whole story was not posted. I agree that the landowner definitely needs to post his property. And I also agree that his reaction was dangerous and over the top. I still just cannot help but feel for him on some level.

I have sat in my tree-stand too many times and had trespassing dog walkers go by and ruin my hunt, have lost a few stands and cameras to trespassing thieves, had bow-hunters sneak through during the shotgun only hunt without a stitch of orange on last year, have had hunters "accidentally" stumble past clearly posted signs/gates and the topper is three years ago I actually had a guy wade the river at one of my properties and fire in the direction of my 9 year old son and I while we were turkey hunting. Now, I never returned fire or acted in a way to get myself in trouble, but I would be lying if I said some unkind thoughts/actions did not cross my mind.

[tom gobble]

Wow, Lucky no one got hurt