Friday Photo on OOD, anyone else have an issue?

[skypilot]

Not as strong as the disdain for absolute basic safe firearm handling. Pretty sickening, really.

You obviously have the self righteous opinion born of ANY real world experience. Have you never shouldered a shotgun on a flushing pheasant only to realize it's a hen? Who exactly is your hatred for oddmott? OOD who tries to support the hunting sport, or some photog who submitted a photo you don't like. What a hypocritical view in a non black and white world.

[smallgamer]

smallgamer.... I will shoot with you any day of the week....

Thanks Frank. I appreciate that.

[pdhenderson]

smallgamer.... I will shoot with you any day of the week....

x2

( even, if i dont pull the trigger....or would that be wrong?)

[mox72]

No problem here. No tag, so he took a shot in a different way. Was the gun even loaded? who knows....

Get over it.

[Fox]

The issue I have is what it shows to those who are not in the know.

If you bring up your shotgun on a pheasant and realize it is a hen you drop your gun and point it in a safe direction.
Once you determine that the game is not legal game you should pull your gun down from the game so as to not have any risk of anything happening.

We are taught that every gun is always loaded until you personally PROVE that it is not.

Based on this picture the assumption that I need to make is that the rifle is loaded, the safety is off and the guys finger is on the trigger. The reason I have to assume this is that without any context this is the worst case situation.

The photo in question would have been find if the guy had a bull tag, but since he did not I see a risk here for an unintentional discharge with horrible consequences.

This photo shows that using your rifle scope as binoculars is ok, which is the opposite of what we were taught in our hunters safety course. This is a photo representing the same thing as glassing a field edge with a fully loaded rifle.

This has nothing to do with any self righteous anything, this person took a really cool picture, but based on safety it was out of line and should not be represented as the right thing to do in the situation. I am sure with context this hunter was 100% safe and there was no risk of hurting the animal, but I have to assume the worst case due to what I have been taught about safety.

[smallgamer]

x2

( even, if i dont pull the trigger....or would that be wrong?)

Thanks pdh!

[Fishy Wishy]

So I'll ask again

So how in control of the firearm is a person trying to setup a camera to shoot through the scope?

Try it out and tell me how much you are in control.

This isn't a guy that was scoping waiting for verification of sex before pulling the trigger. He had already done that.

Not a case of pointing at a flushing bird and deciding not to shoot (saying "BANG!") for whatever reason (realizing it is a hen).

The photographer saw a bull moose, verified that it wasn't a legal shot then decided on gun play to take a pic. If he decided to just photograph the moose sans scope then no problem.

How in control can one be of their firearm when they are trying to line up the sights with the moose, then a camera with the scope? It isn't easy I can tell you, and you only have 2 hands to line everything up. So how is that safe gun handling?

[400bigbear]

I see the internet police are out in full force and firing on all cylinders again . LOL I always found two strokes were loud .

TD

[rick_iles]

The issue I have is what it shows to those who are not in the know.

If you bring up your shotgun on a pheasant and realize it is a hen you drop your gun and point it in a safe direction.
Once you determine that the game is not legal game you should pull your gun down from the game so as to not have any risk of anything happening.

We are taught that every gun is always loaded until you personally PROVE that it is not.

Based on this picture the assumption that I need to make is that the rifle is loaded, the safety is off and the guys finger is on the trigger. The reason I have to assume this is that without any context this is the worst case situation.

The photo in question would have been find if the guy had a bull tag, but since he did not I see a risk here for an unintentional discharge with horrible consequences.

This photo shows that using your rifle scope as binoculars is ok, which is the opposite of what we were taught in our hunters safety course. This is a photo representing the same thing as glassing a field edge with a fully loaded rifle.

This has nothing to do with any self righteous anything, this person took a really cool picture, but based on safety it was out of line and should not be represented as the right thing to do in the situation. I am sure with context this hunter was 100% safe and there was no risk of hurting the animal, but I have to assume the worst case due to what I have been taught about safety.

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Really ?? You know what happens when you " assu me".... The person taking the pic must have four hands to have been able to hold the rifle, finger on the trigger AND arrange the camera to take the pic.....as you "assume".......

[Angus]

Neat photo, entirely safe. A thread like this does give some insight into the credibility of some of the posters, for future reference.