OLN Dangerous Game - Good & Bad

[fabsroman]

Okay, I'll agree that hunting habits are different in Africa and whether they are right or wrong, only time will tell. I have seen and heard second hand about guns going off unexpectedly. First story was my brother when we were young. He was pulling the hammer back on a .410 and it slipped from under his thumb. Well, the round went off.

Another story is from where I shoot sporting clays, skeet, and trap frequently. A guy came into the clubhouse with a loaded gun and it went off, shooting a hole into the ceiling.

Last story is of a guy coming back from deer hunting. He went into the trailer, opened the bolt on his rifle to make sure that nothing was in it, closed the bolt and "dry" fired it to relieve the tension on the spring and fired a bullet through the roof of the trailer. According to him, the cartridge must have gotten stuck in the chamber and not ejected when he pulled the bolt handle back.

Accidents happen, you just hope that a bunch do not connect such that there is a Cheney incident.

How many professional hunters are there in Africa? If you guys had to guess, are there more professional hunters in Africa than hunters here. Probably not, so the odds would be in their favor to go accident free for while.

Oh well, I have to get back to work. Too much work and not enough time in the day to debate fun stuff.