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In article <Bxo9u7.9oE@monitor.com>, michael@monitor.com (Michael Johnson) writes:
|> IMHO (and sorry to any hunters out there) these people are 100% guilty of  
|> manslaughter and should at least be convicted and receive a suspended  
|> sentence for their crime.  It is absolutely inexcusable to aim and shoot a  
|> gun at a moving object without positively identifying the target--that's what  
|> we call "negligence".  I'm sure the hunter feels incredibly bad about this,  
|> but that's too damn bad--he has committed a crime, and should pay his due.

As a runner and hunter, I agree.  The hunter should be held accountable in
some fashion.  In Oregon, if you accidently kill an out-of-season animal, your
license is revoked for some number of years.  Oregon has reciprocal agreements
with many western states, making it impossible for a hunter on probation to
hunt elsewhere.  Why they didn't take this person's license away for some
number of years (at the very least) is beyond comprehension.

I have never taken an animal that I could not 100% identify.  We hunt in
some extremely brushy Oregon coastal hills, with plenty of cattle and elk
roaming about.  There is not a deer season that I have come home without 
venison.  I just don't understand how a hunter could mistake a runner for 
a deer!

A note to runners: If you are running during game season, wear bright yellow,
orange, red and pink colors.  Avoid running on narrow, heavily wooded trails.
Remember that the average hunter would not mistake you for a game animal, but
bozos can purchase hunting licenses just like anyone else!

My $.02 worth,

Steven (sjk@strl.labs.tek.com)

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