Friday, December 13, 2013

North Dakota 14-Year-old Nearly Loses an Eye While Hunting

Kaelan MacDonald, 14, was pheasant shooting with his dad Russell near Bismarck, N.D., when another hunter's pellets scattered and lodged into his eye socket.


New York Daily News

A North Dakota teen is lucky to be alive after a family friend accidentally shot him in the eye in a horrific hunting accident.

Kaelan Macdonald, 14, was pheasant shooting with his dad Russell near Bismarck on Nov. 17, when another pal's pellets scattered on firing and two shattered into his face.

The 14-year-old was hit in the cheek, while another bullet lodged itself firmly inside his eye socket.


Did you get that?  The PELLETS scattered and shattered.  It wasn't that the idiot hunter did anything wrong.  It wasn't that he violated at least three of the Safety Rules.

4 comments:

  1. "The PELLETS scattered and shattered."

    What exactly are you expecting Mike, we're talking the NY Daily News here. We're not talking Hemmingway here.

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    1. I'm expecting something a bit better than that. We just discussed this recently. In this case it wasn't only the shabby reporting, it was the victim and the victim's dad protecting the fellow gun owner who obviously was very negligent. Sometimes I can't believe how far you guys would go to cover for each other.

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    2. Mike,
      I thought you were referring to the way out writing style in the article. I dislike reading articles that seem to give an inanimate object like a firearm free will. I'm not sure why you chose that story since there are several more written more accurately.
      I tend not to cover for anyone who messed up. The father is well aware of the safety lapses that occurred.

      "But there is guilt. Admittedly, Russell Macdonald said they didn't follow safe hunting rules — and it cost his son dearly.
      "We didn't communicate ... we didn't follow the rules." They were wearing blaze orange but no protective eye ware.
      He said one of the biggest things is thinking something like this couldn't happen to them.
      He said he plans on sharing his story with others when it comes to proper hunting safety and how, in an instant, things can go wrong."
      http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/young-hunter-recovers-after-being-shot-in-eye/article_ea659e26-6122-11e3-8ac6-001a4bcf887a.html

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    3. I chose this one because it was the first one I read and had a cool picture of the kid. Believe it or not, I don' screen several reports of each story to pick the best one for my cause. I don't have the time, for one thing.

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