Ever had a bullet go by your head?

**firefistace** · 11-25-2016 07:20 AM

I have now, and it's freaking scary.
Around 5 Saturday afternoon I was sitting in my stand in the woods about 16' off the ground. I wanted to try and record the hunt, so I was messing with my camera settings when I heard a ziiiip and BOOM! It was surreal, I could hear the bullet and the leaves/ limbs it was hitting. It was close enough that the camera captured the sound of the bullet, and the audio pickup on this camera is not very good. I got my stuff together and got down and went home. Best I can tell is that it was a guy that hunts an adjacent property that has a stand through the woods on the other side of a field about 500 yards away. I heard his 4 wheeler about 15 minutes prior as he headed to the stand. All i can figure is that he was on the ground at the base of his stand and a deer came out toward the middle of the field, which has a slightly higher elevation, and he shot at it and missed and the bullet had an upward trajectory. Either that or it was a Negligent Discharge or maybe a ricochet. Scary either way as it had to go through more than 200 yards of solid woods to get to me, but it did. I'm definitely going to have a word with this guy, and let him know what happened.

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**Badger** · 11-25-2016 07:40 AM

Yes, more times then I could count ...

Glad your ok and weren't hurt, except for some possible pants soiling ..

Just my opinion, but you should report the incident, as it was poor situational awareness on his part and it could happen again if he exhibits the same kind of bad judgment sometime in the future.

Regards,
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**firefistace** · 11-25-2016 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Badger

Yes, more times then I could count ...

Glad your ok and weren't hurt, except for some possible pants soiling ..

Just my opinion, but you should report the incident, as it was poor situational awareness on his part and it could happen again if he exhibits the same kind of bad judgment sometime in the future.