Originally Posted by HotGuns

I say he did wrong and I've been hunting for 45+ years. The CHL Instructor in me thinks that one should absolutely,beyond a shadow of a doubt, know what the target is when you point a gun at it.

The LEO in me thinks that if I have to take a statement from you because you shot someone by accident and you tell me that you saw something move in the shadows and you shot it, it isn't going to go very well for you.

The Hunter in me would have a serious case of redass if you pointed a gun at me just because I was in a shadow behind a tree or for whatever reason you could articulate pointing a loaded gun at me.

Thats reality. There is no sugar coating to it.

People get shot by accident every year when hunting and it almost every case it was avoidable. They are no excuses for sloppy handling of firearms. If one is so scared of shadows that they feel the need to draw, then they need to use a light or stay home until they have enough daylight to identify the target.