You're lucky Brian,

I'm 61 and have been in the field with drunken hunters in my party...shooting at most anything...I tried to stay behind them...should have gone home. This adventure in the Piedmont of North Carolina.

I've been shot at in the field and when my party hollared out the other fools opened up on us. We hit the dirt and began firing back at them. That stopped their fire. Didn't find any bodies and they didn't get us, but we found a lot of fresh empties. This adventure in Central Oregon.

I've been a licensed alcohol and drug counselor for a long time and I've heard many clients relate stories of going hunting to get drunk, drunken hunting, and sad "accidents."

Its been enough to keep me out of the woods, even get nervous during hunting season when I'm on roads near hunters.

I'm an ex-police officer, and did my Semper Fi time. I'm no anti-gun nannie/nut. Have been shot at enough times not to be stupid about putting myself in situations where I will be again...not as lean, not as mean...

Ron