Dick Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter
Yikes...
Glad to hear Mr. Whittington is ok.
These sorts of accidents happen on hunts. In my experience, the way you safely hunt pheasants is to have the shooters form up in a line across the field/land being hunted and to walk across with everyone staying in line. That way nobody is in the line of fire by getting to far in front.
If this is how Cheney and his companions were doing it, either Mr. Whittington had gotten ahead of the line or Cheney shot down the line.
Update:
Comment seen elsewhere: I'd still rather hunt with Cheney than ride with Ted Kennedy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday.
Harry Whittington, 78, was "alert and doing fine" after Cheney sprayed Whittington with shotgun pellets on Saturday at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, said property owner Katharine Armstrong.
Armstrong said Cheney turned to shoot a bird and accidentally hit Whittington. She said Whittington was taken to Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital by ambulance.
Glad to hear Mr. Whittington is ok.
These sorts of accidents happen on hunts. In my experience, the way you safely hunt pheasants is to have the shooters form up in a line across the field/land being hunted and to walk across with everyone staying in line. That way nobody is in the line of fire by getting to far in front.
If this is how Cheney and his companions were doing it, either Mr. Whittington had gotten ahead of the line or Cheney shot down the line.
Update:
Comment seen elsewhere: I'd still rather hunt with Cheney than ride with Ted Kennedy.
