Reply #2: the JOURNAL-STANDARD IN FREEPORT, ILL, ought to read these words [View All]

[flordehinojos]

in an article in the CHARLOTTE-OBSERVER by Scott Deham, ("professor of German at Davidson College and a member of the Rowan County Wildlife Association. He is an avid hunter and occasionally teaches a course on skeet and trap shooting through Davidson's outdoors education program"...)

the following words are from his article

The idea of hunting from a car is bad. It's dangerous because hunters would be getting in and out, guns pointing every which way, losing track of the wind, the weather, the angle of the sun, the energy level of the dogs. Hunting from a car is, for able-bodied hunters at least, completely antithetical to honest, ethical hunting.
One of the cardinal rules of any bird hunt: Don't shoot low birds. Why? It is more difficult to see birds against the ground than against the sky. It is possible that something besides a bird might be on the ground, and thus in the way; generally this would be the dog. Though it should never happen, a careless, selfish hunter might even swing through with his shotgun and find another hunter in the line of fire, but only if he were following a low bird (though most dedicated bird dog owners would agree it's better to shoot a hunting partner than a good dog!). This happened when Vice President Cheney shot his partner on Saturday evening.
Cheney's hunting party broke several basic rules: too many in the hunt party; no dog, or at least not having the dog retrieve a downed bird; hunting from a vehicle. And Cheney broke some of the most basic rules: shooting at a low bird and not being aware of the placement of his hunting party members.
One report I read stated that Cheney shot Whittington at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday -- way too late to be hunting quail. Good hunters hunt early in the day, when the light is good, the birds are active, and the dogs are fresh. One should generally not be out for quail this late in the day.

this article was posted here earlier by caligirl. the link to the full article is:

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/opinion/13866143.htm