Fishing trip turns into a matter of survival

[polepole]

http://www.caller.com/news/2010/apr/28/fishing-trip-turns-into-a-matter-of-survival/

[e2g]

holy crap, that ticks me off.  Guess we need to start arming our yaks with cannons.

[Mooch]

    "Arm thyself"  ....that's my opinion at least.

There's too many gun crazies out there already...might as well be prepared to deal with 'em...rather then rely on law enforcement that could be days away from your location.

[EWB]

  "Arm thyself"  ....that's my opinion at least.

and you are worried about bears!

http://courses.cit.cornell.edu/ee476/FinalProjects/s2008/hf39_jhf33/hf39_jhf33/deliverance.jpg

[Bigfoot]

Those four could have been dumping a body and did not want witness's.
 R

[Eric B]

I bet they were just drunken idiots playing "Hey, watch this".

Come on, 100 shots and not a single hole in the kayaks, that were like sitting ducks, (except bigger, and in all likelyhood, brighter)?  If they were shooting to kill, you'd be reading about two dead kayakers.

I don't see how being armed would have helped in that situation.

[ravensblack]

It seems that the some of the youth today have such disregard for life and whats morally right that its downright scary. This kind of behavior is cropping up everywhere. Very sad and very dangerous. It has happened here in Petaluma down by the river at night Random gangs beating the shit out of innocent people and stabbings also. I am just getting too old for this shit, or is it getting worse. Thanks Allen for letting us know not to let our guard down, EVER.

[Tote]

They were probably just scaring the crap out of those guys; sucessfully.
How can you miss a kayak with that many shots?
Nevertheless, the game warder should have used his night vision for a couple of head shots. We need to start culling a certain gene pool.

[piski]

WTF    

[Bigfoot]

Being armed wouldn't have, shooting back might have!
 Randall

[Eric B]

A pistol against a rifle, (or possibly two)?

Don't get me wrong, I like guns, but i'm a realist.

[BabyManBen]

Looks like some loonies having their fun by being dbags. .. having a gun in that case probably would have just made things worse..

[Great Bass 2]

Yeah I would get some night vision scopes and have Rock Hopper as my wing man if I fished down there. I guess that "Deliverance" movie wasn't too far off. 

[Mooch]

if someone shoots towards your direction and you shoot back....the shooters would mostly think twice about picking a fight (IMO at least). The point is not looking like a victim and waiting for help is not always the "safest" thing to do. Especially out in the wilderness. Culprits usually prey on the helpless and in this situation, anyone without the means of fighting back is shit out of luck.

...just my 2 cents

[baitNbeer]

just last friday some kids were shootin at each other in broad daylight right down the street at the cornerm ,y brother just dropped my niec n nephew off at our house then seconds after he left i heard a bunch of shots close by , didnt get too alarmed cuz its somewhat the norm out here in pittsburg but then my bro comes driving back to house all fast , at first i got mad cuz he was speeding down the street and there was little kids playing , then he starts sayin how he had bullets getting shot in his directin and he had to duck down , o shit! few minutes later he drove of headed home and the police stopped him and asked him a bunch of questions , niebor had everything on the police scanner and heard the whole search via cop cars and helicopter , beats the hell out of cable!