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I saw a post on a FB muzzleloading site about him with a link to Youtube.
He was hunting caribou in Alaska with a muzzleloader.
He loaded his rifle, capped it, then lowered the hammer on to the cap. He was moving thru brush and had the buttstock over his shoulder and was holding the barrel at the muzzle. Going thru some brush, a branch pulled the hammer back and dropped it on the cap. He shot his little finger off.
 
In one segment he was making an osage bow to hunt with, it was obvious he didn't know anything about bow making. Instead of chasing a ring down the back he was shaping the back with a course rasp, I knew he would never make a bow out of the stave he had. He didn't know the steps to make a bow and failed at his project quickly.

All of this kind of stuff is scripted by writers who don't know squat about the topic at hand, the "actors" don't know either and go along with what they are told to do.
 
...Going thru some brush, a branch pulled the hammer back and dropped it on the cap...
There are numerous historical documented cases of this type of accidental discharge in the War Of Northern Aggression; both sides; most fatal. Greatest number involved crawling/climbing over fences, then reaching and pulling muzzle first...
 
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One of my Dads Friends blew his arm off climbing through a barbed wire fence while rabbit hunting.. Before my time.

My Dad wasn’t with him at the time, but he always made sure when we came too a fence one person held the guns while the other crossed the fence…
Then the guns were handed over the fence with the muzzle always pointed in a safe direction.
We did not unload the guns too cross the fence, but they were always safely handled.
 
I ran camera on a friend’s outdoor show. He focused more on the outdoor experience rather than just killing stuff (probably why he didn’t make it really big). I bet up to about 95% of what’s filmed is basically made up after an animal is taken. It’s all fill in material. We had some of that but most of his show was real hunting. All those shows have a place on the market. Yes it is a market. But they are not real hunting. Honestly now that I know about the industry I cant watch any of those shows any more. To me it’s actually kind of sad.
Stank
 
One of my Dads Friends blew his arm off climbing through a barbed wire fence while rabbit hunting.. Before my time.

My Dad wasn’t with him at the time, but he always made sure when we came too a fence one person held the guns while the other crossed the fence…
Then the guns were handed over the fence with the muzzle always pointed in a safe direction.
We did not unload the guns too cross the fence, but they were always safely handled.
This was common practice for me as well, in fact I carried my first shot gun empty for the first year. I was reminded for my failures in safe carry before I even shot a round. It worked for me and I treaded my son and daughter the same way
 
In one segment he was making an osage bow to hunt with, it was obvious he didn't know anything about bow making. Instead of chasing a ring down the back he was shaping the back with a course rasp, I knew he would never make a bow out of the stave he had. He didn't know the steps to make a bow and failed at his project quickly.

All of this kind of stuff is scripted by writers who don't know squat about the topic at hand, the "actors" don't know either and go along with what they are told to do.
That guy is the main reason I stopped watching that show, and every other (non) Reality Show.
I admit to lowering the hammer on a cap during wet weather and other times, but never covered the muzzle with my fingers.
I also saw many stupid human tricks with firearms during my time wearing a badge. Jeez.
 
One of my Dads Friends blew his arm off climbing through a barbed wire fence while rabbit hunting.. Before my time.

My Dad wasn’t with him at the time, but he always made sure when we came too a fence one person held the guns while the other crossed the fence…
Then the guns were handed over the fence with the muzzle always pointed in a safe direction.
We did not unload the guns too cross the fence, but they were always safely handled.
Doing this was one of the first things we were taught as kids. Hand the gun to someone and then cross the fence, or, lay the gun down under the fence, then cross it if you were alone.
 
I watched this fool Laramie Miller a couple of times. Once he was supposedly hunting a grizzly bear with some kind of kit gun that looked unfinished. He carried it through the woods in a leather sleeve. When he "spotted a bear" he took it out to load it. Hurriedly got it charged with a Maxi Ball and went to put a cap on. He fished out a tin of caps from his pocket and holding the rifle, he tries to "unscrew" the lid of the tin (those factory tins are a bitch to get open) and the lid pops off, the primers go everywhere down in the grass. I guess he manages to find one and cap the rifle, fires, and misses, of course. Then he says something like "oh well, that's hunting." That was the last time I watched him. I didnt know he wound up shooting off a finger.
 
Just last evening, I looked up the You tube and watched the show. All other silliness aside, capping a rifle and lowering the hammer on it to carry through the woods is insane. Then, he carries the thing by holding the muzzle in his hand and hanging 3/4 of the rifle back, off his shoulder holding all of that unsupported weight in his hand. That is absolutely ridiculous. He was supposed to be taught by mountain men? Yah, right. He sure did blow that finger off though. They showed some pretty gnarly pictures of it. Don't watch if you get weak kneed over stuff like that. He claims he was raised around guns his whole life and never had an issue. This is what happens when they use their total Hollywood BS and a made up character for TV.
 
Yep. AD's suck.
Tell me about it.
I shot myself in the right hand and base of ring finger with a .22 pistol 12-15 years ago at almost contact distance (2”). Drove 55 minutes to the hospital with hand wrapped in a big towel.
Splintered finger bone, shattered knuckle, and passed out the back of my hand. Almost no pain at all until the nurse put a big rigid plastic tube full of a saline solution with a plunger knob on one end and a 2” rubber cup on the other on the back of my flattened out hand. Nurse gave the plunger a big shove downward. I yelled and about jumped off the bed in pain.
Doctor did no surgery, and said my knuckle and finger joint would freeze up and no longer have movement.
Remarkedly, within about a year, the splintered bones and knuckle healed up nicely. Even got full use of the knuckle and finger joint again even though later X-Rays show multiple bone splinters and lead fragments scattered throughout the wound area, where they remain to this day.

Ring finger will not quite straighten out all the way, but I can still bend it and is still very functional.
Yep. AD's suck.
Be careful out there.
 
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Especially that Cabela's show. Grates on my nerves....
Hunting shoes, read gear commercials has ruined hunting IMHO. Not about the food, or the animal, the camaraderie. It's about fake blonds in skintight close telling everyone you can't kill a 180 inch buck without a 5000 dollar jacket and a blind that's wifi capable. I'll get off my soap box now.
 


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