I screwed up big

[csspwns]

Yep here's a great example of an adrenaline rush causing a hallucination:

https://www.police1.com/officer-shootings/officer-confuses-a-falling-acorn-for-a-gunshot-here-is-why-it-can-easily-happen-again

• An acorn fell from a tree and struck the top of the patrol car causing a loud staccato sound.
• The deputy later stated he thought the sound was a gunshot from a suppressed weapon. He also believed he had been shot because he felt an impact on his torso, and his legs suddenly lost their normal function.
• In fact, the deputy had not been shot and the suspect was unarmed.
• the deputy in this case was a graduate of West Point, an officer in the US Army’s Special Forces and was twice deployed to tours in Afghanistan. Without knowing more, the deputy certainly seems like someone with the proper background to thrive in a high-stress environment.
• This deputy, like every cop, is a human, with human performance capabilities, fallibilities and limitations. Because we all have brains, we must understand how those brains work and what causes our fallible brains to believe things that aren’t true. With any luck, this agency will be one of those very rare organizations that does take a look at the why and then allows the rest of us to learn from this mishap.

Edited December 10, 2024 by csspwns

[Guyver]

1 hour ago, Tatetopa said:

When you use explosives for fishing, the proper term is DuPont spinners.

One should not be using explosives for fishing.  It’s cheating.  

[XenoFish]

4 hours ago, Tatetopa said:

When you use explosives for fishing, the proper term is DuPont spinners.

But I like nuclear weapons.😢

[XenoFish]

3 hours ago, Guyver said:

One should not be using explosives for fishing.  It’s cheating.  

It's a declaration of war.

[preacherman76]

5 hours ago, Tatetopa said:

Lucky maybe.  You probably already know how dangerous it is to shoot if you are not  certain what you see.  I think you did OK though.  Take him next time, but he will get over it and become a safe hunter in a season or two.    
 

yeah once I had a hint that there might not have been a second deer, I scanned as far as I could. Luckily he was pointing towards some very thick brush. Then I was almost panicking thinking of what could have went wrong. 
 

That was the first time that afternoon I yelled at myself in my head, that I screwed up big. 

5 hours ago, Tatetopa said:

A bunch of years ago, I was waiting for a buck and doe next to a game path.  The buck saw something (me, sitting on the ground) and stood up on his hind legs to get a better view with the doe by his side.  First time I had seen that in the woods.  I didn't shoot, just looked back. Never really wanted to shoot a deer or elk  afterwards, just because.  Sounds silly probably, I would if I were hungry, I never forgot that buck standing there, almost like he was ready to ask, "Who the hell are you? I have gone out since, even carried a gun a time or two, but I knew I was just there to look.

That’s a great story. My grandmother had one almost the same. For me, I remember the day I knew I was done. Had just shot a big doe. I’m almost done dressing her when I realized I never felt anything. No rush. No remorse, not even gratitude. I haven’t taken a shot at one since. 

[Alex_Rogan]

It sounds like what I've heard called "buck fever".

I heard that term as a kid. I'm a fisher and not a hunter so it took awhile for someone to explain 'buck fever'.

I thought it was just someone hot to kill something, but from what I've learned it's actually the opposite. 

Killing is not an easy thing, even for harvesting food. The 'adrenaline' and other things - there aren't enough words to describe it - get all bundled up and affects the hunter in odd ways. 

I've heard of people hunting, getting buck fever, and were unable to pull the trigger or loose the arrow.

 

It's just buck fever. It's common.

 

[+Desertrat56]

On 12/9/2024 at 11:17 PM, csspwns said:

Yep here's a great example of an adrenaline rush causing a hallucination:

https://www.police1.com/officer-shootings/officer-confuses-a-falling-acorn-for-a-gunshot-here-is-why-it-can-easily-happen-again

• An acorn fell from a tree and struck the top of the patrol car causing a loud staccato sound.
• The deputy later stated he thought the sound was a gunshot from a suppressed weapon. He also believed he had been shot because he felt an impact on his torso, and his legs suddenly lost their normal function.
• In fact, the deputy had not been shot and the suspect was unarmed.
• the deputy in this case was a graduate of West Point, an officer in the US Army’s Special Forces and was twice deployed to tours in Afghanistan. Without knowing more, the deputy certainly seems like someone with the proper background to thrive in a high-stress environment.
• This deputy, like every cop, is a human, with human performance capabilities, fallibilities and limitations. Because we all have brains, we must understand how those brains work and what causes our fallible brains to believe things that aren’t true. With any luck, this agency will be one of those very rare organizations that does take a look at the why and then allows the rest of us to learn from this mishap.

I suspect that officer was suffering from PTSD from his tours in Afghanistan.   He probably should not have been considered a good candidate for the job.   Soldier does not translate into a "good" cop.

[Abramelin]

On 12/10/2024 at 7:51 AM, Guyver said:

One should not be using explosives for fishing.  It’s cheating.  

That depends on whether you go fishing for sports or for getting food.

[Abramelin]

On 12/9/2024 at 9:36 PM, XenoFish said:

I know hunting. You hit the deer in an opening. Because if you're shooting through brush, you might shoot another hunter or a bear.

I'm not a hunter (my father was), but I understand that you only kill what you're going to eat.

So, in case you accidentely kill another hunter...

 

Humans taste like pig, btw.