SC: Four years for hunting accident

[seamusTX]

A South Carolina man pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting a hunter in 2008. He was sentenced to four years in prison.

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- Jim

[Pete92FS]

I don't want to sound ignorant; but 100 yards with a shotgun? I would think that would be out of effective range even for magnum load of buckshot or a rifled slug. I have never deer hunted with a shotgun; only a Remington 30.06.

[seamusTX]

100 yards is usually given as the maximum limit for aimed shots with a shotgun. I don't know from personal experience. That's too far to walk to put up a target.

The poor kid was killed by a single pellet of buckshot. You don't get much worse luck than that.

- Jim

[DONT TREAD ON ME]

I don't want to sound ignorant; but 100 yards with a shotgun? I would think that would be out of effective range even for magnum load of buckshot or a rifled slug. I have never deer hunted with a shotgun; only a Remington 30.06.

In some states it is only legal to hunt with shotguns.