LAST EDITED ON Dec-02-08 AT 00:14AM (MST)[p]The older brother, the survivor, now has to live with what has happened... hard one!
All this probably wouldn't have happened had he had his shotgun on "safe". Something about bird hunting makes some guys think they need to shoot fast. I've caught about every guy i hunt with not having his safety on at some point on some hunt. They think a bird is going to get up and they will then forget to take the safety off causing the bird to get away, or, that it will take too long to find the safety and then push it to the fire position so they just don't put it on knowingly believing nothing bad will happen.
Either way, you, me, the other guy, we just got to use them and i harp on my buds all the time, "You got that thing on safe?" Worst case, "Brother kills Brother in Shooting Accident"... Man, tough to live with, especially when it's all about being worried that a bull&$#* bird might get away.
Joey