Unfortunately, sometimes the hunt can end in tragedy for the hunter, I mean, not the deer. This past year, on the day the deer season opened in Arkansas, two hunters were killed in accidental shootings. One was shot by another family member who apparently fired two shots at a deer that ran in front of him and one of those bullets struck the victim in the chest. They say he was a victim of what they call buck fever . For example, a hunter spots what he believes to be a deer and fires as soon as his sights are lined up on the target but, in reality, the target is another hunter with leaf-bare arms that look like antlers.
Hunters know that things turn deadly when someone decides to fire before seeing everything clearly.
In fact, it s quite possible that you and I have wounded way too many people because we fired before we saw everything clearly. Be slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry. We fire at someone before we see everything clearly. We may listen long enough to hear their words , but not their heart . . . to hear the surface issue, but not long enough the real issue. We make some of our most hurtful mistakes, we say some of our most damaging words, when we just react to a person s deeds instead of stepping back and looking for the need that is causing that deed.