I'd of called him stupid for using his rifle scope, of any power to spot critters.
That one aint about using your scope to spot critters as much as it is knowing your back stop and what's behind it.
That too, no doubt.
They're both dumb things to do but srwshooter never said there was or wasn't a safe background, just that his friend was trying to shoot a "groundhog" he'd "identified" through his low powered riflescope. There easily could have been a high bank to that creek that would have made the shot itself safe....assuming the target really was a groundhog.
It spooks me too to even read about such situations, even if the shot never happened.
