2 Found Dead in remote shooting spot near Estacada

[DirectDrive]

Well, they're reporting now that it was a double homicide.
Hope they can nab the perps in short order.
Watch your topknots out there.

 

[ColeInOregon]

Couple killed in homicide near Estacada

A couple was found dead near a shooting pit in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Their deaths were ruled homicides.

www.kgw.com

 

[Oregonhunter5]

You wanna take a 50/50 shot at being shot while shooting? Go over to China hat!

 

[bsa1917hunter]

Well, they're reporting now that it was a double homicide.
Hope they can nab the perps in short order.
Watch your topknots out there.

Dang, thats not good.

 

[Longbeard]

It's not paranoia if it really can happen. Paranoia is worrying about something that probably wont happen. If you have a concealed carry license, and you carry, are you paranoid? Or are you using common sense and being prepared for the worst?
I personally will always prefer to carry and never use it. But I sure don't want to not carry and wish I had it when that once in a lifetime instance happened.

Paranoid people are those that live to tell the tale; as I say " All the stupid ones die young..."

L.B.

 

[WhyElKay]

So unfortunate for this to happen. I'm curious how prepared they were. When I'm shooting outdoors, I am always carrying on my person, but being aware of my surroundings could prove tough in larger areas, especially because I use double ear protection. I am approached almost every time I go to an outdoor shooting area for everything from asking if I need help or just small talk. I've been lucky to not have any issues, but realize I really need to be more vigilant.

 

[DirectDrive]

So unfortunate for this to happen. I'm curious how prepared they were. When I'm shooting outdoors, I am always carrying on my person, but being aware of my surroundings could prove tough in larger areas, especially because I use double ear protection. I am approached almost every time I go to an outdoor shooting area for everything from asking if I need help or just small talk. I've been lucky to not have any issues, but realize I really need to be more vigilant.

Strongly recommend going with a buddy.
Sadly, there are plenty of bottom feeders out there....we pick up their trash on every trip.

 

[Camelfilter]

So unfortunate for this to happen. I'm curious how prepared they were. When I'm shooting outdoors, I am always carrying on my person, but being aware of my surroundings could prove tough in larger areas, especially because I use double ear protection. I am approached almost every time I go to an outdoor shooting area for everything from asking if I need help or just small talk. I've been lucky to not have any issues, but realize I really need to be more vigilant.

Get some electronic ear pro.

 

[ACO]

Get some electronic ear pro.

Yeah, this has been becoming more and more on my mind lately. Where I tend to shoot is pretry damn remote. Parking is tight for more than one car. But I hate being out alone either way.

 

[Member 38805]

Sounds like a lot of guessing going on here so far. I think I'll wait for the official report to come out.

 

[Member 38805]

Get some electronic ear pro.

I never regretted getting electronic ear protection. It's so reasonably priced these days, and it makes talking and hearing other sound so much easier to hear. I'd never shoot with anything else after using my electronic muffs.

 

[Boboclown]

Holy cow. I've shot there before. It doesn't say how they died. Could have been a murder suicide? Kind of scary. I'm like Yvette and go out shooting by myself. Actually quite a bit. One time I forgot to keep some spare ammo and this scary creature slithered behind me:
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I don't shoot at that spot anymore!!!!! I'd like to know how the couple died. Whoever finds out, post it please. Thanks...

I think you'd hate my yard. There's a few snakes in the garden, few under the patio, and under the shed.

 

[308]

If you have windows on the door or beside your door I suggest you remove, paint or frost them. Seeing you with your own gun in your own home is now a justifiable reason to kill you.

Knock on my door at 3:00am and (1) I am not going to back light myself, and (2) I'll be looking to see who is on the porch from some other visual access point.

Nothing good ever happens after midnight and especially between the hours of 2:30-4:30am...I know this experientially.

 

[Geardo]

Its not hard to meet people to go shooting with. Even if you are anti social like me. Just watch for posts of people talking about the same type of shooting as you. Tactical, plinking, handguns, long range. Etc. That are in your area, and send them a PM. Be direct and honest and maybe meet up for a beer and see if you get along before heading out innawoods. I have met about 7 guys on here that like to shoot like me and they have all been great and I have learned a lot from them.

We are all here for the same reasons.

 

[WhyElKay]

I think you'd hate my yard. There's a few snakes in the garden, few under the patio, and under the shed.

You should move!!

 

[that guy]

There was a case exactly like this back in the '70s. A man was target shooting at a site on Larch Mountain when two teenagers drove by, saw he was alone, and shot him from a distance, "just to see what it was like." There was no interaction, and the man had no chance to protect himself.

That case was in 1996:

Defendant Gets Life In Oregon Slayings | The Seattle Times

 

[RVTECH]

That case was in 1996:

Thanks for clearing this up! I kind of thought it was much later myself as I remembered it taking place but the 70's didn't sound right.

 

[Longbeard]

I think you'd hate my yard. There's a few snakes in the garden, few under the patio, and under the shed.

I used to have a neighbor that had many, many large snakes. They'd turn the heat up open the cages &
leave for the day; you could see 3-4 foot Pythons slithering across their window sills. No, I never had
a problem with it. In fact I've found snakes to be quite tasty when someone offered me fried Rattle Snake.
L.B.

 

[SUPER X]

That case was in 1996:

Defendant Gets Life In Oregon Slayings | The Seattle Times

They are probably out now ,

 

[Longbeard]

You should move!!

"I heard that most accidents happen in the home so I moved..."
Sarc. intended.
LongBeard