Don't shoot if you don't know the size/bag limit

Doesn't look comfy really does it =(

If someone checked, they would know that people are in fact a protected species at any size!

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Whats the story behind this?

Thu, 2011-01-27 13:39

Whats the story behind this?

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Not really sure, just found

Thu, 2011-01-27 13:43

Not really sure, just found it in my inbox.

You hope it was an accident!

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Geez, bit further left and it

Thu, 2011-01-27 13:45

Geez, bit further left and it wouldve been much worse. Have to wonder how stuff like that happens.

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Or down, missed a lot of

Thu, 2011-01-27 13:47

Or down, missed a lot of bones in the shoulder there.

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That medics left boot is

Thu, 2011-01-27 13:53

That medics left boot is awfully close to the shaft in the 2nd picture, youd be hating it if he knocked it.

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Holy Shit

Thu, 2011-01-27 13:46

he is one very lucky boy

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Would be luckier to not be

Thu, 2011-01-27 15:09

Would be luckier to not be shot in the first place  :p

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Accident for sure

Thu, 2011-01-27 13:46

Would have stoned him dead if it was intentional!

Fella would have been hammering that green stick I reckon. Can you buy those green sticks off the shelf in a chemist?

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No John, if only. I sucked

Thu, 2011-01-27 13:50

No John, if only. I sucked one back when I broke my arm and it was joy

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Penthrox

Mon, 2011-01-31 13:26

As dd83wa mentioned, the penthrox inhalers are scheduled and restricted. Even Industrial Medics have to get a Doctor's okay to administer.

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story goes - his dive budy

Thu, 2011-01-27 15:16

story goes - his dive budy tapped him on the scuba tank with his speargun, when they were 25ish m down, to tell him he had to go up for air and his gun accidently fired. he came out of hospital that day with a sore shoulder and only 2 little scars as proof....

he is seriously one very lucky fella not to have done any muscle, nerve or bone damage. a few inches to the left and he would have a serious headache.

happened down here in Albany the day before xmas.

I felt more sorry for his mate who shot him because it would have been pretty bloody scary having just shot ya mate through the back....

 

 

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Very lucky guy

Thu, 2011-01-27 18:21

 If he had a scuba tank on it would be hard to get him any further to the left.Just lucky it didnt go straight in.Tapping tanks is what the cray loop is for.

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****LOOKS VERY NASTY*****he

Thu, 2011-01-27 15:38

****LOOKS VERY NASTY*****

he is a very lucky man.

also looks like a southwind boat from the pics, same seats and side pockets as my boat!!

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 I thought it was just a hoax

Thu, 2011-01-27 15:56

 I thought it was just a hoax in the first picture, then I scrolled down. That could have been so much worse!!

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what sort of a dick taps

Thu, 2011-01-27 16:00

what sort of a dick taps someone with a loaded gun to get there attention???

plain stupidity!

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mate unfortunately thats how

Thu, 2011-01-27 16:18

mate unfortunately thats how accidents happen - someone makes a mistake and something bad is the result.

 

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Thank christ he never tapped

Thu, 2011-01-27 16:20

Thank christ he never tapped him on the head

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Nice flesh wound! How's the

Thu, 2011-01-27 17:50

Nice flesh wound! How's the shaka he is chucking in the the first pic

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Can just imagine

Thu, 2011-01-27 19:05

"don't worry man, it's just a flesh wound. I'm sweet"

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holy cr*p

Thu, 2011-01-27 18:38

yowzer yowzer yowzer...... gotta agree with the tank tapping with a loaded gun - huge no no im sorry

never ever point a loaded gun anywhere close to anybody.... glad he was ok tho and made a good recovery!

my sholder is still aching just looking at it

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It's photos

Thu, 2011-01-27 23:16

like these that have people thinking " How the Hell did that happen."

I suppose that's why people do courses and learn the Risks and Safety Requirements it whatever we do.

However at the end of the day it balls down to Just Plain Common Sense, sadly we seem to be losing this art.

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That is crazy !!!  Hopefully

Thu, 2011-01-27 23:44

That is crazy !!!  Hopefully he doesnt hold any grudges and him and his mate could sit back and have a few cold beers after that !!!

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Noobs

Thu, 2011-01-27 23:51

Noobs, you only shoot your mate if a shark is going to kill you..pfftt

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wouldn't want to be friends with his dive buddy

Fri, 2011-01-28 01:33

he would be a complete back stabber. had to be said. cant believe no-one got it earlier.

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I don't know...

Fri, 2011-01-28 04:40

...to me it appears self-inflicted.

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I just realised on the second

Fri, 2011-01-28 05:03

I just realised on the second look the guy is posing for a photo !!!

What a champ !!!

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i reckon he was doing the

Mon, 2011-01-31 04:46

i reckon he was doing the other blokes wife and he found out so busted a cap in him

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Sorry mate, your balls are

Mon, 2011-01-31 10:21

Sorry mate, your balls are nowhere near ya shoulder blade.

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Looks like a bounce of his scapula

Mon, 2011-01-31 13:54

That Looks like he is one very lucky guy. The angle might have been more direct and I suspect his scapula deflected the spear, ie bounced off his wing bone. It would be nice to see his XRs and look for the groove in the scapula. On the other side of the scapula it is tiger country with mayor arteries, veins, nerves and lung.

Getting a pneumothorax (collapsed lung) in 25m off water  would certainly not have been any fun getting to the surface!!!! And it would have stopped his diving carreer in one quick flash, and potentially his life.

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Wouldn't have had to tap him

Mon, 2011-04-11 02:53

Wouldn't have had to tap him with anything if they were spearing without tanks!!

Plus guns don't fire by themselves!! Finger off the trigger would be an even better method.