Got shot at

[ridebikeme]

YIKES!! I'm glad that everyone is ok!

I wanted to add that in addition to reporting it to the police, you should also contact your local game warden. It seems they have a better handle on those types of incidents than perhaps the police.

I ride during hunting season here in Maine and always have, but I will say that I wear hunter orange AND put bear bells on my handlebars... more than likely I scare everything away. Although I'm sure I'm not a favorite of hunters, cyclists still have the same option to be in the woods as hunters. During hunting season, I try to ride trails where there isn't alot of traffic and where hunters will actually have to walk rather than driving or riding a 4 wheeler. The bear bells are something I have for backpacking and simply tie onto your boots or in this case your handlebars or hydration system. There are also orange helmet covers that you could add for some added protection.

At any rate, I'm glad that you are ok and hope your rides in the future will have no other incidents!

http://chasecyclery.blogspot.com

[Catrin]

Glad things turned out ok! Sheesh! Good idea to contact the game wardens & police.

In Indiana the bow season starts October 1, but thankfully hunting isn't allowed in the state park where I normally ride. Gun season doesn't start until November...

[zoom-zoom]

Regardless of the color you wear, WTF are they doing shooting at something that isn't brown and furry? I don't recall ever seeing any sort of wild game with hi-viz coloration. This sounds to me to be intentional shooting at cyclists, not simply shooting at anything that moves (which they shouldn't be doing, either).

A-holes with guns really freak me out.

[tulip]

I don't recall ever seeing any sort of wild game with hi-viz coloration.

If it's a sunny day in the woods, hi-viz yellow could conceivably look like a bright patch of sunshine, and if it's moving, hunters think they can shoot it. Hunters are trained to recognize orange, though, and it's less likely for them to mistake something orange for something they can shoot.

Great idea to call the game warden. It's black bear hunting season in Michigan right now...among other things. The size of a person on a bike could be seen as a bear to an on-edge, in-the-zone hunter.

Hunting season dates in Michigan:
http://www.approvalpowersports.com/c...-seasons-dates

Be careful!

[pll]

Wow. I am glad you are both OK.

[zoom-zoom]

Great idea to call the game warden. It's black bear hunting season in Michigan right now...among other things. The size of a person on a bike could be seen as a bear to an on-edge, in-the-zone hunter.

Anyone hunting for black bears where Lime and I live is really in the wrong place with a gun, then. There have been very rare sightings of black bear in our neck of the woods...like 1 every 5 years, or so. We're in western lower MI, not the upper peninsula. I'm not giving hunters shooting at cyclists ANY benefit of the doubt in this scenario.

[tulip]

I've never been to Michigan, so I have no idea. But my mother has bears in her backyard every year and she lives in a city. In my neck of the woods black bears are pretty common and so I figured they are just about everywhere. The game warden will know.

[withm]

Iosco County (NE Michigan) has lots of black bears. The local newspaper has several photos each week of hunters with their trophies. It may be less populated than the SW quadrant, but bears might find more sources of food where people abound.

There are many places I do not kayak at this time of the year so as to stay out of the range of over-anxious (or even bored) hunters. Any forays into the woods during any hunting season are worthy of some extra consideration.

[channlluv]

Holy moly! I'm so glad you're both okay. I would have been screaming out of there, too. I've never even heard of bear bells.

Just out of curiosity, what did your DH yell at them?

Roxy

[redrhodie]

I really hope this was an awful accident, and not intentional. I'm so glad you're okay.