[Az-Geocaching] The OASIS Cache

[Scott Wood]

At 06:49 PM 11/29/2002 -0800, you wrote:

>I did a cache today north of Wickenberg/Congress called the OASIS
>cache....just about got SHOT....anyway, I noticed that the last person
>to log online, on 11/16, who shall remain nameless (but he goes by

I have to jump in here.  How can you say that you "just about got SHOT" 
when you just heard gunfire?  As a regular target shooter I take great 
offense at the notion that just because a person hears gunshots that they 
are somehow intended to hit the person, or endanger the person that hears 
the shots.  I don't mean this as a personal thing, but what on earth would 
make you think that you were the target of this gunfire?

As I said, I have been target shooting for a long time, and it is just as 
legitimate of an outdoor activity as goecahing or hiking.  I am also 
getting pretty tired of being maligned just because I choose to engage in a 
hobby that others might find politically incorrect.

I have been to the cache that you mention, and yes, I did log it, and that 
area is pretty flat with the exception of the hills that the cache is 
located in.  Gunshots will be heard there for a very long distance and 
could have been over a mile from you, in an entirely different direction.

I realize that there are always going to be people that are uncomfortable 
around those that have guns, but I feel that it was very irresponsible for 
you to say that you "just about got SHOT" when you have no idea if the 
gunfire was anywhere near you.  You actually said that you never saw the 
people shooting, so more than likely you didn't just about get shot.

Please don't take what I said the wrong way, but I would ask that you 
choose your words more carefully, they do actually mean things.

I hope that your message doesn't scare people off, OASIS is actually a 
decent little cache.


In liberty,

Scott

wood@myblueheaven.com
www.myblueheaven.com