Here's a scenario for the fishermen that also hunt:

Last tournament on Patoka Nov. 20th, my partner and I were fishing back in Painters Creek and he had noticed 2 deer (a buck and doe) strolling at the top of the 30' hill on the ridge line behind us. With-in 5 minutes after seeing them a shot rang out and the slug hit the water 15 ft. from the rear of the boat where I was standing. Approx another 5 minutes later as we're trolling out of Painters Creek we see the 2 hunters. I guess they didn't realize when they missed the deer, the slug would hit the water.

When hunting anything, shouldn't one of the responsibilities of the hunter be making sure there is a good back-stop for the slug? After all, since their round hit that close to us, wouldn't that mean they had to be shooting downward?

I don't hunt so I don't know how hunters think.