Some may be able to use this as a wedge issue but it is best to keep the idiots with guns out of the woods. Here is an even worse example that occurred earlier this year here in Washington; a hiker shot and killed by a young hunter who thought she was a bear:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008088335_webhunter02m.html

How do you mistake a hiker for a bear? You don't shoot at a target you cannot positively identify, period.