AN AGRICULTURAL SMT DROPPED HARMLESS; TO HUMANS; CHEMICALS IN THE VICINITY OF SOME HUNTERS.

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I WAS HIRED BY AN AGENCY TO SPRAY SOME PASTURE/TIMBERLAND FOR NOXIOUS WEEDS. AS I LOOKED THE SIGHT OVER PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL APPLICATION; I NOTICED A COUPLE OF VEHICLES PARKED NEARBY THAT APPEARED TO BE EMPTY OF OCCUPANTS; SO I SEARCHED THE AREA NEARLY AND THE AREA I WAS TO SPRAY FOR HUNTERS; I SAW NO ONE AND BEGAN THE APPLICATION MISSION USING A 'RACETRACK' PATTERN STARTING DOWN AREA 'A' AND RETURNING ON AREA 'B.' ON THE SECOND PASS IN AREA 'A;' I NOTICED A HUNTER EMERGE FROM THE DENSE UNDERGROWTH (QUITE POSSIBLY WITH A GUN POINTED IN MY DIRECTION) AND START TO MOVE TOWARD AREA 'C.' SO TO ALLOW HIM TIME TO EVAC AREA 'A;' EVEN THOUGH THE PRODUCT I WAS USING WAS NOT POISONOUS; I STARTED A BACK AND FORTH PATTERN ON AREA 'B' UNTIL HE HAD TIME TO MOVE SUFFICIENTLY FAR AWAY (ALSO UPWIND) FROM AREA 'A' INTO AREA 'C;' THEN I RESUMED THE 'RACETRACK' PATTERN ON 'A' AND 'B.' THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED NOT 1; BUT PROBABLY 6-8 HUNTERS IN AREA 'C.' I CAN ONLY GUESS THAT THEY HAD BEEN HIDING IN TREES; ETC; STALKING A SMALL HERD OF DEER. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY WERE HUNTING BECAUSE THEY MARCHED ACROSS 'C' ABREAST AS PHEASANT HUNTERS OFTEN DO. AS I WORKED TOWARD AREA 'C;' THEY HUNTED THAT AREA AND MOVED ON TO 'D.' I THEN FINISHED 'C' AND WENT HOME. ALTHOUGH THEY PROBABLY WERE PERTURBED; IF I DID IN FACT SCARE OFF THEIR GAME; NO ONE WAS ENDANGERED (EXCEPT POSSIBLY ME; SINCE IT APPEARED THEY WERE AT TIMES 'PLAY' SHOOTING ME DOWN; WATCHING THROUGH SCOPES; OR JUST LOUSY SHOTS). ALSO; THE PRODUCT I WAS DISPERSING WAS ODORLESS AND NON-TOXIC.