Thread: "I shot the Sheriff"

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I have signs posted no hunting, no trespassing and they still put up stands on my 43 acres. Even if you didn't have a sign what makes them think they can climb over the fence? If they shoot a deer running towards your property some think they have the right to pursue it onto your property. When the 911 person asked if you had signs posted does that make a difference for them to come onto your property with guns?

I've seen a Dog lying dead in front of a deer stand; someone shot a Cat that we took in as a stray with an arrow. We have one Cat with over thirty buck shot pellets in his back side. I can't wait until the shooting stops each year, people come from Chicago to the county with walking talkies now cell phones. I was on my property making sure there were no hunters and it was already dark in the evening, a hunter on the fence line said I was harassing him that’s when I saw the dog was shot. I looked at the dog and the hunter in the tree stand on my neighbor’s property that farms the field next to my property “said I better step over the line.”I could have taken that as a threat but with the 9mm in my pocket I let it go. I know the deer population is getting worse each year and we have the cars to prove it. My wife refuses to buy a new car because of the deer that she has had contact with, some hit the side of the fenders, and some hit the hood. Three cars with deer damage to prove it. My thoughts would be to tranquillize them to thin them out take the meat to nursing homes. The guys that I see hunting with their new trucks do not seem like they are lacking for food when I see what it cost to get prepared to hunt.
If they stay on designated property do not shoot in the direction of homes or animals then do it right with respect.

Richard

We had a tragic case a couple of weeks ago,where a young school teacher and her partner were camping in a Department of Conservation reserve,,and as she was cleaning her teeth,early evening,at dusk,some guys drove in nearby,hunting[?]and one guy on the back of his 4wd pickup,mistook her for a deer,or something and shot her,,didnt think to make sure of what he was looking at,just shot her,with her partner next to her...Total bl**dy dick..So now he is being done for manslaughter..Stupid,stupid..

Originally Posted by lamin8r

We had a tragic case a couple of weeks ago,where a young school teacher and her partner were camping in a Department of Conservation reserve,,and as she was cleaning her teeth,early evening,at dusk,some guys drove in nearby,hunting[?]and one guy on the back of his 4wd pickup,mistook her for a deer,or something and shot her,,didnt think to make sure of what he was looking at,just shot her,with her partner next to her...Total bl**dy dick..So now he is being done for manslaughter..Stupid,stupid..

makes you cringe doesnt it!

with gun laws the way they are over here the problem isnt so bad.
we've had the occasional weekender come onto the property at work ( a quarry with plenty of rabbits a nd foxes running around).

Originally Posted by spikeo

makes you cringe doesnt it!

with gun laws the way they are over here the problem isnt so bad.
we've had the occasional weekender come onto the property at work ( a quarry with plenty of rabbits a nd foxes running around).

Yeah,well,the gun laws over here arent exactly lax either,but it only takes one dropkick to wreck it for all the others..Ya gotta be an absolute TWONK to drive in to a reserve/camping area in the trees and take a shot at something without identifying it first...

I used to deer hunt but it just got too dangerous. Many others feel the same way. My case - I got shot at and luckily missed. After levering off a full magazine of my 30-30 into the ground in the shooters general direction, I suspect he doesn't hunt any longer either. Our problem is that we are only about 150 miles from NYC and those characters as well as the New Jersey folks show up most every weekend and have ruined it for us Upstate locals. With fewer of us hunting, there are more and more deer being hit by vehicles. A couple weeks ago one was killed on the road behind my house, yesterday, one on the main road a mile or so away. Then there is that cracked wheel arch molding with the hair stuck in it on my F350......

You're extremely lucky Dogtag! It gives me great satisfaction to tear down the tree stands that kept reappearing on my posted property! I heard gunshots one evening and went to investigate and found a pickup parked in the middle of the field. I simply called the Fish and Wildlife division here and they came out quickly! Caught 2 guys dragging out a doe! Told the warden they had permission from a guy named Gary..... not my name! I find that most of the culprits are city folk who just want to shoot at anything. On another note, my oldest son was in the 9th grade and one of his classmates went hunting with his father. Dad got out of his stand and was walking towards something when sonny hears a noise and fires blindly into the brush....Yep, hitting dad! Fortunately, only a small wound, but could have been much worse!!..CR

Well, I got a call from the Sheriff again who was arranging to pick up my "statement" of the
shooting and he tells me that he told the guy we were sprayed by falling buckshot and the guy
looks surprised and says, "from the sky"?
The Sheriff admits he lost it a bit as the guy goes on to explain that they weren't even shooting in
that direction and then proceeds to tell the Sheriff that the wind must have blown it that way.

Now, I AM scared to go out on my deck in the fall.
Could be my horses were being pelted as well which would explain why they were acting crazy
and running the fence line all morning.
Bottom line, though, I wasn't hurt. Getting hit with falling buckshot is like somebody taking a big
rubber band and snapping it against your skin.
Didn't cause a wound but really got my attention. Glad I wasn't looking up.....

Fuggers!!!

DT