Thread: "I shot the Sheriff"

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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

Originally Posted by dogtag

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"?

This would be one of those times when I support gun control! I've had "so-called hunters" shoot my dogs, had one shepard just about crippled for life with buckshot in/around his spine! Between them and the "recreational vehicle" riders, leaves us pulling our hair out! Why do parents buy their kid(s) a vehicle with nowhere to ride it? They show up on our place and tear the roads up and drive across the crop rows! Another reason for me and gun control, cause if I could catch'em, I'd kill'em!

Originally Posted by dogtag

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

Did you make it through the last weekend for fire arms?

In 16 years, this has been the worst for me. I haven't gone through the woods like I used to because of medical reasons. Friday evening I set the garbage out thinking they would run Saturday morning since the Holiday. When I get to the gate I hear two loud shots, I knew it was coming from the back side of my property.


I hate this time of the year.

Richard