HUNTING

[ramseycat]

I can understand the hatred of deer heads on family room walls. That is why I hang mine on the walls in my man cave/gun room. The only people that ever have to see the mounts are hunters or gun enthusiasts. While I do enjoy a good mount[hehehe] I would never display my trophies where the rest of the family or guests was forced to view them. If someone asks to see them I can take them up to my man cave and show them off and tell the tale of that particular hunt.

Now see? That's why I like you. Considerate. Not everyone enjoys seeing the head of a dead animal.

[Duchess]

F U is very likable, he's good looking & charming, he has a great sense of humor. He's all man.

[F.U.]

Nice looking buck Duch! What the rack lacks in size it makes up for in character. That drop tine of the L main beam ads a lot of character.

[F.U.]

I can understand the hatred of deer heads on family room walls. That is why I hang mine on the walls in my man cave/gun room. The only people that ever have to see the mounts are hunters or gun enthusiasts. While I do enjoy a good mount[hehehe] I would never display my trophies where the rest of the family or guests was forced to view them. If someone asks to see them I can take them up to my man cave and show them off and tell the tale of that particular hunt.

Now see? That's why I like you. Considerate. Not everyone enjoys seeing the head of a dead animal.

Hello ramsey, long time no talk.






Thanks for the kind words Duch , but I hope nobody sees them. It will kill my reputation.

[Duchess]

I hope nobody sees them. It will kill my reputation.

That's how I feel when I'm told I'm nice...or God forbid, sweet.

[ramseycat]

Hiya FU! How's the family? You ARE a nice guy. Not many in this forum. LOL

[F.U.]

Hi Ramsey,the family is doing well and the grand kids are growing like weeds. Thanks for asking. How's things ben with you and yours?





Here are a couple pics I took today while in my tree stand. See, I don't always take my shots with a gun or bow.


It was another nice sunrise today.




I let this buck walk by me and he was the only deer I saw today. He was a nice little 8 pointer and was just 20 yards from me.







I watched these squirrels for a hour or so. They kept running down the tree and grabbing a nut then back up the tree they went.

I took this first pic because they were both eating a nut, sitting the same way and just one large branch above and below each other. The top squirrel is easy to see, but the second one is a little smaller and harder to see, but he is on the next large branch down right below the top one.

[Eat Shit And Die]

see. hunting is dangerous.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

A hunter was found dead Thursday after he fell out of his tree stand in a wooded area by U.S. Highway 301 and Interstate 10, according to Jacksonville police.

Police said the man, whose identity was not immediately released, fell from the stand that was about 40 feet up and broke his neck.

It's unclear how long he had been there.

Police said the man's body was found by friends who went looking for him after they hadn't heard from him in a couple of days.

Hunting from a tree stand without using a safety belt, this fool deserved to fall. Never ever climb a tree without a safety harness in use. That's rule # 1 in my book. The only one I feel sorry for is his family. While hunting IS dangerous, its risks can be minimized.

40 feet up in a tree is crazy! A person is out of the line of sight of a deer at just 12 feet. I usually hang my stands anywhere from 16 - 22 feet up [most climbing sticks are 16 - 20 feet tall] and that is plenty high enough. Saying he was 40 feet up makes it sound like he was one of those hunters that bragged the he hung his stand the highest, had the best equipment, was the best shot, had the fastest bow, bought the newest gimmick on the market etc.

Imagine the irony if it was the kickback from the rifle that knocked him to his death.

[F.U.]

see. hunting is dangerous.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

A hunter was found dead Thursday after he fell out of his tree stand in a wooded area by U.S. Highway 301 and Interstate 10, according to Jacksonville police.

Police said the man, whose identity was not immediately released, fell from the stand that was about 40 feet up and broke his neck.

It's unclear how long he had been there.

Police said the man's body was found by friends who went looking for him after they hadn't heard from him in a couple of days.

Hunting from a tree stand without using a safety belt, this fool deserved to fall. Never ever climb a tree without a safety harness in use. That's rule # 1 in my book. The only one I feel sorry for is his family. While hunting IS dangerous, its risks can be minimized.

40 feet up in a tree is crazy! A person is out of the line of sight of a deer at just 12 feet. I usually hang my stands anywhere from 16 - 22 feet up [most climbing sticks are 16 - 20 feet tall] and that is plenty high enough. Saying he was 40 feet up makes it sound like he was one of those hunters that bragged the he hung his stand the highest, had the best equipment, was the best shot, had the fastest bow, bought the newest gimmick on the market etc.

Imagine the irony if it was the kickback from the rifle that knocked him to his death.

+1

[Lady Cop]

hey FU i just saw your cool squirrel photos! i love squirrels! and chipmunks! hahahaha they're my little pets



http://mockforums.net/thread-5105.html?h...=tree+rats

[Lady Cop]

Bambi 1...hunter 0. those antlers are weapons!



ALBION, Ind. (WANE) - A Fort Wayne man died Monday while participating in a reduction hunt at Chain O'Lakes State Park. Officials say he suffered an injury to his liver that possibly happened during an encounter he had with a deer he shot.

Indiana Conservation Officers have closed the investigation into the death of Paul J. Smith, 62, after the Noble County Coroner’s office ruled it was due to a lacerated liver.

According to the Department of Natural Resources, Smith called his son shortly after 9 a.m. and left a message that he'd shot a buck. When Smith’s son returned the called around 10:30 a.m., Smith told him that after coming down from his tree stand to field dress and tag the deer, he discovered it was still alive and that he scuffled with the animal before killing it with a knife.

Smith called park officials by cell phone at about 12:30 p.m. to request help in transporting the deer to the reduction hunt check-in station.

A park employee who went to retrieve the deer found Smith unconscious and seated against a tree. The park's property manager and an off duty conservation officer tried to revive Smith with a portable defibrillator and CPR but got no response. Medics arrived and pronounced Smith dead at the scene.

An autopsy showed lacerations on Smith’s liver that were in line with internal bruising.

[FAHQTOO]

Bambi 1...hunter 0. those antlers are weapons!



ALBION, Ind. (WANE) - A Fort Wayne man died Monday while participating in a reduction hunt at Chain O'Lakes State Park. Officials say he suffered an injury to his liver that possibly happened during an encounter he had with a deer he shot.

Indiana Conservation Officers have closed the investigation into the death of Paul J. Smith, 62, after the Noble County Coroner’s office ruled it was due to a lacerated liver.

According to the Department of Natural Resources, Smith called his son shortly after 9 a.m. and left a message that he'd shot a buck. When Smith’s son returned the called around 10:30 a.m., Smith told him that after coming down from his tree stand to field dress and tag the deer, he discovered it was still alive and that he scuffled with the animal before killing it with a knife.

Smith called park officials by cell phone at about 12:30 p.m. to request help in transporting the deer to the reduction hunt check-in station.

A park employee who went to retrieve the deer found Smith unconscious and seated against a tree. The park's property manager and an off duty conservation officer tried to revive Smith with a portable defibrillator and CPR but got no response. Medics arrived and pronounced Smith dead at the scene.

An autopsy showed lacerations on Smith’s liver that were in line with internal bruising.

This is my neck of the woods. Some of the people I work with knew this man...very sad.


On a lighter note...here's one for you LC.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/16...3%7C113480

[Lady Cop]

awww...good cop!

[Lady Cop]

you hunters may enjoy this editorial...be careful out there!

Thinning the herd
Be very careful, it’s deers ‘n’ beers season once again
By Howie Carr Sunday, November 27, 2011 | bostonherald Columnist

Hot damn! Shotgun deer hunting season starts tomorrow at dawn in the commonwealth.

And every dad-blamed Jed Clampett in the state will be traipsing around in the woods, three sheets to the wind, blasting Bambi ... and each other.

OK, I admit not every hunter will be drunk. But if you have the misfortune to be out in the wilderness during the “harvest” this coming week, chances are you’ll hear these chilling words, “Here Bubba, hold muh beer!”

Can there be any sadder words inscribed on one’s tombstone than these: “Mistaken for a deer.” One Massachusetts man has already died this season in New Hampshire because of his apparent resemblance to a white-tail. It happened the same day a hunter target-practicing in Raymond, Maine, was shot in the stomach by another nimrod, who, hearing the shots, apparently mistook the first guy for a gun-toting buck.

Next consider the sad case of Clifford Sanchez of New Mexico, on whose tombstone may be inscribed: “Mistaken for a bull elk.”

At least that’s the story his killer, Gilbert Sanchez (no relation) told the cops after he recently shot the other Sanchez off the back of an ATV.

According to the Taos News, the shooter Sanchez “claimed to see antlers, which he may have confused with the ATV’s handlebars.”

Across the nation, toothless rednecks are asking one another: What in tarnation are they chargin’ that boy for, Billy Bob? Was them handlebars wearing orange blaze? What the Sam Hill is this here country comin’ to?

Sanchez expressed regret because “he didn’t like to miss and he was shooting an elk, which turned into a human being.”

Try not to let this destroy your faith in the sobriety of the nimrod community, but in Sanchez’s pockets the cops found an unmarked bottle containing Valium, oxycodone and Zantac. Sanchez informed the local constabulary he was “pretty sure” he was on Valium but “couldn’t remember” what other treats he’d been sampling.

Next stop, Merlin, Oregon. An 11-year-old boy was waiting for his school bus in the morning. Can you guess what happened next?

“(The hunter) said he didn’t see the boy, who was standing less than 100 yards away from the house.”

Here’s one from British Columbia. Two 22-year-olds were camping out when one of them heard what he thought was a black bear trying to get into the tent. So he give that thar bear what-fer... Only it turned out it wasn’t a bear, it was the other guy he was camping out with, returning from a call of a nature. He’s recovering from bullet wounds to his face.

Moving along to Steamboat Springs, Colo. Jerry Cox is a guide and, oh, the stories he could tell you — after he gets out of the hospital, that is.

“The hunter, from Delaware, said he mistook Cox for a coyote from 120 yards away,” according to reports. What, does Cox have a bushy tail? Oh, by the way, the hunter “had just finished his hunting safety course two weeks earlier.”

Ever hear how sometimes hunters get two kills with one bullet? Happened in Illinois last weekend. A 53-year-old nimrod from East Dubuque opened fire, killing a 44-year-old father and wounding his 15-year-old son.

There’s more, so many more, one for every Budweiser can you’ll find in the woods this week. Here Bubba, hold muh beer!

[IMaDick]

Sad about the boy from Merlin, My Dad lived in Merlin and to think I used to run those woods all the time and never had the occasion to shoot someone who I thought was deer.

[Lady Cop]

Christ, i need to find something more positive to post in this thread. these stories just keep happening. what don't people understand about having the target clearly in their sights??



A hunter who accidentally shot and killed his friend was so devastated he turned his rifle on himself.

Benjamin Birch, 39, Timothy Bolognani, 49, and Mark Colford were hunting near Readsboro, Vermont, on Saturday ¹¹⁄₂₆ afternoon when Birch shot a deer.

The wounded animal managed to escape, and the men began tracking it through the woods.

Bolognani fired at what he thought was the deer, but instead heard Birch scream in pain.

Bolognani and Colford ran to discover their friend bleeding on the ground, where he died.
Overwhelmed with grief, Bolognani then committed suicide with his own rifle, police believe.

Vermont State Police were called just after noon on Saturday.

both men dead

[Lady Cop]

i guess in NJ they are considered a problem, like coyotes here.


Around 200 bears were killed on the first day of a controversial black bear hunt that animal rights groups had done all they could to block.

New Jersey state officials have said the six-day hunt is needed to reduce the state's bruin population, now estimated at about 3,400.

But critics say the state’s bear management policy is flawed and is illogical, while animal advocates went to court in an attempt to block the hunt.

They were rebuffed last week by an appeals court and spent part of Monday gaining permission to protest at various bear check stations.

The group wanted to protest at the Franklin bear check station in Sussex County, which they said was the most visible spot for their message.





The hunt comes with heavy rules on weapons, ammunition and transportation. Officials weigh the bears and take skin, blood and tooth samples

[Lady Cop]

oh shit.

Boston Herald

An off-duty trooper mistook a 66-year-old Norton woman and her two dogs for a deer yesterday and shot her with a black powder rifle, just minutes before hunting season was to end, state police confirmed today.

The trooper was identified today by Norton police as John Bergeron, 50. Police said Bergeron, a veteran trooper, rushed to Cheryl Blair’s side and administered first aid, in addition to calling 911.

Norton, state and environmental police have ruled the shooting accidental. Bergeron allegedly told investigators he had seen a deer in the same wooded area of Oak Street earlier yesterday and fired one round when he thought he spotted a tail. Norton police said no violations were found and no charges will be filed.

State police spokesman David Procopio did not identify Bergeron by name because he faces no charges, but said the trooper is assigned to Troop C, which covers Central Massachusetts.

“He faces no charges and no internal investigation,” Procopio said in a statement. “The incident occurred while he was deer hunting while off duty. He was properly permitted, in-season, and in an appropriate area for deer hunting. The victim was hit in the torso. Upon immediately realizing what had happened, the trooper called the incident in himself and administered medical aid to the woman until EMS arrived.”

Blair remains at Rhode Island Hospital. Procopio said her injuries are not considered life-threatening. The shooting occurred at 4:55 p.m., 17 minutes after sunset. Deer hunting with black powder rifles expired at 5:08 p.m. yesterday.

[Lady Cop]

well look at these big brave fearless fucking hunters killing gentle animals who probably wanted to kiss them. for their next daring adventure they will hunt cows.

South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe .

Tourist trophy hunters are paying thousands of pounds to go and shoot giraffes with high-powered guns and bows.

The gentle giants are loved around the world for their comical appearance and gentle nature.

Hunters pay up to a whopping £10,000 for the the chance to slay them - preferring bulls because they are the biggest.

Safari clubs and game reserves ask for a £1,500 trophy fee, and then add on rates for guides and trackers costing around £1,000 per day.

The hunts typically last three-to-five days and see tourists using .458 Winchester Magnum rifles to kill the animals.

With most hunters flying to Africa from their homes in Europe or America, the costs stretch into five figures.

'Many hunting staff like guides, trackers and skinners who assist the tourists are paid in meat from the kills,' added Dr. Fennessy.

'If the tourist has paid the fee for the trophy, the carcass is theirs. Some just like to have photo taken next to the dead giraffe, but others pay taxidermists to mount the head a neck so they can take them home as a souvenir.















daily mail

[Maggot]

I went to an auction last year and they had a stuffed giraffes head and neck. Later this guy was seen driving away with this big giraffes head sticking up over the cab of his truck.