It is almost dusk where I live. It's deer season. I'm in the country. The gunshots are popping everywhere.
I'm not opposed to hunting. The deer herds around here could really use some thinning out. They cause a lot of motor vehicle accidents when they dart across the roads.
What I am opposed to is the flurry of gunshots I hear at dusk. The hunters are just shooting at anything to fill their deer tags before the end of the hunting day. It's an eerie feeling. I've known people who have come home to find bullet holes in their living rooms and cattle dead that were mistaken for deer.
Some good people seem to lose their common sense when the sun sets and they haven't shot at a deer yet. Even during mid-day I feel I should belly crawl to the mail box. I almost always throw on a blaze orange sweatshirt if I have to go outside for anything.
A little hunter safety could go a long way for the Elmer Fudds around here.
CW
CreativeWoman posted on Nov 14, 2006
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scalywag said on Nov 14, 2006....
we get them here too....but probably not as many as you hear. i hate it when I'm out in the yard and hear a gunshot....especially if it sounds close. can't they go a little deeper into the woods?
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copsunited said on Nov 14, 2006....
I was in "the nam" and heard shots..and shouts as they closed in on the spot they (black pajamas) thought I was. They fired at everything that moved and fortunately for me..it was NOT me. I used to love to hunt. I huted deer, elk, bear etc all over the US and some spots outside. I loved the thrill of it all.Now when you are on the other end of that engagement..different story. When I got back I sold ALL my hunting guns, equipment and anything that would remind me of what it was to be hunted. It's a matter of perspective I guess. May god bless them that can..for I sure as heck can never again. -
ALIENated said on Nov 14, 2006....
Hang tight. I will beam right over and save you. -
CreativeWoman said on Nov 14, 2006....
scaly,
I agree and I don't want them shooting toward my house.
cops,
Thanks for serving our country. Sorry you had to experience that.
ALIEN,
My Hero!!!
CW
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threetablesbeach said on Nov 15, 2006....
If it's black powder season or muzzle loaders being used, the hunters empty their loads at the end of the day. Gun safety. This may be the reason for the flurry of discharges.
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threetablesbeach said on Nov 15, 2006....
Addendum: When I walk in the woods during hunting season, I clearly yell out "HUMAN!" every once in a while. Wear orange, it helps. I haven't been shot yet.
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secretlife said on Nov 15, 2006....
We don't hear the hunters here, but they're out there.
Too many deer, and many road accidents.
I live across the road from a Day Camp.They have about 5 acres that back up to green acres and this time of year it's vacant except for the caretakers house.
Bordering the Day Camp is the High School. Kids walk thru there to get to and from the school, and actually there is a path right alongside the camp for this purpose. The sports fields are there too. Anyway, 3 years ago the caretaker and a few of his friends decided to 'hunt' on the property. Unbelievable given the High School's proximity, but too many beers I guess, and just plain idiocy. Someone in the neighborhood called about the shots, thank God, and the guy and his friends were arrested. After that he got fired from his job and a new caretaker moved in.
Hunting is fine. It just doesn't belong in places where people live.
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MissMimi said on Nov 15, 2006....
I heard the tail end of a local newscast on the radio today, and I really hope I didn't hear what I thought I heard.
Some guy in the area is opening a hunting facility around here. Instead of running free, the deer are tethered so the hunters have a greater chance of hitting something. That's not hunting. That's thrill killing, IMO.
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CreativeWoman said on Nov 15, 2006....
three,
It's rifle season here right now. Maybe the hunters are just emptying their rifles, but it is so eerie to hear it. I'm a mamby pamby around guns.
secret,
I'm glad that caretaker isn't there anymore. I'm not against hunting either. I just want it to be safe.
I'm in the country, but there isn't a lot of timber on our ground. However, a creek does run through it. Hunters push the deer down the creek. I often hear pickups flying down the gravel road near my house followed by gunshots. My house is within sight of the creek. I don't like it at all.
Mimi,
I kind of have mixed feelings about that. If the hunter eats what he kills, then o.k. If it is just for sport, then I don't think I would be for it.
CW
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MissMimi said on Nov 15, 2006....
I feel the same way you do about guns, CW. For years, while I was growing up my dad kept his hunting rifle in a case under their bed. No locks, and it wasn't really hidden. It's amazing nobody was ever hurt. Of course, we were all scared to death of our dad, and if he said DO NOT TOUCH, we listened. -
CreativeWoman said on Nov 15, 2006....
MissMimi,
We always had guns in the house, but my dad never kept them loaded. I never ever touched them.
CW
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