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It's tough out there !

My kid watched and was yelling "Nice shot!"

Now that poor deputy will be vilified for his meanness...
 
The woman who took the video felt like crying. Oh brother!

Wonder what she'd do in a PD town?
 
Now for the rest of the story! Seems that the groundhog he shot had escaped my home a week previously. You all may be familiar with him. Percy and I worked the bar circuit and did tricks for drunks. He could ski on a wet bar top, do cartwheels, backflips, etc. He will be missed.
 
alinwa said:
Any dumbass who'll pull his firearm over a gopher, ON a road, in front of a line of cars, needs a job as a Walmart Greeter.....

I can't believe actual shooters think this is "funny."
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It's ludicrous, ridiculous, inane or whatever adjective you want to use BUT this is the world we live in. If you have a pulse, a high school "C" average, pass a drug test and have a clean record, you're a prime candidate for a job no one in their right mind wants these days, law enforcement.
 
Likely distemper this time of year. Ever tangle with a "gopher" (its a groundhog) that is pissed off? So his options were to drive away leaving the public to handle it, and God knows that someone would have gotten out to "help" it, or pound it with an asp, or????

In the eastern states shooting problem wildlife is a lot more common than you think. I carried a 22 target pistol just for these kind of situations. Not every cop is willing to pay that cost or is that gun savvy. I had to shoot a grey fox that was chasing people into the local medical facility, and did it right in the parking lot after it chewed on the bumper of my patrol car. I shot numerous deer that were flailing about in million dollar residential areas (one that had been shot by a hapless 12 gauge user, poorly) and numerous rabid coons that had or were having their way with local dogs. The number of car hit deer I killed (average of four a week in October of every year) was astronomical. The only complaint I ever got was the one time I ASP'ed a fawn on the noggin after a school bus hit it...one witness, some lady in her house 100 yards away. Shoulda shot the stupid thing.
 
snert said:
Likely distemper this time of year. Ever tangle with a "gopher" (its a groundhog) that is pissed off? So his options were to drive away leaving the public to handle it, and God knows that someone would have gotten out to "help" it, or pound it with an asp, or????

In the eastern states shooting problem wildlife is a lot more common than you think.
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Dude, dunno where you're coming from assuming I have no experience with animals or life "in the eastern states"......

I've "tangled with" groundhogs and squeerrels and marmots and porcupines and otters and mink and beavers and skunks and coons and coyotes and possums and all sorts of dogs and cats with my bare hands...pulled live mushrats outta' their houses and bonked 'em on the ice.....well, mostly I wore gloves but, yeahhh, you could say we're acquainted. As far as road injuries, busted up deers and bears, yes, we shoot 'em gener'ly, one a' my guys shot one with the cops gun just a couple wks ago...... altho I'll never forget watching my buddy Stubs cartwheeling thru the headlites after straddling a liddle doe trying to cut it's throat..........

We called ditch-bears "lightsuckers" and only if you've pistolwhipped them under a Kel-Lite will you know what that means. It's all teeth..... heat, poppin' and white flashes.

"Pissed off??"

His OPTIONS??

"pound it with an asp???"

"DRIVE AWAY??"

Only an idiot would drive away while traffic's stopped. His JOB is to direct traffic until the poor wandering puppy gets off the road. Or help it.

Jeepers.....

That's a frickin' WOODCHUCK there on the road. About as scary as a line of ducklings......So huff it off, shoo it, kick it, push it with a stick. Open the trunk, grab the shovel and scoop it into the ditch.



just



wow


The guy's on his knees squared off against a charging WOODCHUCK!

I stand by my original statement, if this sort of thing constitutes a "shooting encounter" then the guy's probably not qualified to be a Walmart Greeter

I take it all back
 
Just wondering how much that officer makes. Heard that coward Peterson officer at Parkland is now getting over $100,000 a year in his pension. Checked and many officers in Florida are in that $70 - $100,000 salary range. Unreal and obscene salaries and pensions for very little qualifications, as this hog shooting officer shows. Paid for on our tax dollars also. What a joke compared to the pittance so many teachers get.

Of course, someone had to teach that officer to do something that stupid.
 
alinwa said:
Dude, dunno where you're coming from assuming I have no experience with animals or life "in the eastern states"......

I've "tangled with" groundhogs and squeerrels and marmots and porcupines and otters and mink and beavers and skunks and coons and coyotes and possums and all sorts of dogs and cats with my bare hands...pulled live mushrats outta' their houses and bonked 'em on the ice.....well, mostly I wore gloves but, yeahhh, you could say we're acquainted. As far as road injuries, busted up deers and bears, yes, we shoot 'em gener'ly, one a' my guys shot one with the cops gun just a couple wks ago...... altho I'll never forget watching my buddy Stubs cartwheeling thru the headlites after straddling a liddle doe trying to cut it's throat..........

We called ditch-bears "lightsuckers" and only if you've pistolwhipped them under a Kel-Lite will you know what that means. It's all teeth..... heat, poppin' and white flashes.

"Pissed off??"

His OPTIONS??

"pound it with an asp???"

"DRIVE AWAY??"

Only an idiot would drive away while traffic's stopped. His JOB is to direct traffic until the poor wandering puppy gets off the road. Or help it.

Jeepers.....

That's a frickin' WOODCHUCK there on the road. About as scary as a line of ducklings......So huff it off, shoo it, kick it, push it with a stick. Open the trunk, grab the shovel and scoop it into the ditch.



just



wow


The guy's on his knees squared off against a charging WOODCHUCK!

I stand by my original statement, if this sort of thing constitutes a "shooting encounter" then the guy's probably not qualified to be a Walmart Greeter

I take it all back
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Ok, disregard...
 
I really do respect police officers for the most part. It’s a dangerous and thankless job. There’s no way that I would touch that job for their salary. With that said, their is an idiot in every bunch. This guy shooting the ground hog after dancing around in the highway was the dumbest thing I’ve seen in a while. He has to know there is at least one cell phone in every car and someone is recording his dumbass.
 
alinwa said:
Dude, dunno where you're coming from assuming I have no experience with animals or life "in the eastern states"......

I've "tangled with" groundhogs and squeerrels and marmots and porcupines and otters and mink and beavers and skunks and coons and coyotes and possums and all sorts of dogs and cats with my bare hands...pulled live mushrats outta' their houses and bonked 'em on the ice.....well, mostly I wore gloves but, yeahhh, you could say we're acquainted. As far as road injuries, busted up deers and bears, yes, we shoot 'em gener'ly, one a' my guys shot one with the cops gun just a couple wks ago...... altho I'll never forget watching my buddy Stubs cartwheeling thru the headlites after straddling a liddle doe trying to cut it's throat..........

We called ditch-bears "lightsuckers" and only if you've pistolwhipped them under a Kel-Lite will you know what that means. It's all teeth..... heat, poppin' and white flashes.

"Pissed off??"

His OPTIONS??

"pound it with an asp???"

"DRIVE AWAY??"

Only an idiot would drive away while traffic's stopped. His JOB is to direct traffic until the poor wandering puppy gets off the road. Or help it.

Jeepers.....

That's a frickin' WOODCHUCK there on the road. About as scary as a line of ducklings......So huff it off, shoo it, kick it, push it with a stick. Open the trunk, grab the shovel and scoop it into the ditch.



just



wow


The guy's on his knees squared off against a charging WOODCHUCK!

I stand by my original statement, if this sort of thing constitutes a "shooting encounter" then the guy's probably not qualified to be a Walmart Greeter

I take it all back
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The officer got down low to make sure the ricochet stayed low, his safest option.
 
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