Shot My First Buck Today In 25 Years

[searcher]

You did the right thing. That reminds me of an incident I had in 1974 - hit a German shepherd (about 120 lbs.?) at 50 mph. Completely totaled the front end of my car, pushing the radiator into the fan, prompting the need for a tow truck. The dog was in really bad shape, but still alive. I asked the officer if he'd just shoot the dog to end the misery. Nope - he needed to call for the animal folks which still weren't there when I left with the tow truck. If I'd had a gun and shot it, no doubt (where I lived), I'd possibly have been charged. I still couldn't conceive a judge sending anyone to jail in such a situation., assuming no firearm possession laws were violated.

 

[JEFFPPC]

You did the right thing. That reminds me of an incident I had in 1974 - hit a German shepherd (about 120 lbs.?) at 50 mph. Completely totaled the front end of my car, pushing the radiator into the fan, prompting the need for a tow truck. The dog was in really bad shape, but still alive. I asked the officer if he'd just shoot the dog to end the misery. Nope - he needed to call for the animal folks which still weren't there when I left with the tow truck. If I'd had a gun and shot it, no doubt (where I lived), I'd possibly have been charged. I still couldn't conceive a judge sending anyone to jail in such a situation., assuming no firearm possession laws were violated.

No sane person today would trust a judge, for or about anything. If your in doubt don't forget they all started out as lawyers.

 

[D Coots]

Right, but it all depends on where you are at.

Iowa bleeds RED. Land of common sense laws. Don't need a debate on political stuff on this issue.

The animal was put down humanely. What if, is not an issue.

As the saying goes...shoot, shovel, and shut up.....

 

[timeout]

Had a deer run into the side of my truck and was still alive. Deputy arrived promptly. All he had was his service revolver. I told him that I had a 22 in the truck. He said use it. I brain boxed it. Instant and humane dispatch. Didn't hurt I knew the deputy. Had the house windows open on a summer day and heard a shot down on the blacktop. I looked down there and saw a County SUV squad car. Then two more shots. I saw the deputy put a long gun in the back of the SUV. When he drove away I jumped on the 4 wheeler and went down to see what all the shooting was about. I get down there and a small deer, still laying in the roadway, had 3 bullet holes in it. Apparently the deer had been hit with a car and the deputy took 3 shots from an AR 223 to "put it out of it's misery". Didn't even bother to pull it off the road. I hope that I never need to depend on his shooting skills to protect me.

 

[searcher]

No sane person today would trust a judge, for or about anything. If your in doubt don't forget they all started out as lawyers.

Judges can be biased, no doubt. I have been sued several times in business situations (someone always trying to shake down a business). Those judges saved my ass a number of times from groundless shakedowns. They aren't all bad.....