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MACON, Ga. (AP) � The U.S. Forest Service is investigating after a ranger was shot and killed in central Georgia by a hunter who apparently mistook him for a coyote.
I've never hunted coyotes, but I wonder how anyone could do this.
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You can't. That's just it.
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NO WAY JOSE! That was just plain negligence on the shooters part. Won't dignify the azzhat by calling him a hunter
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NO WAY JOSE! That was just plain negligence on the shooters part. Won't dignify the azzhat by calling him a hunter Well that ranger was wearing his hunter orange right?
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You can't. That's just it. it's a tragedy for everyone. sorry it has happened.
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NO WAY JOSE! That was just plain negligence on the shooters part. Won't dignify the azzhat by calling him a hunter Well that ranger was wearing his hunter orange right? Doesn't matter - with today's optics you can tell what an object is or isn't.
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NO WAY JOSE! That was just plain negligence on the shooters part. Won't dignify the azzhat by calling him a hunter Well that ranger was wearing his hunter orange right? Got nothing to do with it. You either identify what you are shooting at or hold fire, BOTTOM LINE.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
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How many lives did he screw up other than the guy person he killed? No GD excuse, the way I see it!
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lot's of pain, on all sides of the table. wish it hadn't of happened, but it did.
i just hope everyone can come to terms with the awful reality, sooner or later.
no one ever plans for this type of eventuality. all we can do is allow the system to process the outcome. likely, there'll be no winners in this scenario.
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NO WAY JOSE! That was just plain negligence on the shooters part. Won't dignify the azzhat by calling him a hunter Well that ranger was wearing his hunter orange right? Got nothing to do with it. You either identify what you are shooting at or hold fire, BOTTOM LINE. Couldn't agree more.
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MACON, Ga. (AP) � The U.S. Forest Service is investigating after a ranger was shot and killed in central Georgia by a hunter who apparently mistook him for a coyote.
I've never hunted coyotes, but I wonder how anyone could do this.
I saw a guy once who decided that instead of dragging his deer through a boggy section of woods, he would hoist it up over his head and shoulders, with most of his body (certainly including all his blaze orange) inside its body cavity and carry it through the bog. I hollered at him from my tree stand, but he didn't hear me. I was amazed to see him get all the way to the other side of the bog and dump the deer back on the ground without getting shot. Was the forest ranger doing anything like that?
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A 6 foot tall coyote or deer ain't natural. I'd hold off on any shooting as well....
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I'd guess somebody was about to get caught and didn't want to.
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I'd guess somebody was about to get caught and didn't want to. did ya read the story from the local newspaper? the first thing they did was call 911. they didn't schedaddle, or any such. we're facing a hunting tragedy, and it's richocheting from one side of the US to the Other. everyone is sorry it happened. i just wish it hadn't, but it did.
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Can't assume that all hunters have 20-20 corrected vision.
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I know the shooter. We are in the same deer club in Georgia. He is a nice guy and he is despondent beyond belief. He was looking thru a nightvision scope and hunting legally. The GW was there looking thru his night vision goggles and was over a rise, just his head exposed. The GW was not after Clint, but was looking for some drug dealers that had been in the area. Clint saw the light in the GW nightvision goggles since it appeared low to the ground from his position, the though it was a coyote. He has not been arrested or charged and there was no alcohol involved. I ask my fellow members to give this fellow hunter the benefit of the doubt until all the facts have come out
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I know the shooter. We are in the same deer club in Georgia. He is a nice guy and he is despondent beyond belief. He was looking thru a nightvision scope and hunting legally. The GW was there looking thru his night vision goggles and was over a rise, just his head exposed. The GW was not after Clint, but was looking for some drug dealers that had been in the area. Clint saw the light in the GW nightvision goggles since it appeared low to the ground from his position, the though it was a coyote. He has not been arrested or charged and there was no alcohol involved. I ask my fellow members to give this fellow hunter the benefit of the doubt until all the facts have come out
Thank You
Steve Lassiter Thanks for the rest of the story.
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AFTERUM thanks for the rest of the story too. I don't know what the lesson is here, with this Night Vision business. It's looks like a tragic mistake from were I stand and what I know at this point. Not much when you get down to it. Its going to be interesting to see what the knee jerk reaction will be with regard to Civil use of Night Vision devices.
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thanks for understanding. It is so tragic. 2 families will never be the same.
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night vision or not...know what you are shooting at. With that said I think(hope) the hunter orange comment was pointing out if hunters are required...shouldn't anyone who is out in the woods during hunting season....wouldn't matter here since it was at night but I am hoping that was the point.
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