shooting Seagulls

[Bob Parsons]

While fishing at Old Harbor I made conversation with 4 young men that were there sea duck hunting. They had a dozen dekes just past the jetties. With only one gun they were taking turns shooting. Two would go out in a grey canoe and two would watch from the beach. Birds dropped were retrieved with a second smaller canoe by the beach crew. They had been there since sunrise and were doing well. As I spoke to them I mentioned that I did not like to hunt this side since the tourist and dog walkers can be a nuesance. That said the boys out on the water dropped a nice white drake eider. At which this women stormed off the dunes and in an angry tone said.

"Are you shooting sea gulls?"
"No these are eider" and since the women had encroached on their canoe and game bag, one of the young men opened the bag to show the eider.
Next the woman gruffly asked "What are you going to do with them"
"Eat them" came the reply with no hesitation.
Next the woman started to leave with this parting shot:
"Bet you voted for Bush too"

At this I could no longer refrain myself and shot back: "Wasn't there pictures of Kerry with a gun killing stuff?" The woman just stormed off.

[rhino]

you should check the local site here in michigan if you hunt hee the web address www.fishbaldwin.com they are founding members of p.e.t.a. or people eating tasty anminals



any ways good luck and tight lines rhino --123-3 --123-3 --123-3

[Bob Parsons]

Kerry was the number one canidate for all the various anti-gun anti-hunting groups. AS far as Bush being a sportsman. There are plenty of other "sportsman" out there whose activities are not enviromentally friendly as well as the "sportsman" that are just out to bag trophies. What ever Bush eventually does, remember these thing go through congress which must also share the blame or the credit.

[gilly09]

as kids we had a buddy that used to feed seagulls alka selter. awful site to see that bird take a nose dive when it's stomach blew up. young and dumb. chrise we must have been no older than 10 or 11. just plain old ignorant.

local police put a stop to his antics and educated him about the laws protecting them.

[breezyloon]

In fact Bob ,much of the damage that has been done, and is being done by the current administration doesn't go thru Congress at all but is done by "changing policy or regulation", underfunding or eliminating funding, removing key personell, dropping legal challenges, and creating legal challenges, and generally putting foxes in charge of the henhouse, when it comes to environmental issues.

[Bob Parsons]

While I am game for further depate. This is the humor forum and this started off as a humorous story. So if you want to create a discussion about specific enviromental issues, start a thread in the conservation forum.

[dudley]

Bob, This stuff would be funny if it wasn't true.

[BluesCruiser]

It's just frogs and firecrackers:brow

[Punchshot]

I used to go to my local pond and pick off frogs with a rubber band and paper clips, man that were the good ole days --127-3-

[dondkim]

I would vote for Kerry next time around if he gets Barney Frank as his running mate!!!! :brow

Q: "Why doesn't a snake bite Tip O'Neil and Ted Kennedy?"

A: "For Professional courtesy"

--127-3- --127-3- :-%

[albacized]

I remember when I was a kid down in Tampa (MacDill Airforce Base actually) and we were fishing on this small beach on the base. When the action lulled and we got bored, we noticed a big flock of pipers picking at the sand in the beach. I took a rock and threw it in the middle of the flock: all but two flew off. So I have actually done it: killed two birds with one stone....
Rich

[ed tedesco]

hey alb- could be bad news for the bird population if you left no stone un -thrown .or unturned---- (#$119) .when i was a youngster one of my neighbors parents put a pick axe through this huge snappin turtle that had been devouring the ducklin population on our local swimming hole.well as luck would have it there was a parents party that night and us kids were left free to be pranksters! we took that turtle that had been run through and stuck in the sun upsidedown in a dirt pile all day(it took most of the day for the thing to die)and we brought it to the party-we stuck the turtle between the screen door and main door , rang the bell and hid in the bushes!you can only guess the response when the door was opened and this huge snapper fell into the doorway.poor woman---i still laugh like hell when i think of it