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Man tries to shoot skunk with crossbow but hits and kills another man, NY cops say
Sacramento Bee ^ | JULY 26, 2021 | Helena Wegner

Posted on 07/29/2021 12:04:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A 58-year-old man was struck and killed by an arrow intended for a skunk Friday night, police in central New York said.

James Parker Jr., 58, and another man were trying to kill a skunk with a crossbow, but when the other man shot the arrow it “unintentionally” struck Parker instead, according to a news release from New York State Police.

(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: crossbow; hunting; huntingsafety; safety; skunks
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To: Spok

It’s not. This would 250 - 350 miles from NYC.


21 posted on 07/29/2021 12:28:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Old hunting joke -
Hunter: “Doc, if I had acted faster, could he have lived?”
Doctor - “Well, hadn’t you gutted him out first.....”


22 posted on 07/29/2021 12:29:14 PM PDT by llevrok (I'm old enough to remember metal toys in Cracker-Jacks.)
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To: nickcarraway

As a child in the fifties saw my mother’s cousin walking one summer evening in the Catskill ( italian Catskills) resort he owned ( we spent at least a month there each summer). It was believed he was connected. I asked him why he was wearing a revolver. Skunks was his response.


23 posted on 07/29/2021 12:33:33 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: nickcarraway

and the huge garbage bag of Skunky Weed was never found


24 posted on 07/29/2021 12:34:10 PM PDT by algore ( )
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To: nickcarraway
I'll hold it. You shoot it.


25 posted on 07/29/2021 12:36:29 PM PDT by Rio
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To: G Larry

Not only that, don’t shoot those things straight up. Enlightenment gets immediately superimposed on dread.


26 posted on 07/29/2021 12:36:56 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: nickcarraway

We have seen reports of black and white violence in New York. This is another example.


27 posted on 07/29/2021 12:39:21 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: nickcarraway

“Missed it by that much!”


28 posted on 07/29/2021 12:42:23 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

A saying among Broadway theater people has been they hope to get through the initial days and gain a good audience.
If the play fails, though “You could shoot moose in the lobby.”

Guess a skunk could count.


29 posted on 07/29/2021 12:42:32 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: nickcarraway

Pretty common name, but the age is right for a guy I served in the Air Force with.


30 posted on 07/29/2021 12:43:32 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: nickcarraway
Arrow Through Me
31 posted on 07/29/2021 12:44:56 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
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To: dfwgator

Yay, Get Smart reference.

Remember the time Smart was sword fighting and the bad guy’s fell. “Gee. I’m gonna give this back and make it more sporting to see which of us is better. Here.”
He flipped the sword into the air and it turned point first to stab the man through the heart by mistake.

Smart:
Sorry about that.


32 posted on 07/29/2021 12:46:19 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: nickcarraway

GF’s son shot a skunk early one morning and left it lying at the side of the house intending to clean it up when he got home from school. It sat all day in the hot sun next to the AC unit.

GF got home first and cried over how bad the inside of the house smelled. Took until morning to get the smell out.


33 posted on 07/29/2021 12:51:56 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Play with knives long enough and you will eventually bleed.)
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To: nickcarraway

The jokes just kind of write themselves, don’t they.


34 posted on 07/29/2021 12:55:25 PM PDT by Larry - Moe and Curly
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To: nickcarraway

He missed the dirty skunk, and instead hit another man?


35 posted on 07/29/2021 1:07:34 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (A world in which dogs write poetry is more believable than the world as seen through the Media)
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To: GingisK
Ya, that's how I learned.

Shot at a bird on a wire. Skimmed the wire, deflected toward neighbors BBQing in their backyard.....

Landed just left of the corner of their house, so I was able to sneak from the front of their house to retrieve my grievous error.

36 posted on 07/29/2021 1:24:47 PM PDT by G Larry (Force the Universities to use their TAX FREE ENDOWMENTS to pay off Student loan debt!!!)
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To: BenLurkin

My screen’s now covered with beer. Thanks! LMAO!


37 posted on 07/29/2021 1:49:02 PM PDT by Rocco DiPippo
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To: G Larry

Hard to shoot a crossbow with a beer in one hand.


38 posted on 07/29/2021 1:51:29 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: llevrok

“Hurry - I just killed my hunting buddy!”
911: “Calm down sir, are you sure he’s dead?”
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BANG!
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“Okay - I’m sure. Now what!?”


39 posted on 07/29/2021 1:55:11 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: nickcarraway

40 posted on 07/29/2021 1:56:03 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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