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Hunting season for people with disabilities begins today, runs through Sunday (Worst Headline Award)
THE KALAMAZOO GAZETTE ^
| October 16, 2008
| Chris Killian
Posted on 10/16/2008 10:52:28 AM PDT by Damocles
Hunting season for people with disabilities begins today, runs through Sunday
by Chris Killian | Special to the Kalamazoo Gazette
Thursday October 16, 2008, 9:15 AM
AUGUSTA -- A special, four-day deer hunting season for people with disabilities begins today in Michigan.
People who have a permit to hunt from a standing vehicle and who are 100 percent disabled as defined by the U.S. Veterans Administration or are legally blind can participate in the hunt, which runs through Sunday.
The hunt is open on all private lands and in limited public land areas.
Hunters are allowed to utilize technology that is otherwise banned, such as a laser sight that projects a red dot on a deer, allowing those who are legally blind to better see their prey. A sighted person must accompany them and give them the OK before they pull the trigger, said Rod Clute, of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
"Many of these disabled folks were deer hunters before they were disabled," Clute said. "This event is about allowing them to participate without having to worry about getting out there on opening day when it's so busy."
The Purple Heart Hunt, an annual event at the Fort Custer Training Center in Augusta geared toward veterans, will bring together hunters with disabilities this weekend.
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posted on
10/16/2008 10:52:29 AM PDT
by
Damocles
To: Damocles
I’d never heard of this particular season before, maybe some of my hunting Freeper friends can clarify...
2
posted on
10/16/2008 10:53:40 AM PDT
by
Damocles
To: Damocles
That season has been open for a long time.
To: Damocles
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posted on
10/16/2008 10:54:46 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Vote Obama bin Biden 2008 - "Because the world doesn't suck enough yet".)
To: Damocles
What is the bag limit on liberals???
5
posted on
10/16/2008 10:55:08 AM PDT
by
Niteranger68
(Conservatives..Â…please stop funding liberalism!)
To: Damocles
Bow, black-powder, rifle, shot-gun?
I need DETAILS!
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posted on
10/16/2008 10:55:26 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Vote Obama bin Biden 2008 - "Because the world doesn't suck enough yet".)
To: Damocles; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; Darksheare; pissant; najida; r-q-tek86; blackie; Rightly Biased; ..
ROTFLMAO....you cannot make this stuff up...PING!!!
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posted on
10/16/2008 10:55:29 AM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. - Abraham Lincoln)
To: Damocles
legally blind can participate in the huntThis is the part that worries me.
8
posted on
10/16/2008 10:55:47 AM PDT
by
jerri
To: Damocles
I wonder how they bag the deer?
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posted on
10/16/2008 10:56:06 AM PDT
by
Global2010
(I am not Average and I do not Plumb....Joe)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
What’s the bag limit on the disabled?
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posted on
10/16/2008 10:56:43 AM PDT
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: Damocles
When is the hunting season for liberals? I hope I didn’t miss it.
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posted on
10/16/2008 10:57:36 AM PDT
by
DYngbld
(Aspire to inspire before you expire)
To: jerri
Actually I have seen a blind turkey hunter.......bag a nice gobbler.
Made me cry....in fact.
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posted on
10/16/2008 10:58:14 AM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(" I did not have radical relations with that man, William Ayers. " -Barack Hussein Obama)
To: Osage Orange
Isn’t that a bit unfair. I mean a blind turkey has no real chance. :)
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posted on
10/16/2008 10:59:36 AM PDT
by
DYngbld
(Aspire to inspire before you expire)
To: Damocles
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posted on
10/16/2008 11:00:13 AM PDT
by
thecabal
(Conservatives who don't live up to the liberal caricature are now hypocrites.)
To: Damocles
My eight year old said that we can hunt “Obamas” here in MI.
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posted on
10/16/2008 11:00:47 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
( Obama And Osama both have friends who bombed the Pentagon)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
JMO, but disabled people have enough problems without worrying that we are going to start shooting at them! ;-)
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posted on
10/16/2008 11:00:58 AM PDT
by
retrokitten
(We are Joe the Plumber)
To: Damocles
Hunting season for people with disabilities What's the limit?
/s
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posted on
10/16/2008 11:01:12 AM PDT
by
realdifferent1
(Circle final answer: show all work for extra credit.)
To: Damocles
One more question?
Does Game & Inland Fisheries offer a "cripple tag"? How much is it to add one or two to your hunting license?
Finally, I have a severely damaged leg and walk with a permanent limp (knee replacement and fusion of the ankle joint are in my future). Am I in danger?
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posted on
10/16/2008 11:01:16 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Vote Obama bin Biden 2008 - "Because the world doesn't suck enough yet".)
To: The_Victor
dunno, but I am NOT going to Michigan.
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posted on
10/16/2008 11:02:40 AM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. - Abraham Lincoln)
To: retrokitten
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posted on
10/16/2008 11:03:47 AM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. - Abraham Lincoln)
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