Oh, Deer: Steyn Shoots Down Kerry's Hunting Tale

Newsmax.com ^ | Carl Limbacher

[kattracks]

Doh! A deer!

Apparently hoping to outdo Hillary Clinton's improbable attempt to reinvent herself as a duck hunter, John Kerry has tried to avoid alienating supporters of gun rights by depicting himself as a deer hunter. Mark Steyn will have none of it.

Steyn wrote in the London Telegraph yesterday:

"He was in Wisconsin the other day, pretending to be a regular guy, and was asked what kind of hunting he preferred. 'I'd have to say deer,' said the senator. 'I go out with my trusty 12-gauge double-barrel, crawl around on my stomach ... That's hunting.'

"This caused huge hilarity among my New Hampshire neighbours. None of us has ever heard of anybody deer hunting by crawling around on his stomach, even in Massachusetts. The trick is to blend in with the woods and, given that John Kerry already looks like a forlorn tree in late fall, it's hard to see why he'd give up his natural advantage in order to hunt horizontally.

Oh, Pooh

"Possibly his weird Vietnam nostalgia is getting out of control. Still, if I come across a guy in the woods in deer season inching through the undergrowth with a mouthful of bear scat, at least I'll know who it is," Steyn noted.

Considering that these days Kerry looks more like a bunny wabbit than Elmer Fudd, perhaps he could use a refresher course from Gun Owners of America, which, by the way, he still hasn't met with, despite his phony claim that he'd meet with any critical group.

[CougarGA7]

What kind of deer do you hunt with a shotgun?

[silverleaf]

This is how Kerry hunted them in Vietnam...did he tell you he was in Vietnam?

[camle]

so THAT'S what he was doing in that tunnel at NASA!!

(shhh! be vewy,vewy kwiet. i'm hunting bambis)

[kellynla]

The guy is a joke...and a very bad joke at that!!!

[rabidralph]

Double-barrelled shotgun? No.
Lying on his stomach? No.

[cspackler]

Not in Iowa, shotgun only, no rifles. At least when the DNR boys are around.

[Mikey_1962]

Yeah, Southern Michigan and Ohio donot allow rifles because of the extreme range. Rifled slugs in a Shotgun is the alternative. Ithica make a 12ga "Deerslayer" with iron sights.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Here is John Kerry's hunting dog posing with a grouse. The dog also deer hunts on his belly with his trusty double barrel shotgun.

[Normal4me]

Ping.

[cripplecreek]

'I go out with my trusty 12-gauge double-barrel, crawl around on my stomach ... That's hunting.'


It's true, when you don't know what you're talking about it's hard to know when to stop.

[MDspinboyredux]

*upon further review*

Edits:

"their" = "there"

"a Vietnam movie" = "a Vietnam era movie"

I guess the 'preview' function does have a purpose.

You may now continue with your regularily scheduled thread.

[Integrityrocks]

Who hunts deer with a 12 gauge shot gun? Maybe a 306 or a 30 30 or a few other nice rifles I can think of, but a 12 gauge? Alrightee then....

[Skywarner]

"Three more months of Kerry and Ms. Kerry "being themselves." I can hardly wait."

Just let JF'nK and Terrezzza be themselves. Not only is it good comedy, it also helps the average voter to see just how out of touch these two people really are. The NRA should invite Kerry on a deer hunt - let's let him show us all what he's made of!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Ping

[governsleastgovernsbest]

In most of New York State, rifles are prohibited for deer hunting - the bullets carry too far - so shotguns must be used. Rifles are permitted in the Adirondack area.

[afnamvet]

'I go out with my trusty 12-gauge double-barrel, crawl around on my stomach ... That's hunting.'

Wait until the NRA gets a load of this! LOL!

[xsmommy]

hunting ping.

[Skywarner]

"Oh yeah, I hunt for deer all the time on my stomach!"

I think this is how the French hunt for deer. That way, they can surrender at a more leisurely pace.

[Cobra64]

Another lie coming from the Doofus-Dork. He wouldn't know a shotgun from a catapult. In a shot showing him holding a shotgun, it looked like he was going to "fire-up" his guitar. What a dolt.

[Backwoods Southern Lawyer]

Here in eastern North Carolina we hunt deer with bows and arrows, with black powder rifles, shotguns (buck shot or slugs) and rifles. Once my uncle came up on a deer with his antlers caught in a fence and cut the deer's throat with a pocket knife, but I have never heard of anyone shooting a deer from his belly.