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DNR looking for snowmobiler who ran over, killed 57 ducks
Journal Sentinel ^
| Jan. 14, 2009
| Ryan Haggerty
Posted on 01/14/2009 5:26:56 PM PST by SJackson
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To: TaMoDee
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:29:17 PM PST
by
randomhero97
("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
To: wgflyer
rather than thought driven,
Believe me it's very thought driven. This planet has no use for people that blatantly torture innocent beings.
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:31:17 PM PST
by
randomhero97
("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
To: marktwain; randomhero97
Exactly. At least the Native American tribes respected the animal that they hunted for food. Killing just to kill is psychotic. Just another myth. Humans routinely killed far more than they could eat. The reason that they or other predators did not kill more was that it was a lot of hard work.
This is true. Indians used to run Buffalo over cliffs and take what they could carry, eat the livers and other choice parts and leave the bulk of the animals lying there. This was proven out in several sites where the bones were found many layers deep. One of there favorite methods was to set the prairie on fire and stampede the buffs that way. This was before the horse. After the horse they would ride down and kill as many as they could with arrows at close range. The myth of the native being in tune with nature and conserving animals is pure BS.
63
posted on
01/14/2009 7:36:59 PM PST
by
calex59
To: Eric in the Ozarks
64
posted on
01/14/2009 7:38:23 PM PST
by
JustaDumbBlonde
(America: Home of the Free Because of the Brave)
To: CaspersGh0sts
Some would get offended by me killing off coyotes I have no intention of eating but who have every intention of eating neighborhood cats and dogs. Coyotes, prarie dogs, rock chucks, opossums and armadillos are pests. Blast em.
No argument from here.
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:42:26 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(To protect and defend ... against all enemies, foreign and domestic .... by any means necessary.)
To: wgflyer
No offense intended. But I think the rage is misdirected.None taken. But it's not rage. It's ethics -- in application when appropriate.
66
posted on
01/14/2009 7:47:12 PM PST
by
Flycatcher
(Strong copy for a strong America)
To: JustaDumbBlonde
Occasionally, a sled and rider will go through the ice. Usually, the rider can get out of the water quickly.
The Minnesota DNR has a daily fine of many dollars for every day a snow mobile or other vehicle left under the ice. Towing companies near Minnesota lakes always seem have a diver and a truck on call. If you drop a sled in a lake, prepare to pay and pay...
To: JustaDumbBlonde
Occasionally, a sled and rider will go through the ice. Usually, the rider can get out of the water quickly.
The Minnesota DNR has a daily fine of many dollars for every day a snow mobile or other vehicle left under the ice. Towing companies near Minnesota lakes always seem have a diver and a truck on call. If you drop a sled in a lake, prepare to pay and pay...
To: BobbyT
“The snowmobiler skipped over open water?
Thats news to me. Ive never heard of a snowmobile being able to ride across water. How in the world do you pull that off?”
Good balance and a wide open throttle is the only way.
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:55:03 PM PST
by
wrighter
To: BobbyT
70
posted on
01/14/2009 8:39:06 PM PST
by
Hunton Peck
(Does the President Elect have any friends at all who are *not* psychopaths?)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
"Youve never been to the Siren, WI. waterskip competition, I see....."
That event hasn't been held for several years, due to competition from a nearby, unofficial, unsponsored (and occasionally fatal) event, and rising liability insurance costs. The Grantsburg World Championship Watercross (see my previous post) is still held in summer.
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:45:23 PM PST
by
Hunton Peck
(Does the President Elect have any friends at all who are *not* psychopaths?)
To: Hunton Peck
I had no idea you could do that with a snow mobile. Now it seems that mowing down 57 ducks with a snow mobile is not so difficult.... If you have the guts to go water skipping over ice cold water
72
posted on
01/15/2009 2:39:34 AM PST
by
dennisw
(On the thirty first floor a gold plated door won't keep out the Lord's burning rage ---FBB)
To: skimbell
Agreed. This is the same as the story about the snowmobiles running over 5 deer. These animals just don’t sit there and let themselves be ran over.
73
posted on
01/15/2009 4:29:20 AM PST
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: Hot Tabasco
That picture only shows a couple of snowmobile tracks. And it looks like there are 4 or 5 ducks in those tracks. There are no tracks where the other dead ducks are at. The uproar here on FR when it comes to animals sounds like a bunch of knee jerk liberals.
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posted on
01/15/2009 4:34:27 AM PST
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: skimbell
57 ducks don't just sit around while somebody runs them over with a frickin snowmobile. That was my first thought. How does this happen?
To: skimbell
I saw a program once where ducks were on a pond and it froze trapping them in the ice
76
posted on
01/15/2009 5:00:09 AM PST
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . The original point of America was not to be Europe)
To: caver
The deer and the ducks being killed by snowmobiles—I question both these stories.
To: caver; All
“Agreed. This is the same as the story about the snowmobiles running over 5 deer. These animals just dont sit there and let themselves be ran over.”
I can see it being easy to run over the deer, if the snow was deep and they got spooked into going off the packed down trails.
You could catch them walking on snowshoes in deep snow.
I have personally rode right up by them in northern Michigan in deep snow.
In the deep snow, once they get spooked off the packed trails or their yarding area, they are doomed to anything that wanted to catch them if it can stay on top of the snow.
Anyone that has ever tried to walk in 3 feet of snow would understand how easy it could be to run over those deer.
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posted on
01/15/2009 7:59:25 AM PST
by
Beagle8U
(FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
To: Beagle8U
I had never thought of deep snow. That definitely brings up another scenario. I live southern Indiana and deep snow if very uncommon. We had 2 feet of snow but that was 4 or 5 years ago.
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posted on
01/15/2009 8:26:21 AM PST
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: caver
In some parts of Mi and Wi 3’-4’ of snow or even more is common.
Try running in waist deep water or knee deep mud, you’ll get the concept real quick...lol
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posted on
01/15/2009 8:37:45 AM PST
by
Beagle8U
(FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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