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Drone shot down at Inhofe fundraiser
KFOR.com ^ | 01:04pm, September 13, 2015 | Nadia Judith Enchassi

Posted on 09/13/2015 2:09:31 PM PDT by skeptoid

OKLAHOMA CITY — An infamous fundraiser that involves shooting pigeons has taken down another flying object.

A drone that was being used to film Senator Inhofe’s pigeon fundraiser was grounded Saturday.

The annual fundraiser earns money for the senator as guests shoot at tame, banded pigeons as they’re thrown into the air.

Showing Animals Respect and Kindness is an animal rights group that secretly filmed the fundraiser for Senator Jim Inhofe last year.

This year, the group said they tried to use a drone to record the event Friday night in Greer County, but they reported the drone was shot down.

A spokesperson for S.H.A.R.K. also said the sheriff refused to investigate the fall of the drone, insisting that shooting a drone is not illegal.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: drone; inhofe; pigeons
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To: skeptoid

you can eat dead pigeon but a dead drone you cannot


21 posted on 09/13/2015 2:32:20 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump)
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To: skeptoid

Here in Texas a live pigeon shoot IS a state secret ...... dove season is still on.

Stay Safe !


22 posted on 09/13/2015 2:40:33 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: doorgunner69

Neither do liberals


23 posted on 09/13/2015 2:41:52 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart ("The road is long...and I must poop." - Volarian Lionheart/Hero of the people)
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To: sparklite2

Define tame. They arent someones pet.


24 posted on 09/13/2015 2:43:03 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart ("The road is long...and I must poop." - Volarian Lionheart/Hero of the people)
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To: skeptoid

Pigeons, nothing but flying rats! I’d shoot rats, tame, banded, or any other way. Can’t stand ‘em.


25 posted on 09/13/2015 2:43:21 PM PDT by mistfree (It's a very uncreative man who can't think of more than one way to spell a word.)
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To: bert

Wild pigeon, like most of wild turkey, is too tough to eat.

My former boss killed a bunch of them that were infesting his barn (pigeons), & even as a wild game chef he was unable to tenderize them.

Squab from domesticated pigeon is a different story.

So...blasting wild pigeons that make a mess of your property is OK, but shooting wild ones as targets isn’t. Hmmm.....


26 posted on 09/13/2015 2:46:29 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: skeptoid; LucyT; azishot

Ping..........


27 posted on 09/13/2015 2:51:27 PM PDT by melancholy
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To: freedomfiter2
What goes on at a chicken processing plant isn’t hunting either.

You mean chicken parts don't magically appear in the coolers at my grocery store? I thought the "Food Fairy" delivered them?

28 posted on 09/13/2015 3:07:40 PM PDT by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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To: doorgunner69

Everybody knows that pigeons are notorious leftists.


29 posted on 09/13/2015 3:09:49 PM PDT by Oklahoma
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To: Oklahoma
Everybody knows that pigeons are notorious leftists.

Many a true word is said in jest. You have got to read this article. If there was ever a more appropriate thread to put this article, I cannot imagine where it would be.

Pigeons, Rats and Democrats.

30 posted on 09/13/2015 3:16:21 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: VerySadAmerican

You are not alone.


31 posted on 09/13/2015 3:16:35 PM PDT by mcshot (We have but our word and honor - 0 has 0.)
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To: Publius; Norm Lenhart
And liberals don’t crap all over the place?

I do not have any love for pigeons, but they are not actively trying to destroy the country and control how I live my life.

32 posted on 09/13/2015 3:18:10 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: VerySadAmerican

FR is turning into a hangout for freaking city dwellers and nature worshippers. Sheesh. There was a time when such comments would get you laughed out of most of America.


33 posted on 09/13/2015 3:23:19 PM PDT by Tzfat
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To: Tzfat

Oh you should have been there for the fight I had with one freeper who defended Sea Sheppard for a week long argument and condemned every Japanese person in history for drawing breath.

No lightning.


34 posted on 09/13/2015 3:25:39 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart ("The road is long...and I must poop." - Volarian Lionheart/Hero of the people)
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To: doorgunner69

I say we cage them and sell tickets. That way we finance their damage and kids can see the animals that nearly destroyed civilization.

Liberals. Not the birds.


35 posted on 09/13/2015 3:28:14 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart ("The road is long...and I must poop." - Volarian Lionheart/Hero of the people)
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To: melancholy; LucyT
...sheriff refused to investigate the fall of the drone, insisting that shooting a drone is not illegal.

Sheriff Joe, is that you?

36 posted on 09/13/2015 3:34:50 PM PDT by azishot (Everyone is entitled to my opinion.)
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To: VerySadAmerican
That’s just me, I guess.

It probably is just you because my first thought was how do you tame pigeons? That's like saying a barnyard rooster is tame. This article is blatantly slanted propaganda.

37 posted on 09/13/2015 3:35:07 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: Tzfat

The only time anyone should kill an animal is if that animal is attacking or if they’re going to eat it. My dad kept us fed through many winters by killing wild game. He never did it for fun. If that makes me a nature worshipper then so be it.

And by the way, I have no idea what dove tastes like.


38 posted on 09/13/2015 3:37:34 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Since you're so much smarter than me, don't waste your time insulting me. I won't understand it.)
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To: vette6387

Very likely the birds go to a soup kitchen- pidgeon is delicious


39 posted on 09/13/2015 3:45:22 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: VerySadAmerican

Do you get upset that they kill “tame” chickens or cows or goats or pigs? Pigeons are rats with feathers.


40 posted on 09/13/2015 3:47:14 PM PDT by tiki ( r)
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