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A Sad Story: Why Can't People Leave Harmless Animals Alone? (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=275106)

Any sportsman that defends this is a piss poor excuse for a sportsman. The ****ers didn't take the meat. They just shot the damned thing to shoot it. I ****ing hate hunters like that. I have a cousin who is like that and will go for a walk in the woods and just blast away at random birds and shit he sees for no reason. Pisses me off.

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Originally Posted by jd1020 (Post 9927541)

It's a deer to you. It was a pet to the cemetery and a comforting friend to everyone that visited.

Just think of pets you've had, do you look at them as just a cat or just a dog? Probably not. I bet you consider them a part of your family.

I think this is the point George is making.

Whether we all agree or not about hunting, I think we all understand the importance of a human life versus an animal's life.

but - this situation is unique, as JD and others have put it, a cemetery is not an amusement park.

And people spend their time there reflecting and searching.....for anything that might help them get through a rough time in their life.

You have to be pretty damn cynical not to understand how this deer could have meant a lot of different things to a lot of different visitors to the cemetery.

While I love animals, I'm not a PETA member, nor am I going to judge those that hunt (as others stated, it WAS necessary on the Oregon Trail :doh!: ), but sometimes there are unique situations that LOGIC dictates that it transcends the typical arguments.

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Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 9928570)

why are you saying it was "hunters"? I think it was some kids with too much time on their hands.

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Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ (Post 9928617)

why are you saying it was "hunters"? I think it was some kids with too much time on their hands.

True, though I was more talking about a generic type of "hunter" than this particular kid: those who just like to kill shit for no other reason than killing it and don't harvest the meat.

Yeah, he's lying. Just some douche being a douche.

The deer had previously broken into Byron David Smith's house while on vacation in Minnesota. She had it coming.

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief (Post 9926960)

Exactly what I was thinking. If he really needed the meat to feed his family he could've field dressed it and packed it over the fence.

Yea. If you're hungry like that, you're gonna find a way to get to that meat.

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Originally Posted by 9er guy (Post 9929011)

Yea. If you're hungry like that, you're gonna find a way to get to that meat.

I've known some wives like that

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Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ (Post 9928617)

why are you saying it was "hunters"? I think it was some kids with too much time on their hands.

Yeah I'm not a big hunter by any means, but I've never heard anybody deer hunting with a pistol.

This was a punk who got a gun and said, "hey look at what a big guy I am."

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Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 9928310)

No, I never met Ella, just saw her on a couple occasions driving to and from work. But Bruce Matthews, the guy who is the main steward over the cemetery, is a friend of mine. He's a great guy, and I know this whole thing was really sad for him. I think it's a nice thing that they're doing, and I'm all for it.

You're a good friend. I think the kid who did it is a giant douchebag. You should attend the memorial service. I'd feel silly doing it but if I were friends with Bruce, I would attend.

They're doing it at 11am on a work day. Can't miss work.