Know your enemy...

[Berek]

Another piece of Bow season opening day fiascos:
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15401689&BRD=2725&PAG=461&dept_id=562746&rfi=6

10/17/2005
Bowhunter kills donkey in Amity
By RICK MILLER , The Times Herald


AMITY — A Niagara Falls hunter was arrested Saturday after mistaking a donkey for a deer in the town of Amity in Allegany County. Saturday was the first day of archery season in New York.
Conservation Police Lt. Ken Didion, of the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Law Enforcement, said Michael A. Crampton, 38, of 1158 Pasadena Ave., Niagara Falls, was charged with hunting over bait, a violation, and unjustifiable killing of an animal under the state Agriculture and Markets Law, a misdemeanor. Lt. Didion said Crampton was hunting next to a salt lick, which is illegal in lands inhabited by deer. The owner of the camp where Crampton was staying, Michael J. Hansen, 40, of 6986 Jennifer Ave., Niagara Falls, was charged with the illegal placing of a salt lick. The donkey, owned by James Whitney of 4521 Back River Road, Amity, wandered onto the adjacent property and was killed at the salt lick. Mr. Whitney and Mr. Hansen, the camp owner, notified Amity-based state police of the incident. Lt. Didion said Crampton told investigators he couldn’t see the head of the donkey before he shot it. The donkey weighed about 400 pounds and was light gray in color, he said.

 

[f4t9r]

wow thats crazy
has this guy ever even seen a deer, a picture of one maybe

 

[H&Hhunter]

I can only think of one thing to say.

Well DUUHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

 

[TrapperReady]

400 pounds? I wonder what it dressed out at?

 

[1911 guy]

White tail elk?

A few years ago in Kentucky an unfortunate and uneducated hunter was cited by the game warden for shooting an elk. O.K., quadruped with horns, but a donkey? Somebody needs to pay more attention. Not to mention he was likely very close to someones house. Working stock is not usually kept too far away from the work to be done.

 

[mustanger98]

This is about as bad as the bowhunter locally here who shot the landowner's calf. In bow range, it should be really easy to tell the difference between a deer and a calf.

 

[41mag]

This is about as bad as the bowhunter locally here who shot the landowner's calf. In bow range, it should be really easy to tell the difference between a deer and a calf.

Maybe he wanted veal?

It has to be cheaper on the hoof than at the market.

 

[GunGoBoom]

guess it was an anterless day. Shoot far, that is one big uuuuuuuugly doe!

 

[mustanger98]

What happened, I heard this story from a guy that worked at Wallyworld at the time and hunted this farm with several others. After the other guy shot the calf- actually, I think there were a couple of those incidents in a real short time- that guy and two others were all the lady would let hunt on her farm.

 

[Jim K]

Heck, I know folks who can't tell a cow from a horse!

Jim

 

[scout26]

In parts of Wisconsin, farmers paint "COW" on the side of their cattle to help prevent this, and every year there are stories of dairy cows being shot during deer season.


One more reason why I stay on my side of the Cheddar Curtain and hunt down in Southern Illinois.

 

[MNgoldenbear]

Sad, but true

Yeah. A friend used to work at check stations in MO when she was in college (natural resources). She had a guy actually bring a donkey in to the station to validate his tag.

When I started hunting (bowhunting mule deer in the Sierras on NFS land), as there were cattle grazing in that part of the national forest, my friends cautioned me "don't shoot the white-faced deer!"

Another guy in CA brought a "deer" into the check station at Ft. Hunter-Liggett. Told the DFG guy on duty that it was the weirdest deer he'd ever seen -- the antlers were all wide and flat looking. Turned out the guy had shot a tule elk, which were not up to huntable numbers yet (and still have fairly low populations).

Of course, that's still better than the fellows that I overheard at a firing range discussing their hunting trip. "Did you get anything?" "Naw. Heard some stuff move in the brush, so I took a couple of shots at it, but nothing came out."

 

[Berek]

In parts of Wisconsin, farmers paint "COW" on the side of their cattle to help prevent this, and every year there are stories of dairy cows being shot during deer season.

Actually, you may be suprised to find that farmers painting "cow" on their cattle around here is a common occurance. I know 3 farmers personally. One has about 200 head, one has about 350 head and one has almost 700 head. That's a lot of spray paint...


Berek

 

[Bob R]

At least this year, there was not a llama brought into any of the check stations in Montana on opening day.

At House of Meats in Great Falls, owner Jo Suden said she'd seen a steady flow of game all day long.

"I'm just hearing that there's a lot of animals out there," she said.

She hadn't witnessed any mishaps where a hunter misidentifies animals.

"I have not had a llama today. That's a plus," she said. Several years ago a hunter bagged a llama on opening day, mistaking it for a game animal.

Overall, it was a good day to be a hunter in Montana.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051024/NEWS01/510240302/1002/NEWS17

bob

 

[Hawken50]

Berek, i read about that in the Times Herald too, where you from? if you don't mind me asking. Franklinville here.

 

[PCGS65]

I think just for the sake of aggravated farmers and to help ignorant hunters avoid costly fines. I'm sure it's a very small percentage of hunters that have never been to the zoo or watched the outdoor/discovery channels.
Every state should have a brief test with pictures of all the animals that are allowed to be hunted. When buying a hunting licence if the hunter cannot identify 100% of the animals he/she plans to hunt they fail and should be sent to the zoo.
The only bad thing about this is we will miss out on some funny stories.

 

[TrapperReady]

In parts of Wisconsin, farmers paint "COW" on the side of their cattle to help prevent this, and every year there are stories of dairy cows being shot during deer season.

Probably to keep the non-resident hunters from Illinois from getting too confused.

 

[JOKEN]

When I was a kid my grandad brought some guy from town out to the ranch to hunt blacktail deer. We told him that somewhere on the place was a floppy eared nubian billy goat and please don't shoot him. (brown goat). He shot the goat.