An Alachua County sheriff’s deputy who wanted to put a deer that had been hit by a car out of its misery Wednesday morning fired 17 shots into its stomach before the animal finally died, the Sheriff’s Office reported. [More]I guess because it had hooves he couldn't use the thumbscrews...
For some reason the tragic scene in "Old Yeller" comes to mind:
He was my dog. I'll do it.BLAM! BL-BLAM-BLAM! BLAM.... [Howls and whimpers of agony in background as this is repeated for another minute...]
[Via Ed M]
So - Deputy Dawg didn't know that he could shoot the deer in the brain and turn it off instantly?
ReplyDeleteAnd this guy is allowed to carry a gun?
One shot to the brain would have ended the poor animal's agony. Seems pretty much a common sense solution. Any criminal should have been able to figure that one out.
ReplyDelete17 shots? Even a cracked-out gang-banger holding up his baggy pants with one hand and holding his Glock in a "ghetto grip" with the other hand could do better than that.
ReplyDeleteI don't know boys, this is an "only one" we are talking about here. Using 17 shots at close range to kill a deer should qualify this little piggy for the department's Marksman of the Year.
ReplyDeleteGreat marksmanship and gamesmanship. Mebbe they should hang doughnuts on the deers' antlers to help.
ReplyDeleteNew to the gun culture, I'm thinking. Never touched a firearm until the academy.
ReplyDeleteThe stomach IS "behind the shoulder." About six to eight inches behind. Poor thing. I hope it went into shock early on.
Gutshot. Brrrr.
Seems like, in truth and knowing full well about the love of costuming the Alachua County Sheriff's office has, the Deputy didn't want to get his ensemble all icky.
ReplyDeleteHey, don't blame the deputy. He didn't know the best place, he asked for advice, and he got the WRONG advice. Not his fault. As for the 17 shots deserving a marksmanship award, he DID hit with all 17. So maybe he does.
ReplyDeleteRemember, unlike a lot of us, who are into firearms, practice with them, and some of us even hunt with them, it's not the same in the LEO community. To a lot of them, the pistol is just a tool of the trade.
But if they're the ones out there responsible for dispatching critically wounded wildlife, they definitely need some training on that.
If you buy food at a British public venue, chances are it is halal -- slaughtered according to Islamic laws: alive, conscious, kicking and screaming.
ReplyDeleteWill PETA dare complain?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1313303/Britain-goes-halal---tells-public.html