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seamusTX wrote:

dicion wrote:

Hunting of any kind is banned in all village, town, county and state parks in Rockland

Why? They give no reason for this at all.

I don't know of any park where hunting is allowed, and certainly not close to residences.

The reason is specifically to prevent incidents like this. There are enough stupid, careless hunters to make hunting incompatible with other recreational activities.

- Jim

I guess this is because where I grew up, all the large forest areas in the area were 'state parks', and that's pretty much primarily where we hunted, and this was in NY State.
I guess it's on a park-by-park basis, but all the large 'forested' parks I knew of were hunting allowed.

seamusTX wrote:

I wrote:In Blauvelt State Park, southeastern New York, last week, a man was walking his Siberian husky in the woods when the dog cried out in pain. The dog had been shot through with an arrow and died shortly after.

Busted: http://www.lohud.com/article/20091031/N ... ow-in-park" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- Jim

Not saying what the hunter did wasn't wrong, it was, but seriously, can't we get ONE story without a 'save the children' angle?

"It's dangerous behavior and could have been a child very easily,"

Yes.. a child would be off running by itself, in the middle of the woods, and be mistaken for a coyote....

Hunting of any kind is banned in all village, town, county and state parks in Rockland

Why? They give no reason for this at all.

I think this thread should be renamed 'Dog Shooter of the Day', as it seems we get one or more just about Daily...

seamusTX wrote: ...by an animal that can't turn doorknobs.

Now now... I've seen plenty of dogs open closed doors. most are of the 'handle' type, and not the knob, but I've seen some service dogs do knobs too :P

Granted, never seen one get through a deadbolt from the outside....

seamusTX wrote:Conroe, Texas, woman found guilty by a jury for shooting two dogs:
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/ ... og1016.txt" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Read this one if you think you are going to walk away from a dog shooting.

Better to be judged by twelve. Right.

- Jim

From the story, her credibility was shot when she said the Basset was coming at her and she shot it. They found that the Basset was shot from behind.

Lesson here: Don't lie just to make your story sound better. You'll get caught, and It'll ruin your credibility on everything.