Friday hunt good boar , bad lady

[aladatrot]

Hey guys, I love my grandmothers - both of them. That said, lady justice wears a blindfold for a reason. I understand that the lady may have been old and cantankarous, but she was adamant that she wasn't bringing back the dog AND that she was getting peta and spca involved. Laws were broken, plain and simple. If she gets away with this, she will be online telling others how to get dogs out of the hands of hunters. Let an offense go unpunished, we all lose because the person gets emboldened. Let the legal process take it's course, she tells her buds (old and young) about her going to jail over a dog. You can see where "making an example" is just as much to punish the guilty party as it is to thwart the attempt by others in the future. I have to say that if my lovely English Nana pulled this stunt (which she wouldn't anyway - but if she did) I would hope that even she were prosecuted for it.

Not knocking grannies, just stating my opinion on people who take it upon themselves to take what is not theirs.

Cheers
M

[clbluvs2hunt]

OK....this is one of those situations that its not funny....but it is!! LOL....I hope like hell I am not a grouchy old woman when I am older!! Hopefully, I am still running with the dogs through the woods when I am 76!!

[WAARHEID]

Lady justice might be blind, but judges and jury's are not.

When I was working for the conservation department I had an opportunity to work as a guide on a special turkey hunt for the disabled. On the first day I called in birds for my 'client', he got one, and everything was going fine. On the second day, I called birds in for him again. He got impatient, I was telling him to wait until he had a better shot, but started shooting against my instruction. Chaos ensues, the birds scatter, he takes a second shot. When the dust settles we look for his bird... turned out each shot had taken a different bird... he shot two birds. The spring limit is two, he had taken three. Myself and the rest of the field staff were seeing red and since I had the hunt on video, we wanted the book thrown at him...

The agent shows up and we ask him what he's going to do. He says "Nothing. Have you ever heard of a sympathy-case? If I cite this guy and we go to court the prosecutor won't have much interest, and the judge is going to give me a dirty look... 'did you seriously write this paraplegic guy in wheelchair multiple tickets because he shot one too many turkeys??' ".  So instead, he gave the guy a 30 minute tongue lashing that would have made the biggest man feel small. We just sat there shaking our heads.

I'm not saying it's right or wrong, just that it's sometimes the reality when you have a highly sympathetic defendant.

[aladatrot]

Double standards are crappy no matter what they relate to. The idea that I would be prosecuted because I am able bodied and someone else gets a pass because he has a disability gets me hot. Being old or having a disability does not constitute having immunity when you knowingly break the law. I know that's just how it is and that nothing in life is fair, but I can still be bothered by it. Grrrrr.....

Cheers
M

Btw waarheid, I like reading your posts and perspectives even when we disagree on a subject. You seem quite well learned and cool headed to boot. Sometimes I walk away feeling differently than I did before reading what you had to say - just not on this one - I'm still agitated over the bird deal 

[Caughtandhobbled]

Mr. Mud,

Aden is right, that is BB.... You are right; let the law handle it this should be cut and dry. As my ole buddy would say "GET HER".... I am certain that good will prevail....

[T-Bob Parker]

Allright I didn't know peta and the SPCA-HOLES were involved.

In that case, the legal system is DEFINITELY called for

My apologies 

[aladatrot]

BB is a celebrity...

Cheers
M

[TX HOG]

on many deer leases hunters think it is ok to shoot a treaspassing dog (some hunters think its legal). thats because one hunter shot a dog, told other hunters, and now the other hunters think its ok, and the cycle continues and spreads...... well.. i think its time to reverse that train of thought. if someone shoots a dog or steals a dog, do everything you can legally to them, they will tell other hunters/peta wackos/grannys and they will be scared to touch your dog and we know grannies gossip so the fear will spread.

and for the people that think she shouldnt be punished.. what if she didnt call the number on the collar and just kept the dog?

[nothing]

nice hog

[BoarBuster67]

Yea Mud Bb is cold in that pic , he just swam the creek. You should have seen me , i was so cold i shook for 2 hrs the next day. He has been a pretty good catch dog at 9 hes still getting it done

[goose]

ppl need to understand that fat athletes cant perform...theres a big difference in malnourished and in shape....nxt time somebody says that your dogs look thin ask them how many fat basketball players they see running up and down the courts day in and day out...and just b/c she is old and payed her dues doesnt give her the right to take another individuals property...taking a skateboard from a kid is one thing but to take something from an adult is totally different...and if you cant get the dog back legally hit me up ill be more than happy to prance in her yard knock her door and steal the dog back from her just as she did to you ...man stuff like this burns my backside buns up