[quote]on edge wrote:
When I was a kid another kid in the neighborhood had a wolf/shepherd hybrid for a short time. It was the scariest dog I’ve ever crossed paths with. It was freaking huge and aggressive as fuck. The dog basically watched everyone like a hawk and if anyone made the slightest movement toward Joey he would be going ape shit trying to get at them. Joey would just say “if he breaks that chain you’re dead”. [/quote]
Then sounds like the K-9 that attacked me on Christmas when I was in 2-3rd grade. Actual police dog, snapped the chain (flimsy chain) and jumped the back tire of my brand new bike and yanked me off. Good thing my dad was near by and chased the dog away. My mother being evil had the dogs head chopped off to check for rabies. If my dad wasn’t there I would have likely been dead as it was heading for my head/neck area.
Just read this. I like when the cop says, they think they got the croc responsibile…
What that SHOULD have said, was that Mr. Cole was responsible for the outcome. The croc just did what they do best, pick out the easiest food source, and go for it. Grab it, drag it to the bottom, and let it drown, then proceed to eat it. I like how an animal gets punished for someone else being on the short end of the gene pool.
Darwin award right there.[/quote]
Ya, it pisses me off every time an animal is put down for doing exactly what it’s designed to do. [/quote]
Because a hunter does exactly what it’s designed to do?
I can understand people killing the wolves if their population is out of control or they are ranchers suffering losses. I get that. What I don’t get is how shooting a wolf from distance with a high-powered rifle and optics is considered sporting.
I can understand people killing the wolves if their population is out of control or they are ranchers suffering losses. I get that. What I don’t get is how shooting a wolf from distance with a high-powered rifle and optics is considered sporting.
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Why do you think they did? Almost all of my hunts ended within 100 yards (except my 400 yard shot to take down a sustenance kill). My bear kill was 15-20 yards away. My Javelin kills were a few feet away from me…to being right on top of them with a revolver. So, just because someone has a high-powered rifle (what you want them to try to take down a wolf with a .22LR?) and optics (most rifles have optics unless you design it not to) means they laid down a mile long shot to take down a wolf?