in blairsville, southern indiana county, a very large and apparently wounded buck crossed over rt 22 and ran into a arons/walmart parking lot where a guy pulles out his pistol and begins shooting at the thing.
A lot like the Jeanette (Westmoreland County) cop was let off easy for trespassing in the spring gobbler season, and shot a BALD EAGLE out of a tree before daybreak!!! He did not get off totally free, but it was an awful lot like a 'hand slap.'
in blairsville, southern indiana county, a very large and apparently wounded buck crossed over rt 22 and ran into a arons/walmart parking lot where a guy pulles out his pistol and begins shooting at the thing. he eventually got it. what disturbes me is that the guy wasn't cited or arrested and was allowed to keep the deer. funny how an ex-cop seems to not need follow rules.
if any average joe with a pistol permit began firing rounds at a deer in a crowded parking lot you bet your day would end in silver bracelets.
i guess i can video the fireman who told me? i personally know a bunch of cops and ex cops and although they are my buddies i still bust their chops for being immune to the law.
Not to bash any ex/present cops on this site but I know of a couple that are less than exceptional with their firearms. The one was hunting on the same property as us last year and shot a doe's leg off and only retrieved the leg. He then proceeded to shoot a buck through the hips. If he couldn't hit a deer with a scoped rifle, how great of a shot can he be with an open sight pistol.
Haven't heard about the deer in the parking lot but wow, there isnt a safe place to shoot in that parking lot at all. I can see how a deer could end up there though.
The eagle story isn't a rumor. I broke the story for the Tribune Review. Got the lead on the issue from PGC WCOs and whether anyone likes it or not - it happened. Not meant as "cop bashing" ...
Karl where abouts was that eagle shot and wounded? We see an eagle around the Conemaugh dam every year, was wondering if that was the one we were seeing.
i guess i can video the fireman who told me? i personally know a bunch of cops and ex cops and although they are my buddies i still bust their chops for being immune to the law.
the only cop i'm bashing is the one that shot that eagle. i know about that story and the guy who did it. he lives very near me. as i said before, some people should not have a uniform. and that guy is still in uniform as far as i know.
Not to bash any ex/present cops on this site but I know of a couple that are less than exceptional with their firearms. The one was hunting on the same property as us last year and shot a doe's leg off and only retrieved the leg. He then proceeded to shoot a buck through the hips. If he couldn't hit a deer with a scoped rifle, how great of a shot can he be with an open sight pistol.
I would imagine pretty decent. Most cops don't train and qualify with a rifle. They do their pistols. How many guys that are great with a rifle, would shoot lights out if you handed them a pistol and said "show me what ya got"?
i agree they tend to gossip a bunch. so being a bit preturbed about this, i asked around work today if anyone heard of what exactly happened. here is what i have go so far. my foreman apparently went to high school with the guy who shot the buck. it was killed with a 9mm semi auto and the guy was arrested and the game com confiscated the deer after it was taken to a processing shop. they guy is apparently not an ex cop. and my foreman said i don't even think he can legally have a gun. i saw pics of the deer, what a deer! absolutely huge.
A lot like the Jeanette (Westmoreland County) cop was let off easy for trespassing in the spring gobbler season, and shot a BALD EAGLE out of a tree before daybreak!!! He did not get off totally free, but it was an awful lot like a 'hand slap.'
Also as for the cop being a poor shot, not all departments fully train their officers. I had a member of NYC's finest shooting one day and had toteach him how to operate my 9mm semi-auto and also a 12 ga. pump. All he knew was his .38 wheelgun.
The deer was shot @the the Blairsville Walmart. It was jumped up from private property near Blairsville high school. Ran across rt. 22, then into the Arons store window where it was said to have broke the tip of its tine off. Then it proceeded through the parking lot towards Walmart store, bashing. Parked cars along the way, when it then ran into the
Walmarts building and headed towards the Lawn and Garden Center, falling down and running into a few things. Then that is when the pick up truck pulled up and the guy got out, shot the deer, loaded it up and went on his way. It was confiscated and I believe that the guy didn't even have a hunting license. He took it to the processor. He is from Derry. I wont post his name for i'm not 100% that I have it right, but his initials are A.B.. i'll try to get the pic up for y'all.
How did he think the processor was gonna do anything with it without it being tagged? I'm all for gun ownership, but some people just should not own guns plain and simple.
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