Wednesday, March 19, 2008
From Awww to Ewww in 2.5 Seconds
Kevin and I have been meeting with a few landscapers this week to get estimates on putting in a new patio in the backyard. This morning, one of the landscapers came over with his portfolio. As we were flipping through it, he pointed out one acreage full of overgrown grasses and explained, "This guy had me plant clover all around his house so the deer would come up to graze." I said, "Awww, what a nice idea!" The landscaper then continued, "So he could shoot the deer from the comfort of his porch!" Eeeewwwww! I think even the most enthusiastic of hunters would agree with me that there is nothing even remotely sportsmanlike about this--it sounds about as challenging (and ethical) as shooting a cow!
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Oh my lord. Exactly where do you live, Emily? ;-)
is that legal????
Michele, I know, you think of New York and hanging out on the porch with a rifle doesn't immediately spring to mind...we're a 4 hour drive and a world away from NYC!
Victoria, that's what I said when I freaked out at Kevin after the landscaper left. He said that you can plant whatever you want, you just can't leave salt or corn out and then shoot them. Also, as long as you live out in the country, away from other neighbors, I guess you can shoot off a gun to your heart's content It gives me a whole new appreciation for Norway's stricter gun control laws and hunter safety classes! Emily
Maybe Dick Cheney has Barcaloungers in his front yard so that they'll attract old geezers for him to spray with pellets.
Liz, ha ha ha, I think you win the award for the best comment EVER! You are too funny! Emily
AhahahahHAH! Liz, that's very funny. That image is killing me. :-)
I am sure he would do it if he could make it legal Liz. Dick recently killed more than 70 pheasants during a recent hunting trip. What a man! Of course it was not hunting in the traditional sense, the Duke of Edinborough walking across the Scottish Moors with a bunch of beaters. No Dick visited a country club in PA and had 500 pen reared birds released in front of him when he was cocked and loaded. So macho!
Yeah, he's obviously compensating for SOMETHING or other...
"Canned hunting" makes me sick, and I can't believe that all attempts to ban it have been shot down. It's incredible to me that there are that many people out there who believe that men with big wallets and tiny brains deserve to shoot tame animals for "fun." Emily
About guns:
Most communities allow shotguns within the town limits or only the township limits and not rifles. Firing rifles is usually not allowed in or near any highly settled areas. Some communities and townships, such as the one I live in, do not allow the discharge of any firearms, except of course by the criminals and law breakers.
Hunting should probably only be allowed in wilderness or highly wooded areas for the purpose of obtaining meat for the table by those who need to depend on that. (These people do exist, not all of us drive SUV's and crossover's to go to the Winkly Dinkly Green is Better Soypermarket.)
I read a story where a well-meaning wildlife lover who planted his yard in clover only to discover a herd of deer had torn it all up and had taken to sleep in the center of his backyard, now a wasteland.
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