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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 09:41 PM
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Ohio park ranger shot in face by hunter
An off-duty park ranger was shot Thursday morning while hunting near Alum Creek State Park. The ranger, whose name has not been released, was hit in the face by shotgun pellets from another hunter, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).

The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office and ODNR responded to the scene of the incident following a 911 call shortly after 9 a.m. The incident took place on state land near Hogback Road where the ranger was hunting turkeys. It occurred in a designated hunting area.

The injured ranger was taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital and he is in stable condition.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1256403&srvc=rss
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 09:51 PM
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1. How many times do people need to be told
...never go hunting with Dick Cheney.





Hope the ODNR guy is is ok.
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 09:51 PM
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2. I wondered where Cheney has been!
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 09:55 PM
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3. Who would have thunk Cheney was hiding in Ohio? n/t
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 11:12 PM
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7. Like this?
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 09:56 PM
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4. Had a comment
But everyone else was thinking Elmer Fudd Cheney too
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TPaine7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 10:16 PM
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5. This proves that onehandle's policy preferences should be implemented immediately! n/t
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AtheistCrusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 10:53 PM
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6. Hunting is still safer than highschool football.
Hell, it's probably safer than highschool cheerleading.
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Katya Mullethov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-10 01:55 PM
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12. It is safer than cheerleading
And motocross is safer than football . Infinitely more interesting as well .
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proteus_lives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-10 03:24 AM
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8. Ban Ohio. Ban park rangers. Ban Hunters.
It's the only way we'll be safe.
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PavePusher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-10 02:00 PM
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13. No, no ,no...!
Ban Turkeys!

Pesky things... Tailor made to encourage people to shoot each other, I tell ya...
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Euromutt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-10 09:40 AM
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9. Bit of a misleading headline
Edited on Sat May-22-10 09:43 AM by Euromutt
The ranger was off-duty and hunting turkey, which means he was almost certainly heavily camouflaged (unlike deer, wild turkeys can see orange) and remaining immobile. It's pretty difficult to adhere to rule #4 ("be sure of your target and what is beyond it") when a person in the background is actively trying to not be visible.

So probably no malice intended, and it's arguably even a stretch to call it negligence. Just an accident, that's all. Let's be glad nobody was seriously hurt.
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X_Digger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-10 12:32 PM
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11. That's one reason I never went turkey hunting. n/t
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AtheistCrusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-10 05:54 PM
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15. I expect misleading headlines from Mr.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=118&topic_id=306773&mesg_id=306773

Apparently the fact his day job is a 'teacher' counts more than his occupation at the moment: Home Invader
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benEzra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-10 12:25 PM
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10. Holy headline bait-and-switch, Batman... (n/t)
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PavePusher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-10 02:02 PM
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14. A newspaper lying by insinuation and misdirection...
And onehanded perpetuating the lie.

Whodathunkit.
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jazzhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-10 01:26 PM
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16. Where's our resident hypocrite who abhors using tragedy to advance

a gun "control" agenda?
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friendly_iconoclast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-10 02:50 PM
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17. You used this senseless tragedy to score points in your endless evangelism against gun ownership
I only steal from the best!
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YllwFvr Donating Member (757 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-10 04:13 PM
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18. We've had a similiar problem
Mostly of New Jersey hunters coming into Pa and blasting anything that moves. Several hunters got shot last year. Im not a hunter anymore, but ive gone before for turkeys. I can easily see how this could happen. Be sure of your target. Doesnt sound too hard does it?
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friendly_iconoclast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-10 04:30 PM
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19. My uncle is *from* PA, and won't hunt there anymore.
He claimed that the locals were just as bad as the out-of-staters. Last I heard, he switched to going on guided (*not*
canned) hunts in Minnesota and much preferred it.
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YllwFvr Donating Member (757 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-10 05:00 PM
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20. I hate to say it
But he is probably better off, and safer too.
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Glassunion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-10 05:19 PM
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21. I have never had an issue, nor seen anything that would be an issue here in pa... nt
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Callisto32 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-10 06:56 PM
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22. And the point is???
Accidents happen. But then, you are just here to stir the pot, right?

I personally vote that we all just start ignoring off-the-handle's drive-by op's.

Why waste DU's bandwidth?
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