Don't Shoot!!

[ScottC]

In the "Caught on the Fly" section of the new issue of the Sporting News there is a short about "a Pennsyvania man who has painted his farm animals and family dogs bright orange so deer hunters don't accidentally hit the wrong target."

Now that is pretty funny...or pretty sad. ;D

[admin]

Sounds kind of like you driving your truck with your orange, or was that Kasey. ;D

[ScottC]

Kasey has that bright yellow Blazer. I just wear a bright orange hat while driving. ;D

[bowtech]

unfortunitly that gives hunters a bad name

I heard this (again) on paul harvey last week and he (of course) made it sound as bad as possable

Of course....how could you put a good spin on that

[ScottC]

bowtech said:

Of course....how could you put a good spin on that

One can't put a good spin on it...sadly. Amazing how a (proportionally) few bad hunters mess it up for so many others.

[admin]

Scott, didn't they have any pic of the orange animals? I would have like to seen that. ;D

[ScottC]

I wish they did.

Found this doing a search for the story.


Story:
LOGANTON, Pa. (AP) - With deer hunters out all over the woods, a farmer has decided to paint his cows, horses and even his dog bright orange to make sure they aren't mistaken for deer.

Friz Konieczka doesn't want to take any chances because he heard about a neighbor's horse being shot during hunting season several years ago.

Konieczka, a Clinton County farmer, wants his animals to stand out — and they do. Fluorescent orange paint lines their backs and heir sides.

Konieczka said he'd rather spend $5 for a can of orange paint than have one of his animals killed or injured.

He painted his horses, his cows, his goats, his turkeys and even his Dalmatian, Buddy.

[admin]

I think the only thing that would have been funnier would have been if he had put those $1 plastic blaze orange vest on all of them. ;D