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Cheryl Blair, Guns, hunters, hunters shoot dogs, Hunting, hunting accidents, John Bergeron, killing animals, Norton MA, NRA, state trooper Bergeron
It seems like every other day I read another story about hunters who shoot other hunters, shoot themselves, fall out of trees, shoot family pets, or shoot innocent people who happen to be out in the woods.
Whenever I post these news items, I also hear the same lame arguments from hunters and the same profanity-laced comments towards me and anyone else who dares question their so-called right to play god and kill helpless animals. Unless a person lives in an environment where there is no other way to survive, hunting is not about survival or protecting the “balance of nature” within habitats. Hunting is about blood, death, fear, pain, and ego. Most of the comments are predictable, illogical, and very tiresome. Until I actual hear from a hunter who is willing to admit that they kill because it gives them a thrill and they love killing things, I do not plan to approve any other comments from hunters.
In today’s hunting story, a state trooper and hunter in Norton, Massachusetts, shot and seriously wounded an older woman who was out walking her dogs. The would-be killer this time is John Bergeron and the victim a neighbor named Cheryl Blair.
The woman’s husband, who is also a hunter, commented that Bergeron and other hunters need to be more careful about where they aim their weapons. Duh. How about they aim their guns at themselves, pull the trigger, and tell us what “sport” it is to kill?
Interesting, I think, that the trooper is not facing charges and that the “investigation is continuing.” If this guy can be so reckless and stupid, he should lose his job. Perhaps the next time he unloads his weapon “by mistake,” it will be to shoot an innocent person during a traffic stop or some other minor issue.
Here’s the story from the Associated Press –
NORTON, Mass. — The husband of a Massachusetts woman who was accidentally shot by an off-duty state trooper hunting deer after dark is questioning the trooper’s target identification.
The Boston Herald reports that the trooper apologized to the family. But the victim’s husband, also a hunter, says hunters need to pay attention and know their target.
Cheryl Blair was walking her two dogs Saturday when the trooper, John Bergeron, mistook her pets for a deer.
She is in a hospital recovering from surgery for a fractured pelvis.
Authorities say the shooting was accidental. A state police spokesman says Bergeron was properly licensed and faces no criminal charges. The investigation is continuing.
Bergeron, a neighbor of the Blairs’, did not respond to a request by the newspaper for comment.
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It seems like every other day that i have to read articles from journalists that have zero knowledge about their topics. (can i call you a journalist? are bloggers journalists?)
you will be surprised to hear that in 25 years of hunting 90% of the conservation protection and habitat preservation ive seen have been kept up by HUNTERS, as well as the funding to do so. If a guy driving a truck doesn’t pay attention and runs someone over, should everyone stop driving? Your attitude towards hunters is all wrong; you are nothing but a stereotyping author who sounds like you have ZERO knowledge of our wood lands and conservation efforts. I used to hunt an area that used to be FULL of deer. Years ago this area was shut down to hunting because of people like you. People barking a bunch of information without any knowledge into the biological life of a deer and its surroundings. Well, now activists are supporting hunting there again, you know why? The deer population BOOMED in the area, the deer began to eat all of the local vegetation before the winter would come and left deer starving in the winter seasons. The vegetation has become basically invasive as all of the local vegetation is cleaned out before it can grow. Deer died of starvation, died from crossing streets to find food in people’s yards. The idea that hunters do this on an ego level makes you sound so simple. You are a journalist aren’t you? Shouldn’t you do research into what you write about? Are you a vegetarian? I hope so because do you know where a majority of the meat in grocery stores come from? The guy who shot this lady was negligent with his firearm, was hunting too late in the day and made a poor poor choice in firing. I think he should be punished to the fullest extent. The first thing you learn in hunters safety courses is to properly identify your target before shooting. Which obviously didnt happen, but i would not hold this man as a spokesman for hunters, as you are.
Im sad for anyone who is as tunnel visioned in life as you are; open up your eyes and try to see both sides of the fence. But that’s only if YOUR EGO will allow you to.
” Until I actual hear from a hunter who is willing to admit that they kill because it gives them a thrill and they love killing things, I do not plan to approve any other comments from hunters ”
I am a bowhunter because i love the thrill of the chess match between me and the animal i am hunting, this chase…to say the least is THRILLING. i am a bowhunter because it has given me and my family years of tradition and years of time spent together. I am a bowhunter because i am able to fill my freezer in the winter time and save money for bills, and for the fact that venison is very good for you. I am a bowhunter because if it wasnt for us hunters, our world would be paved over and our woodlands would be nothing but a distant memory.
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With all due respect, this is pure BS.
Over and over I hear about how hunters help the environment or the wildlife ecosystems. There is the excuse that they only hunt for food. Have you ever considered that you are likely killing the parent of baby animals? What happens to their offspring? It doesn’t matter if you are killing with a gun or a bow and arrow. You are still playing god when your duty as a more advance form of life is to protect these animals. I mean, if the idea is that hunting is done only to help wildlife and that it is a more pure way of bringing meat into the home, does that mean that you do not eat meat in restaurants or buy it from supermarkets where it is likely the meat comes from factory farms?
As for hunters being the only ones preserving the environment, that is also pure nonsense. There are literally millions of people around the globe who love hiking and being in the wilderness who contribute time and money to preserve both wildlife and their habitat.
You are a mindless product of an old culture that is slowly dying away.
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