By Kate Howard
A Jacksonville hunter and his dog were shot this morning by another hunter who mistook the dog for a deer, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.
This was in the news for St. Augustine, Fl. today.
Not a lot of information. I looked about the web for more but all the news reports are about the same.
What strikes me as odd, in all the reports, is that the guy who pulled the trigger was breaking a number of basic regulations and admitted to trying to take what he thought was a deer OUT OF SEASON.
He is a POACHER and should be labeled as such. Calling this clown a "hunter" paints the rest of us in a bad way.
This is part of one version.....a link to the whole story is below....
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Stephen Rodgers, 52, was hunting waterfowl at the Guana River Wildlife Management Area in St. Johns County when he and the dog were struck.
The dog died; Rodgers was airlifted to Shands Jacksonville and is being treated in the trauma unit, according to the wildlife commission.
The shooter was Thang Lian, 19, also of Jacksonville, who was not wearing hunter orange and had not taken the required hunter safety class, the commission said. It is currently small game season, and not legal to take deer.
The commission is investigating whether to file charges against Lian.
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2011-01-08/story/man-dog-shot-st-johns-wildlife-management-area
A Jacksonville hunter and his dog were shot this morning by another hunter who mistook the dog for a deer, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.
This was in the news for St. Augustine, Fl. today.
Not a lot of information. I looked about the web for more but all the news reports are about the same.
What strikes me as odd, in all the reports, is that the guy who pulled the trigger was breaking a number of basic regulations and admitted to trying to take what he thought was a deer OUT OF SEASON.
He is a POACHER and should be labeled as such. Calling this clown a "hunter" paints the rest of us in a bad way.
This is part of one version.....a link to the whole story is below....
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Stephen Rodgers, 52, was hunting waterfowl at the Guana River Wildlife Management Area in St. Johns County when he and the dog were struck.
The dog died; Rodgers was airlifted to Shands Jacksonville and is being treated in the trauma unit, according to the wildlife commission.
The shooter was Thang Lian, 19, also of Jacksonville, who was not wearing hunter orange and had not taken the required hunter safety class, the commission said. It is currently small game season, and not legal to take deer.
The commission is investigating whether to file charges against Lian.
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2011-01-08/story/man-dog-shot-st-johns-wildlife-management-area
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