[SOC] Wisconsin Hunting

[Curt Steger]

In Wisconsin, almost everything that goes bang is illegal or overly regulated. 

I remember reading this a long time ago, but I think it was a brand new pick-up that got sunk then.


On Apr 7, 2012, at 9:33 PM, Quikhooligan wrote:

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> Why was his use of explosives deemed illegal?  It may have only been an unsafe use of explosives.
> Accidents are accidents, even freak accidents.
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> Does duck hunting season extend into mid-winter?
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> To: SOC Club <soc at mailman.qth.net> 
> Sent: Friday, April 6, 2012 6:47 PM
> Subject: [SOC] Wisconsin Hunting
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> A guy buys a new Lincoln Navigator for $42,500.00 with monthly 
> payments of $560.00. He and a friend go duck hunting in northern 
> Wisconsin. 
>    It's mid-winter and of course all of the lakes are frozen. These two 
> guys go out on the ice with their guns, a dog, and of course the new 
> Navigator. They decide they want to make a natural looking open 
> water area for the ducks to focus on, something for the decoys to 
> float on.
>    Now making a hole in the ice large enough to invite a passing duck 
> is going to take a little more power than the average drill auger can 
> produce. So, out of the back of the new Navigator comes a stick 
> of dynamite with a short 40 second-fuse.
>    Our two Rocket Scientists, afraid they might slip on the ice while 
> trying to run away after lighting the fuse (and becoming toast, along 
> with the Navigator), decide on the following course of action: they 
> light the 40 second fuse, then, with a mighty thrust, they throw the stick 
> of dynamite as far away as possible.
>    Remember a couple of paragraphs back when I mentioned the 
> Navigator, the guns, and the dog? 
>    Let's talk about the dog: A highly trained Black Lab used for retrieving,
> especially things thrown by the owner. You guessed it. The dog takes 
> off across the ice at a high rate of speed and grabs the stick of dynamite 
> with the burning 40-second fuse just as it hits the ice.
>    The two men swallow, blink, start waving their arms and with veins 
> in their necks swelling to resemble stalks of rhubarb, scream and holler 
> for the dog to stop. 
>    The dog, now apparently cheered on by this master, keeps coming.
> One hunter panics, grabs the shotgun and shoots the dog. The shotgun 
> is loaded with #8 bird shot, hardly big enough to stop a Black Lab.
>    The dog stops for a moment, slightly confused, then continues on.
> Another shot, and this time the dog, still standing, becomes really confused
> and of course terrified, thinks these two geniuses have gone insane!
> The dog takes off to find cover, under the brand new Navigator.
>    The men continue to scream as they run. The red hot exhaust pipe 
> on the truck touches the dog's rear end, he yelps, drops the dynamite 
> under the truck and takes off after his master. Then KABOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
>    The truck is blown to bits and sinks to the bottom of the lake, 
> leaving the two idiots standing there with this 'I can't believe this
> just happened' looks on their faces.
>    The insurance company says that sinking a vehicle in a lake by illegal 
> use of explosives is not covered by the policy. And the guy still had yet to 
> make the first of those $560.00 a month payments. The dog is okay, 
> doing fine. And you thought all Rednecks lived in the South.
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