[nagdu] seeing bullets and wearing orange

Sat Nov 15 03:34:51 UTC 2008

You're not kidding, there's a farmer up here painted the word "COW!" on the 
sides of all his cows,,  seems he's lost more than one to a trigger happy 
hunter...

     Bryan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laurie Mehta" <lauriemehta at yahoo.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] seeing bullets and wearing orange

> Yep Bryan, you're right on.  /smile/
> I grew up in hunting country and with many hunters in the family.  I've 
> been on a few trips with them, as well.
> Orange is a good thing to wear, for both human and dog, unless you're the 
> one sitting for hours up in a deer blind. /lol/  (But, even then, it's 
> probably not a bad idea since some of the newbies that go out these days 
> are trigger happy.)
> And, nobody can see a bullet but the mind does some pretty powerful things 
> sometimes.  /smile/
> -Laurie
>
> --- On Fri, 11/14/08, Bryan Brown <bryanbrown at solarus.biz> wrote:
>
>> From: Bryan Brown <bryanbrown at solarus.biz>
>> Subject: [nagdu] seeing bullets and wearing orange
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Friday, November 14, 2008, 12:42 AM
>> Again not to doubt , but the last hunting rifle I used had a
>> bullet that traveled 3,200  feet per second it was a 3 38,
>> your imagination can play big tricks on you when you're
>> scared, I think she probably thought she saw it, but in
>> reality, there is no way she saw  this bullet, I am again
>> assuming she was very scared when this happened and her
>> imagination played some tricks on her.
>>
>> As far as dressing your dog in orange, It's my opinion,
>> that your guide  dog shouldn't be running around in the
>> woods alone at all, not only in hunting season, but at all,
>> if someone is shooting at your dog, they are also shooting
>> at you, you have more to worry about than your dog being
>> shot, both you and your dog should be wearing orange if
>> you're out in the woods during hunting season!
>>
>>     sincerely,
>>     Bryan Brown
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toni Whaley"
>> <blind_treasurer at verizon.net>
>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association
>> of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bubba in the woods
>>
>>
>> > John,
>> >
>> > I know she said she both saw and heard the bullet. She
>> goes to the park
>> > early in the morning on her way from work. As there
>> are usually no other
>> > people in the park and her dogs return to her on
>> either a whistle or verbal
>> > command, they run a few yards a head of her off leash.
>> >
>> > Toni
>> >
>> > Toni
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> > Of John Doering
>> > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:58 PM
>> > To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of
>> Guide Dog Users
>> > Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bubba in the woods
>> >
>> > Toni,
>> > Not that I disbelieve your daughter's story of
>> what happen, but she saw the
>> > bullet?....
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > JD
>> >
>> > John & Annette Doering
>> > Charlie Brown LDB
>> > & Murphy
>> > Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.
>> > doering at ameritech.net
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toni
>> Whaley" <blind_treasurer at verizon.net>
>> > To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National
>> Association of Guide Dog Users'"
>> > <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 4:04 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bubba in the woods
>> >
>> >
>> >> Hello!
>> >>
>> >> Last weekend my daughter took two of her dogs to
>> romp in a municipal park.
>> >> All of a suddenly she heard a wizzing sound and
>> saw a bullet fly three
>> >> quarters of an inch over her one dog's head.
>> She turned and saw the back
>> >> of
>> >> someone dressed in an orange jacket running away.
>> She yelled to them that
>> >> they were shooting at her dog. Since it's
>> illegal to hunt in this park,
>> >> she
>> >> called the police who came immediately.
>> Unfortunately, the hunter was gone
>> >> by the time the police arrived. Needless to say,
>> she was a basket case for
>> >> the rest of the day. That certainly convinced me
>> that I don't want to be
>> >> in
>> >> the woods or park with my guide dog at this time.
>> >>
>> >> Toni
>> >> NAGDU Treasurer
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> >> Of Tracy Carcione
>> >> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:47 AM
>> >> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> >> Subject: [nagdu] Bubba in the woods
>> >>
>> >> I'm going to be visiting my sister in Michigan
>> soon.  She lives in the
>> >> woods, and she says it's hunting season out
>> there.
>> >> I don't really trust hunters.  Some of them
>> are real idiots who will shoot
>> >> at anything that moves.
>> >> Can I do anything to protect myself and Ben (aka
>> Bubba)?  I have a
>> >> reflective vest I got for walking around at night.
>>  Would that be useful?
>> >> Or should I hunt up something bright
>> "hunter" orange?  Dye Benny's fur
>> >> bright orange?
>> >> Or am I worrying about nothing?
>> >> Tracy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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