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druidity33

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43. Well shoot...

Sun Jul 3, 2016, 09:19 PM

Jul 2016

I guess we'll just have to wait and see whether any of those bullets happened to have hit some innocent person half a mile away. 150 rounds? If even half of them lodged in the tree that's still 75 points of death raining randomly down onto the earth. Maybe some other bird is now injured because this eagle needed saving (or family dog, cat, livestock)...

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Army vet rescues bald eagle dangling upside down from a rope tree by mowing down branches w rifle [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jul 2016 OP

Fuck yeah. linuxman Jul 2016 #1

Poor traumatized creature. I know the man did what he had to to save the eagle, tblue37 Jul 2016 #2

Must have been a traumatizing experiance for the bird. But the end result was rescue. Nailzberg Jul 2016 #4

I have some wildlife rescue friends. JonathanRackham Jul 2016 #5

My guess is that it was less stressful for the bird Fla_Democrat Jul 2016 #7

This is the most America you can fit into a single news story. I love it. Nailzberg Jul 2016 #3

Hell yeah! underpants Jul 2016 #6

hehee PersonNumber503602 Jul 2016 #10

Finally, laudable use of a gun. Good work. Hoyt Jul 2016 #8

That's impossible. pintobean Jul 2016 #9

Yes, this anecdote cancels out 30,000 annual gun deaths. Orrex Jul 2016 #13

Yeah, that was my point. pintobean Jul 2016 #16

I know. Orrex Jul 2016 #18

I wonder if the gun fit CA's new definition of "assault rifle" cherokeeprogressive Jul 2016 #36

What about the pain the tree suffered? I doubt it enjoyed being shot PersonNumber503602 Jul 2016 #11

Rooting for the tree? JonathanRackham Jul 2016 #53

They didn't think to call any of the at least half dozen tree trimmers in the Rush City, underahedgerow Jul 2016 #12

From the story: Just reading posts Jul 2016 #14

Yes, and? Like I said they, nor anyone else, thought to call proper tree trimmers underahedgerow Jul 2016 #17

Yeah, that was my first thought, too. MH1 Jul 2016 #23

So true. Baitball Blogger Jul 2016 #15

Tree trimmers kick ass XemaSab Jul 2016 #19

The gun worked. pintobean Jul 2016 #24

Where'd those bullets land? nt. druidity33 Jul 2016 #39

For any that didn't stick in the wood pintobean Jul 2016 #40

Well shoot... druidity33 Jul 2016 #43

In the tree. Straw Man Jul 2016 #48

That's pure speculation. druidity33 Jul 2016 #49

Bullets return to Earth with almost their same initial velocity rickford66 Jul 2016 #58

Have a lot of experience shooting a .22 rifle, do you? Straw Man Jul 2016 #61

The bird had been up there for two days, people had contacted agencies to no avail, LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #26

It's because a gun was involved, otherwise it's likely no vapors. Marengo Jul 2016 #59

I'd guess that if asked, some said no because they saw it as a wildlife mitigation issue, not a Brickbat Jul 2016 #28

Maybe he didn't have a spare $1K to pay an arborist? REP Jul 2016 #29

Cutting one limb off a tree out in the woods wouldn't run 1000 bucks. A couple hundred underahedgerow Jul 2016 #30

Obviously, you've never hired an arborist REP Jul 2016 #31

Doesn't matter how much it would've cost EL34x4 Jul 2016 #41

Yeah ok, underahedgerow Jul 2016 #57

150 22 LR bullets cost less than ten bucks Brother Buzz Jul 2016 #33

How many shots would it have taken you? pintobean Jul 2016 #34

Just one. underahedgerow Jul 2016 #44

In other words pintobean Jul 2016 #45

What else could he say? 'He was a lousy shot but eventually he got lucky!' underahedgerow Jul 2016 #47

You didn't watch the video, did you? pintobean Jul 2016 #55

Diplomacy. Straw Man Jul 2016 #62

It would have been at least $1000. Boudica the Lyoness Jul 2016 #37

Sorry but I just have to say you're wrong. I've been a certified arborist since the early 1990's underahedgerow Jul 2016 #46

Thank you and i agree! druidity33 Jul 2016 #50

Weekend = overtime JonathanRackham Jul 2016 #51

He was probably an excellent shot. NutmegYankee Jul 2016 #56

Ah, so you are familiar with the pricing of every tree trimming service in the USA? Marengo Jul 2016 #64

I can't decide which I like better... Brickbat Jul 2016 #20

There's people that do and people who talk. JonathanRackham Jul 2016 #54

This is the definition of a good guy with a gun cagefreesoylentgreen Jul 2016 #21

He had a gun sarisataka Jul 2016 #32

Apparently the definition has expanded. JonathanRackham Jul 2016 #52

Wrong tool for the job. XRubicon Jul 2016 #22

OH WOW, Holy Crap, I LOVE THIS! underahedgerow Jul 2016 #25

Not anytime soon, those drones are thousands of dollars ansible Jul 2016 #65

AMERICA, FUCK YEAH! Odin2005 Jul 2016 #27

Good job. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2016 #35

Am I the only person who wants to know how the eagle and the rope got there in the first place? Donald Ian Rankin Jul 2016 #38

Rock flag eagle... JanMichael Jul 2016 #42

A young bald eagle at that! Rex Jul 2016 #60

Awesome! Thanks for this OP. It made my day! jack_krass Jul 2016 #63