Hunter faces charges for shooting partner...

[ewagner]

http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060408/MNH0101/604080389/1732

Sound familiar?

This is ironic...in today's paper a Wisconsin hunter is being charged for "accidentially shooting a hunting partner." Yes, it was an "accident" in th sense that the hunter didn't mean to shoot the partner, but it was negligent.

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A Granton man charged this week with shooting another hunter was aiming into the sun when he fired his rifle, the criminal complaint said.

Bartsch faces one charge of injury by negligent use of a dangerous weapon, a felony. The charge carries 31/2 years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both.

Bartsch, who was hunting alone, told investigators he saw something white, and thought it was a deer's brisket behind a pine tree. He was using a Browning BAR semi-automatic 7 millimeter Remington Magnum rifle that did not have a scope.

So Cheney wasn't charged because of Texas Law? Lucky it didn't happen in Wisconsin!

[patdem]

1. Hell, from what I hear you can shoot whoever you wanna in TX and FL

shoot first ask questions latter..and not JUST for the policemens! :grr:

[xchrom]

2. i think you shoot'em up pretty good in az too.

but i'm not sure.

[Paladin]

3. Questions From A Former Hunter

Doesn't a deer need to be dead and skinned before its "brisket" is revealed? Maybe the terminology is different in Wisconsin than it is in Texas, where I am. When I think of the term "brisket," I think of beef at a BBQ joint, and that beef is most certainly deceased, butchered, and cooked to perfection. Is this a regional thing, or what?

[ewagner]

4. I was puzzled too

but I think "brisket" in this case is Wisconsinese for "Chest".

I could be wrong but I think he's referring to the white, inverted "u" between the deer's front legs...

do you think so too?