Legislation to give terminally ill Montana man opportunity to hunt antelope

[The Straight Story]

Legislation to give terminally ill Montana man opportunity to hunt antelope

Barry Moore shrugs off the suggestion that he may have one last chance to hunt antelope this fall before he dies.

“Oh, I’m not looking for that long,” Moore said as he sat on the edge of his bed, tubes running to his nostrils from a humming oxygen machine. “If the good Lord lets me see another day, I’m happy.”

But other terminally ill people like Moore may have a final shot at hunting antelope thanks to the work of Mary Gilluly and Rep. Doug Kary, R-Billings, who were motivated by Moore’s situation. Gilluly, who was Moore’s social services director at Ponderosa Pines Healthcare in Lockwood, urged Kary to carry legislation this session that was signed into law in late March. The bill allows hunters with a short lease on life to purchase an antelope tag. Typically, antelope tags are only awarded through a drawing.

“I think it’s an example of government working as it should,” said Terese Buckley-Fehringer, Moore’s hospice worker. “I think this illustrates the power of one voice – people like Mary. It begins with that one face that moves you.”

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110416/SPORTS/110419859/1004/sports

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. poor antelope

[Shiver]

2. There are antelope in Montana?

:shrug:

[XemaSab]

6. There are, yes

[Electric Monk]

3. Cuz nuthin makes a dying man feel better than killing some other innocent creature first

Priorities, y'know.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. +1

[SoCalDem]

7. + infinity

how ugly.. can't meet his maker without another notch on his gun:(

[XemaSab]

5. This reminds me of the proposal a few years ago

to turn the Channel Islands into a hunting preserve for disabled veterans.

If you're wounded so badly that you can't participate in the normal hunt, how do they expect you to hunt game in the wilderness of the Channel Islands?

Similarly, if you're in such terrible shape that you're not expected to live to see the fall antelope season, then how can you be expected to get up into the hills and hunt one?

[notesdev]

8. The rest of the story

"It all started back when I was a very small boy. You see...," he said, pausing to wipe the tears from his eyes. "I watched them antelope kill my poor Momma, right in front of my eyes. I swore that day, when it was my turn to go, I was taking a few of them with me!"

[LiberalFighter]

9. Wasting time on useless legislation.

I have no sympathy for any disabled person that feels the need to enjoy something others wouldn't normally enjoy. They are not entitled to special privileges.

[Faux pas]

10. Yikes, couldn't he be happy just petting one?