By Chad Love

We are, on occasion, confronted with a story containing so many competing and equally compelling angles that we simply can't choose which one to use as a lead. Take this story, for example, in the New Haven (Conn.) Register about a man who just wanted to teach his sons a simple lesson, and failed in spectacular fashion.

A Berlin, Connecticut, man has been arrested for allegedly gutting a deer in a parking lot near Wesleyan University. Lawrence Massey, 37, was arrested after local residents saw him use a hunting knife to “field strip” a deer, police said. He allegedly wanted to show his sons how it was done, the police report states.

Police were called Monday at 3:21 p.m. to the back lot of the 594 Main St. apartments, near the Green Street Arts Center, where several mothers and their young children were walking around. The report says the arriving officer was “overcome by a very strong smell emanating from the carcass” upon leaving his patrol car.

By Chad Love

Have you ever had trouble purchasing a duck stamp? Would you like the option of buying your duck stamp electronically? That's what some recent congressional testimony from Ducks Unlimited hopes to achieve.

From this press release on the DU website:

Today, Ducks Unlimited voiced its support of legislation that would make the federal duck stamp more readily available to the general public during testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs. In testifying for Ducks Unlimited, DU Director of the Governmental Affairs Office Scott Sutherland discussed how the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2011 would make purchasing the federal duck stamp easier for hunters while preserving the heritage and utility of the traditional duck stamp.

By Chad Love

In light of yesterday's post about accidents involving guns, here's another tragic example of why you should always, always positively identify what you're shooting at before you squeeze the trigger.

From this story in the Salem, Oregon Statesman-Journal:

A 67-year-old Turner man who shot and killed a hiker Friday while hunting for bear was on family-owned property, Marion County Sheriff's Office officials said Tuesday. Gene Collier and his 12-year-old grandson were hunting in the 6300 block of Silver Ridge Road SE, a rural area about one mile west of Silver Falls State Park at about 6:30 p.m. Oct. 21.

By Chad Love

An 11-year-old Washington state boy who was born with only one arm refused to let that stop him from bagging his first deer.

From this story on heraldnet.com:
Justin Ristine, 11, might be the best one-armed hunter around. If ability is judged by percentage of shots fired compared to deer taken, he's as good a hunter as there is, one arm or two. On his first hunting trip earlier this month, he fired one shot and bagged one deer. The buck died instantly. The Marysville boy was born with only one arm, his left.