I was prepared to go nuts when I read those headlines, but the articles are actually pretty even-handed in their explanation of why the geese were cut in the way they were. One even used the term "breasting out" and explained it. I'm afraid the ignorance here is on the part of the hunters who dumped animal caresses on someone's land or on public property. If you were a non-hunter, as distinguished from an anti-hunter, and you had to clean up this mess, what would be your lasting impression of hunters and hunting? "We have met the enemy and he is us."

I am always amazed and appalled by the piss ignorance and bias displayed by the lame-brain media every time the subject is related to firearms or hunting.

Ah that's good stuff.. would have liked to see some of the public comments to the newspaper.. As I'm sure they had all the facts straight when they wrote in outraged at such animal sacrifice and mutilation.

It sounds like*:
1. The cops were the real idiots. They seem to have told the papers the geese were protected.
2. The reporters, not knowing any better, probably didn't see any reason to check what the cops were saying, and ran with the cops' version.
3. The cops forwarded the case to DNR for further investigation.
4. The DNR called back saying, "Hey, about that 'mutilation' case..."

*But I'm only reading between the lines. This could all be wrong.

That said, if someone dumped the carcasses, they're a freaking idiot. It did sort of sound like they may have fallen out of a moving vehicle, though, in which case I'm not really angry at anyone.

It's almost funny... except that I think the guy(s) who dumped the carcasses needs a smack upside the head.

All the stories seem to be fair in the explanation of what happened. If it was a hunter who carelessly threw out the goose carcasses, shame on them. But, as was said earlier, the carcasses could have fallen out of a truck (doh!) or this was the work of poachers.

What's with these morons today. That not only disrespects the community as a whole but the life of the animal. They should be found and prosecuted.

Leave it to some narrow-minded Napervillan make a mountain out of a molehill....

when it comes to chicago, anything even remotely related to a firearm is a tragedy. someone should tell the newspapers that the geese were abducted by aliens and returned after being dispatched by popsickle sticks. might save a lot of people a lot of drama and they'd probably believe it. if it was hunters, they did a poor job of disposing of the carcasses. i would have liked to take some of the feathers for flytying.

Shame on them for leaving carcasses around, I for one have never done it.