How many hunters are going to buy that he had ONE beer at lunch?

I know I don't expect it to pass the smell test in my part of the US. I can't imagine the rest of the southern hunters being all that much different than the ones I know. Either they don't drink alcohol period when they're hunting or they drink to excess while they're hunting.

This could get very interesting before it's over. :popcorn:

Or did Hume ask him?

Does anybody know?

A customer just came in that had (I guess) seen it and told me that he was drinking and I logged on to see if they were right. The person who told me is a republican and they didn't mention that it was one beer, they just said that he admitted he was drinking that day.

If this is what more people end up taking away from the interview, they are in big trouble.

... and then another ...
... and another ...

on medication could be bad!


I never drank before a hunt. I did, however, drink to excess after all the guns were put away.

;)


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The fact that he drank anything at all before hunting looks bad.

The gun safety rules were hammered into my psyche... there's just no way a responsible person would do that. I learned to shoot starting when I was seven... I was made to break down and clean the guns I used (with help at that age, naturally) and I had to verbally report to my father and my grandfather the position my barrel was pointing, the positions of every person in our hunting party, name the object I was shooting at, advise them of the change in my barrel position and yell "fire" just before I shot. When shooting clay pigeons, this was punctuated with "pull". I passed the hunter safety classes with flying colors after all that.

Responsible hunters/shooters = safety first!!

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Seriously? If someone is into drinking enough to get 2 DUIs they will not stop at one beer. Why stop at one when it's a party right? It's not like they were really hunting because the birds were just trapped and slow so they wouldn't need their wits about them.

even one beer. When you do, you run out of hunting partners real fast. I had an uncle Don that liked his liquor too much. He would come out to the hunting camp but we never let him have guns. He would cook while we we hunted and had plenty of fun drinking around camp, but never ever was he allowed to touch a gun.

How likely is it that he's even supposed to be having one beer?

A lot of medications can amplify the effects of alcohol. One beer for a sixty-something, severely-diseased cardiac patient might not be the same as for other people...


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warning folks not to go shooting if they were taking prescription medicines or had been drinknig.

In other words, they aren't passing out or falling out of their deer stands. But I know plenty of hunters who will put a good buzz on. Enough to impair reflexes and judgement.

And I have known a few who have drunk to the point of passing out, and/or falling out of their deerstand.

Yeah, it's generally not just a one beer type of thing. And this isn't a southern thing either. I live in the Midwest, and this is SOP.

A buzz on when drinking is considered by a responsible hunter as excessive drinking. I'm going by what information I've gathered locally in the past few days.

Most people don't drink prior to hunting, or so they've been telling me. As one person told me it's the same as drinking and driving, you just don't do it if you're responsible.


Fell out of their deerstand? OK, that's way more excess than I was implying. Wow!

Sure, most hunters are responsible and won't drink prior to hunting, but there are lots and lots of irresponsible ones. Take along some Irish coffee to both wake up and warm up, a flask to keep warm and elliviate the boredom, etc. etc. etc. And yes, before you know it, they've fallen out of their deer stand, and are passed out on the forest floor, with the deer stepping over them.

I used to live in a part of SW Missouri that attracted hunters down from St. Louis and KC every fall. It was scary to see these folks' cars. Back seat loaded with enough guns and ammo to put the Pentagon to shame, trunk weighed down with enough liquor to stock a street of bars. I had to drive along some real backwoods roads to go home, and driving a white Opel flashing through the underbrush I was quite nervous.

It was wickedly cold here that Saturday, too, so I don't doubt for a moment they were keeping warm in some way. Either before the hunt, during it, or both.

We might need to stockpile some supplies here.

You had more than 1 beer.

I'd forgotten about that fact. Thanks for the reminder. :)

People do tend to take a little nip to ward off the chill when it's that cold out.

I thought my fingers and toes would snap off! It wasn't the temp., it was that wind. People were looking for anything to keep warm outside. They were all bundled up in heavy/thick coats that day, guaranteed, esp. an elderly man like Whittington. Which makes me wonder how close he must've been for those pellets to have penetrated his shoulder and chest.

They had a segment on the news where they were trying to simulate the shooting. At the distance they alleged it was hardly penetrating a piece of cardboard.

When you add into the equation the fact that Mr. Whittington must have been bundled up against the cold it seems to prove that he must have been much closer then we were led to believe!

If those pellets did, indeed, penetrate his chest and shoulder through all of that clothing, they took a lot of material and debris in with them. Reports range from 5-200 pellets still being in his body. A lot of those have the potential for major infections from the foreign matter. Those high winds blew dirt/pollen/etc. all over that coat and then the pellets drove all of that into him, along with bits of fabric.

I feel very bad for Harry. I really do.

I didn't think of the increased risk of infection due to the added foreign material. Without any sarcasm I will say, I'm glad he's getting the very best of medical care. At 78 a persons immune system isn't what it was when they were younger. It's good that they're keeping such a close eye on him. Hopefully he'll heal and be back to 100% soon.

I've yet to run into one person that doesn't feel very bad for Mr. Whittington. Political affiliation aside, concern for his health is the one thing we all have had in common.

with buddies in December. It was non-stop drinking, poker, women (for some of the guys--so he says).

These same buddies came to MO one year (as our guests) and when they were in the blind one a.m. one of the guns went off and the shot ricocheted off the sides of the blind and ended up in one guy's butt! It was NOT fun for this guy who they took to the ER to get the buckshot picked out of his butt!

At least it wasn't serious wound, well, except to his pride. :D

...when the cop asks, "have you been drinking?"...

..."No, I just had a beer or two".

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that Cheney* would be a beer drinker. I see him as a bourbon guy myself.

I enjoy bourbon, don't sully that for me. :(

:)

I hope all is going well for you. :hug: :hi:

Life is hard here. By the time I get heat and hot water, the weather will be warm. :eyes:

Thanks for asking. :hug:

They're just trying to be eco-minded. :eyes:

husband's collar was due to some freak accident at the department store makeup department?

"There are none so blind as those who will not see."