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  7. The Darwins Are Out!!!!

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    And the GTA has two winners!!!!!! :lol:

     

     

    2012 Darwin Awards

    Nominee No. 1:[ San Jose Mercury News]:

    An unidentified man, using a shotgun like a club to break a former girl
    friend's windshield, accidentally shot himself to death when the gun
    discharged, blowing a hole in his gut.

    Nominee No. 2:[ Kalamazoo Gazette]:

    James Burns, 34, (a mechanic) of Alamo , MI , was killed in March as he was
    trying to repair what police describe as a "farm-type truck." Burns got a
    friend to drive the truck on a highway while Burns hung underneath so that
    he could ascertain the source of a troubling noise. Burns' clothes caught on
    something, and the other man found Burns "wrapped in the drive shaft."

    Nominee No. 3: [ Hickory Daily Record]:

    Ken Charles Barger, 47, accidentally shot himself to death in December in
    Newton , NC . Awakening to the sound of a ringing telephone beside his bed, he
    reached for the phone but grabbed instead a Smith & Wesson 38 Special, which
    discharged when he drew it to his ear.

    Nominee No. 4:[uPI, Toronto ]:

    Police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a downtown
    Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane with his shoulder and plunged 24
    floors to his death. A police spokesman said Garry Hoy, 39, fell into the
    courtyard of the Toronto Dominion Bank Tower early Friday evening as he was
    explaining the strength of the buildings windows to visiting law students.
    Hoy previously has conducted demonstrations of window strength according to
    police reports. Peter Lawson, managing partner of the firm Holden Day
    Wilson , told the Toronto Sun newspaper that Hoy was "one of the best and
    brightest" members of the 200-man association. A person has to wonder what
    the dimmer members of this law firm are like.

    Nominee No. 5: [The News of the Weird]:

    Michael Anderson Godwin made News of the Weird posthumously. He had spent
    several years awaiting South Carolina 's electric chair on a murder
    conviction before having his sentence reduced to life in prison. While
    sitting on a metal toilet in his cell attempting to fix his small TV set, he
    bit into a wire and was electrocuted.

    Nominee No. 6:[The Indianapolis Star]:

    A cigarette lighter may have triggered a fatal explosion in Dunkirk , IN. A
    Jay County man, using a cigarette lighter to check the barrel of a
    muzzleloader, was killed Monday night when the weapon discharged in his
    face, sheriff's investigators said. Gregory David Pryor, 19, died in his
    parents' rural Dunkirk home at about 11:30 PM. Investigators said Pryor was
    cleaning a 54-caliber muzzle-loader that had not been firing properly. He
    was using the lighter to look into the barrel when the gunpowder ignited.

    Nominee No. 7:[Reuters, Mississauga , Ontario ]:

    A man cleaning a bird feeder on the balcony of his condominium apartment in
    this Toronto suburb slipped and fell 23 stories to his death. "Stefan Macko,
    55, was standing on a wheelchair when the accident occurred," said Inspector
    Darcy Honer of the Peel Regional Police. "It appears that the chair moved,
    and he went over the balcony," Honer said.

    Finally, THE WINNER!!!:[ Arkansas Democrat Gazette]:

    Two local men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck
    a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday. Woodruff County
    deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday.
    Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock ,
    were returning to Des Arc after a frog-catching trip. On an overcast Sunday
    night, Poole 's pickup truck headlights malfunctioned.

    The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older-model truck had
    burned out. As a replacement fuse was not available, Wallis noticed that the
    .22 caliber bullets from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to
    the steering-wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet the headlights again
    began to operate properly, and the two men proceeded on eastbound toward the
    White River Bridge .

    After traveling approximately 20 miles, and just before crossing the river,
    the bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Poole in the
    testicles. The vehicle swerved sharply right, exited the pavement, and
    struck a tree. Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the
    accident but will require extensive surgery to repair the damage to his
    testicles, which will never operate as intended.

    Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released. "Thank God
    we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot his balls off, or we might be
    dead," stated Wallis

    "I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the world, but this is a
    first for me. I can't believe that those two would admit how this accident
    happened," said Snyder.

    Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia ( Poole 's wife) asked how many
    frogs the boys had caught and did anyone get them from the truck?

    Though Poole and Wallis did not die as a result of their misadventure as
    normally required by Darwin Award Official Rules, it can be argued that
    Poole did in fact effectively remove himself from the gene pool.

     

  14. eastern huntshow bans assault weapons

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    My trusty old Remington 870 pump gun also has it's mag plugged, but I can remove that plug in a heartbeat.

    The only reason that plug is even there is to make the gun legal for migratory bird hunting.

    Even so, I like the ability to remove it so I can fill it with slugs for bear defence.

    Those extra couple of rounds could make the difference between life and death.

    One of the firearms they want to ban in the US are the defence type shotguns with the large mags.

    If I didn't already have my 870 and needed a 12 guage for defence I would get Remmingtons Marine Magnum which is one of those pistol gripped large mag shot guns.

     

    If it were legal in canada I would be carrying a S&W .500 pistol when in the bush for bear defence just because of the portability and ease of carrying.

     

    And no I don't plan to kill a bunch of people with it.

  16. eastern huntshow bans assault weapons

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    P3TA is now 30 years into the game and has had zero impact on what I do or how I do it

     

    Continuing to use them as a threat is tiring and ubstantiated--although I would like to meet Pam Anderson

     

    The current talks on assault weapons has obviously come about because of the horrifying incidents at Newtown and Colo etc..etc...etc

     

    Those high capacity mags are the target---if your fumbling to change clips----even a few lives may be saved---or loons may be overtaken

     

    I guess you never were involved with Ontario's spring bear hunt then. :whistling:

    Look what political pressure put on some Southern Ontario politicians by some antis did for it.

    It did a lot of damage to a lot of Northerm Ontario businesses and created a lot of nuisance bear issues.

  19. eastern huntshow bans assault weapons

    in General Discussion

    Posted

     

    Wait a second...

     

    Are we talking Assault Weapons or "Assault Weapons".

     

    Big difference.

     

    They are trying to ban firearms that even look the part.

    A friend posted a picture on FB that made the point very well.

    Have a look at this picture and tell me which firearm they want to ban and which one they don't.

     

    Ban.jpg

     

    Just so you know they are both Ruger semi auto 10-22's.

    The bottom one just has different accessories added to it.

    They are both just target/squirrel guns.

    Can you kill someone with it, sure you can but there are much better choices.

    It's like trying to kill an elephant with a fly swatter.

     

    They want to ban anything that looks anything like a military weapon.

    Will it stop violence and mass murder, of course it won't.

    It just makes some anti gun people happy is all.

  25. Bucketlist fish

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    You can catch bowfin in the shallows in May/June in the lakes they inhabit.

    I have caught them in the Honey Harbour area while chasing pike and crappies.

    I have found them in the kind of areas where you will see bass spawning a little later on.

    Have caught them on spinnerbaits and spoons.

     

     

    My List:

    Blue and Black Marlin

    Rooster Fish

    Bluefin Tuna

    Shark: Tiger, Mako, Hammerhead, White

    Nile Perch

    Mahseer

    Taiman

    Bull Trout

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