Post by catfishon on Dec 16, 2007 20:42:09 GMT -5
i read this on another site but wanted to share it here in hopes of stoping this stuff elsewhere.
From: Trebarker........ ....... Date: 15-Dec-07 Private Reply
I posted this on the other thread about Poaching and decided it did not belong there. I copy/pasted it here because there is nothing good about this incident.
I got woke up an hour or so ago after working all night with some very disturbing news. A 19yr old college student who had became a very good friend and hunting buddy of mine was shot and killed by a game slob this morning a little after 8am. The poacher who was driving by the field where Beau was setting up his decoys to waterfowl hunt, fired shots in his direction striking him down from the road. The last I heard, the shooter has not been located, they are searching for the truck in a five county area. He was driving a older Dodge truck, orange and white in color and was last seen in NW Lyon County.
Beau came to me a couple of years ago with questions about deer hunting at the suggestion of his parents and from a landowner who allowed both of us to hunt on his land. Beau had taken up hunting at the urging of his friends and had been totally consumed by the outdoor spirit. He absolutely loved all kinds of hunting, and he loved to fish as well, both activities neither of his parents were involved in. He approached me at his sister's and my daughter's Jr. High School basketball game. When he approached me, he said, "Mr. Smith, if it is possible, and would not be too much of a bother for you, could I please ask you some questions about bowhunting deer. I'm sorry to bother you here at the game, I should have waited for some other time." I told him to have a seat, that I'd gladly talk hunting with him, but only if he called me Randy. He grinned from ear to ear and quickly sat next to me. We ended up talking for the rest of the game, and some outside the school after the game. He told me he loved to hunt but was getting bored hunting with a gun. He said he loved being out in the field, but that gun hunting was no longer challenging to him. He could easily get his limit upland bird hunting, turkey hunting, waterfowling and deer hunting. He said the year before when he first went rifle deer hunting, he was done 30 minutes after he had left home opening day shooting a deer first thing in the morning. He told me how disappointed he was that his season was over so quick, how he wanted to spend more time out in the woods. He and his friend listened to what I had to say about archery hunting, bows and accessories, stands, safety, the challenges of the sport, about some of my encounters out in the woods, about the rewards of your efforts, the work involved after the kill, and the comradery that exists between archery hunters. I enjoyed our conversation as much or more than they did. It was very refreshing to meet up with respectful young men like them when so many of their peers are the extreme opposite. I told both of my daughters that if they were to find clean cut, handsome, intelligent, respectful, goal minded outdoors loving young men someday like Beau to bring home and meet their Dad, that I would be a very happy man. My oldest shyly told me that her and every girl in school would love to be asked out by him.
All thru the winter and into the next summer, Beau and I would talk bowhunting. He'd call, or we would run into each other at school and at other sporting events. He called me a few times to chat and see if I was seeing anything scouting. He'd give me his observations and ask my opinion on them. He called me one night all excited and proud to tell me that he had found and bought himself a used bow. I had suggested he start out with what his budget could afford, instead of with what the hunting video and magazine professionals told him he needed to use to be successful. He was stressing because he could not afford to buy the latest greatest gadget offered when that conversation came up. He ended up using his savings to buy a used bow that looked like it had never been shot, for a very good price. I told him to shoot the rest of the summer daily, when to start setting his stands and how to prepare early. He worried if he would have enough money to pay for the processing of his game this year, he had bought an extra antlerless tag available that year. I warned him that archery hunting was a whole different experience from rifle hunting, not to count on filling his tags so easily. I also offered to show him how to skin, and debone his deer when that time come, so he would know how to in the future and use his butcher budget for other things. By the smile that came across his face, you would have thought I had given the kid a million bucks. That fall, he filled all his tags and we had a butchering party at his house. He didn't want to watch me do it, he wanted to work on one himself while watching me do another. We butchered two of his does one cold morning, I shared the story about it here on Bowsite.
I spoke with his parents last night at my daughter's High School basketball game. They said Beau had shot his turkey as well as both his deer again this year, and was now concentrating on waterfowl hunting.
I am very upset right now and have had to stop a few times to put myself back together writing this. I do not look forward to dealing with the emotions I will experience when I go to their house later today to take food and supplies to try and help them cope with their loss.
It's way past time for this kind of senseless crap to stop. Step up and the join the fight against Poaching and Game Slobs.
Happy Hunting Beau, I will miss you very much my friend.
From: neverdull Private Reply Optional Contribution Rating
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Date: 16-Dec-07
To red more about this go to the Kansas forums.
From: Trebarker........ ....... Date: 15-Dec-07 Private Reply
I posted this on the other thread about Poaching and decided it did not belong there. I copy/pasted it here because there is nothing good about this incident.
I got woke up an hour or so ago after working all night with some very disturbing news. A 19yr old college student who had became a very good friend and hunting buddy of mine was shot and killed by a game slob this morning a little after 8am. The poacher who was driving by the field where Beau was setting up his decoys to waterfowl hunt, fired shots in his direction striking him down from the road. The last I heard, the shooter has not been located, they are searching for the truck in a five county area. He was driving a older Dodge truck, orange and white in color and was last seen in NW Lyon County.
Beau came to me a couple of years ago with questions about deer hunting at the suggestion of his parents and from a landowner who allowed both of us to hunt on his land. Beau had taken up hunting at the urging of his friends and had been totally consumed by the outdoor spirit. He absolutely loved all kinds of hunting, and he loved to fish as well, both activities neither of his parents were involved in. He approached me at his sister's and my daughter's Jr. High School basketball game. When he approached me, he said, "Mr. Smith, if it is possible, and would not be too much of a bother for you, could I please ask you some questions about bowhunting deer. I'm sorry to bother you here at the game, I should have waited for some other time." I told him to have a seat, that I'd gladly talk hunting with him, but only if he called me Randy. He grinned from ear to ear and quickly sat next to me. We ended up talking for the rest of the game, and some outside the school after the game. He told me he loved to hunt but was getting bored hunting with a gun. He said he loved being out in the field, but that gun hunting was no longer challenging to him. He could easily get his limit upland bird hunting, turkey hunting, waterfowling and deer hunting. He said the year before when he first went rifle deer hunting, he was done 30 minutes after he had left home opening day shooting a deer first thing in the morning. He told me how disappointed he was that his season was over so quick, how he wanted to spend more time out in the woods. He and his friend listened to what I had to say about archery hunting, bows and accessories, stands, safety, the challenges of the sport, about some of my encounters out in the woods, about the rewards of your efforts, the work involved after the kill, and the comradery that exists between archery hunters. I enjoyed our conversation as much or more than they did. It was very refreshing to meet up with respectful young men like them when so many of their peers are the extreme opposite. I told both of my daughters that if they were to find clean cut, handsome, intelligent, respectful, goal minded outdoors loving young men someday like Beau to bring home and meet their Dad, that I would be a very happy man. My oldest shyly told me that her and every girl in school would love to be asked out by him.
All thru the winter and into the next summer, Beau and I would talk bowhunting. He'd call, or we would run into each other at school and at other sporting events. He called me a few times to chat and see if I was seeing anything scouting. He'd give me his observations and ask my opinion on them. He called me one night all excited and proud to tell me that he had found and bought himself a used bow. I had suggested he start out with what his budget could afford, instead of with what the hunting video and magazine professionals told him he needed to use to be successful. He was stressing because he could not afford to buy the latest greatest gadget offered when that conversation came up. He ended up using his savings to buy a used bow that looked like it had never been shot, for a very good price. I told him to shoot the rest of the summer daily, when to start setting his stands and how to prepare early. He worried if he would have enough money to pay for the processing of his game this year, he had bought an extra antlerless tag available that year. I warned him that archery hunting was a whole different experience from rifle hunting, not to count on filling his tags so easily. I also offered to show him how to skin, and debone his deer when that time come, so he would know how to in the future and use his butcher budget for other things. By the smile that came across his face, you would have thought I had given the kid a million bucks. That fall, he filled all his tags and we had a butchering party at his house. He didn't want to watch me do it, he wanted to work on one himself while watching me do another. We butchered two of his does one cold morning, I shared the story about it here on Bowsite.
I spoke with his parents last night at my daughter's High School basketball game. They said Beau had shot his turkey as well as both his deer again this year, and was now concentrating on waterfowl hunting.
I am very upset right now and have had to stop a few times to put myself back together writing this. I do not look forward to dealing with the emotions I will experience when I go to their house later today to take food and supplies to try and help them cope with their loss.
It's way past time for this kind of senseless crap to stop. Step up and the join the fight against Poaching and Game Slobs.
Happy Hunting Beau, I will miss you very much my friend.
From: neverdull Private Reply Optional Contribution Rating
Negative Positive
Date: 16-Dec-07
To red more about this go to the Kansas forums.
