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    Superhero BangShifter
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    Story I read of a pioneer who was bit by a rattler in his new boots... Nobody knew why.. Left a widow and 2 kids, boy and girl...
    When the boy grew up to wear his "man of the house" boots that were his daddy's, he also got sick and died.or close to it..
    The mystery was solved when a new sawbones came into town who just studied this new fangled thing about snake bites..
    Either the kid got saved but crippled or it was solved after his death.. There might have been a step dad between the boy and his dad.. The venom is forever, pretty much...

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    Lord God King BangShifter Scott Liggett's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deaf Bob View Post
    Wrong move Scott, LEO told me better the animal than the car or YOU...
    Usually it is minor that way.. Swerving to miss a deer or a dog may actually start a chain of catstrophic porportions...
    They do have a thing called " failure to maintain lane of travel"
    Seems I forgot to type an important word. I will not crash to save an animal.
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    Legendary BangShifter SuperBuickGuy's Avatar
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    I had a friend who lived in Grants Pass that lived the mountain man's lifestyle (died 10 years ago at 105, panned his last summer). He panned for gold each summer, then lived on the proceeds for the other part of the year. I loved his philosophy about killing rattle snakes. Even if the snake was minding its own business, he'd shoot it on the theory that while that one wasn't a problem it's offspring could be.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperBuickGuy View Post
    I had a friend who lived in Grants Pass that lived the mountain man's lifestyle (died 10 years ago at 105, panned his last summer). He panned for gold each summer, then lived on the proceeds for the other part of the year. I loved his philosophy about killing rattle snakes. Even if the snake was minding its own business, he'd shoot it on the theory that while that one wasn't a problem it's offspring could be.
    Smart man!
    I feel that way about the wolves they are reintroducing...
    Talked to a guy who works for ODFW, he says it is a failure... And a joke..
    He flies in the copter counting game and looks in on the wolf (he calls) problem..

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    2012 Challenger,second new car Ive ever had.I know that rut season to be on my toes but with the drought you never know where they will be.June 9th heading out of town at dawn and Bambi's brother shows up out of no where on the Kansas Turnpike.I did what I was told in drivers Ed.No options hit the animal.80mph and I punted his ass to the ditch.Nice 6 pt and if I would have had a way to butcher him I would have.Toateld the car and helped my credit ratingHe even crossed where there were signs.An animla in the wild I dont care,Hit a puppy that crossed the road while chasing a rabbit that SUCKED!!!! Owner was there and we took it to the Vet and we were to late. Still haunts me.

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    You know your a real animal killer when you can kill a bird with a low slung 3rd gen T/A. The 2 I killed this year though were with a super duty and a Toyota Cressida.

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    i dont try to hit anything,,well maybe snakes i dont trust'em.. .i figure turtles have a rough enough life,,,so they get a pass..i never ever swerve to miss an animal....,,,i brake but im not hitting a ditch,tree or on coming car to save a dog/cat/rodent...ive hit deer,armadillos,chickens,birds,possums,snakes,racc oons.....

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