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Man shoots goose. Will the judge cook his?
The Chicago Tribune ^
| 3/15/2006
| Ted Gregory
Posted on 03/15/2006 12:10:48 PM PST by RushCrush
Like a lot of homeowners, Larry Tomko has grown weary of geese. He's tired of scraping poop from his driveway with a snow shovel. He's fed up with boorish geese gobbling millet he leaves for chickadees. He feels overrun when dozens of the feathery transients loll in the pond a few steps from his yard.
When his frustration brims, Tomko has run out his front door waving his arms and shouting at the geese. Sometimes he launches bottle rockets at them. About 10 years ago, he started firing pellets from an old air rifle at the geese. They would squawk and flee.
Then on Feb. 26, he killed one, accidentally, sort of, with the pellet gun. Geese are federally protected, and neighbor Jack Casino saw it. Casino is a former hunter who said he has seen too many innocent animals suffer at the hands of man.
Now, Tomko has a date with the criminal justice system. And the incident has generated anxiety in the bucolic, unincorporated Winfield Township subdivision, transforming the place into a microcosm of the decades-long conflict known as man versus goose.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: animalrightslist; banglist; chicago; donutwatch; geese; guns; wildlife
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posted on
03/15/2006 12:10:52 PM PST
by
RushCrush
Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: RushCrush
Yeah, I believe that Casino is a hunter with feelings for innocent animals.
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posted on
03/15/2006 12:13:28 PM PST
by
jeremiah
(How much did we get for that rope?)
To: RushCrush
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posted on
03/15/2006 12:15:57 PM PST
by
TXBSAFH
(Proud Dad of Twins, What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger!!!!!!)
To: RushCrush
Wait until these geese start carrying avian flu into the country. They'll be killing them in droves, worse than the passenger pidgeon.
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posted on
03/15/2006 12:16:16 PM PST
by
Bear_Slayer
(When liberty is outlawed only outlaws will have liberty)
To: RushCrush
Just claim bird flu protection.
To: RushCrush
LOL! Shooting bottle rockets at them!
To: RushCrush
They allow pellet guns in Illinoise?
8
posted on
03/15/2006 12:19:37 PM PST
by
jaydubya2
To: RushCrush
Geese are federally protected,Why?
All they do is honk and sh*t, take three steps, honk and sh*t.
9
posted on
03/15/2006 12:19:50 PM PST
by
holymoly
(Dick DeVos for MI Governor: http://www.devosforgovernor.com/)
To: RushCrush
Federal and state laws protect Canada geese Maybe a state law, not a federal... They aren't on the endangered list and no limit
10
posted on
03/15/2006 12:19:58 PM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(Mr. Franklin, what form of customes did you create in Tiajunna? A beeber, Madam, if you can stune it)
To: RushCrush
If geese are on our property, I take 'em out with sub-sonic .22s. Nature takes care of the rest.
After we moved here, our liberal neighbors began wondering if the geese had taken to a different flight pattern. I just smile.
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posted on
03/15/2006 12:20:44 PM PST
by
Cobra64
To: RushCrush
Federal and state laws protect Canada geese
To bad they don't protect children.
12
posted on
03/15/2006 12:21:39 PM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(No animals were harmed during the creation of this post.)
To: TXBSAFH
Are those directions to be used on the goose or the neighbor?
13
posted on
03/15/2006 12:24:56 PM PST
by
kaboom
To: RushCrush
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posted on
03/15/2006 12:25:51 PM PST
by
300magnum
(We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity, and returns to strike us)
To: jaydubya2
They allow pellet guns in Illinoise? Assault pellet guns are banned.
15
posted on
03/15/2006 12:28:19 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Never question Bruce Dickinson!)
To: RushCrush
I don't know Mr Casino, but I'm sure I wouldn't like him.
16
posted on
03/15/2006 12:28:51 PM PST
by
BadAndy
(Islam is a religion of submission. YOUR submission.)
To: kaboom
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posted on
03/15/2006 12:29:02 PM PST
by
TXBSAFH
(Proud Dad of Twins, What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger!!!!!!)
To: RushCrush
I prefer to hunt out Canada Geese nests in early spring and scramble the eggs.
It works.....halved the population in 3 years.
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posted on
03/15/2006 12:29:25 PM PST
by
CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
(Toon Town, Iran...........where reality is the real fantasy.)
To: ClearCase_guy
To: RushCrush
Be careful about being bad to geese.
parsy, who had to take a gander at this post.
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posted on
03/15/2006 12:30:47 PM PST
by
parsifal
("Knock and ye shall receive!" (The Bible, somewhere.))
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