Big Muddy
01-13-2016, 11:12 AM
The MS River at Vicksburg is well above flood stage, and animals are being run out of the river bottoms, and some are attempting to swim across the swollen river in search of higher ground....just yesterday, I saw a pic of an old guy's yard on the dry side of the levee, where a herd of about 30 deer had taken refuge from the flood waters....they were doing a very good job of helping him "mow" his planted rye grass yard.
This letter to the editor in the Vicksburg newspaper has been circulating rapidly, statewide, in the social media....personally, on the surface, I agree with the letter's author....however, perhaps, the warden saw something other than an exhausted animal, i.e., broken leg, tangled in debris, etc.
In either case, the GW certainly saw the crowd gathered, watching the event unfold, and should have handled this differently....a call to the animal control folks to come tranquilize and relocate the deer, was certainly in order.
Instead, the GW chose to put three bullets in the deer's brain, in front of the crowd of people, which likely included some children.
It seems that the wardens down here are being hired at a very early age, and most of the younger ones that I have met are arrogant, and have a real lack of "people skills".
About 6 months ago, an older warden(my friend) brought a young new warden by my place to meet me....he told the younger warden, if he ever needed any help down this way, to not hesitate in contacting me....instead of smiling and thanking me, the little sheeit, actually started giving me the "stink eye", then had the audacity to ask me, if I had my trapping license....I saw him looking at a couple of old yote hides, hanging on my fence.
I told him that I am a landowner, and don't need a trapping license to trap predators on my own property....he looked dumb-founded and quite disappointed....the older warden picked up on my disgust for the little prick's dumbness and questioning, and said they had to be leaving.
I have utmost respect for all LEO's, but like every other profession, there's that .0001% that need an attitude adjustment.
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This letter to the editor in the Vicksburg newspaper has been circulating rapidly, statewide, in the social media....personally, on the surface, I agree with the letter's author....however, perhaps, the warden saw something other than an exhausted animal, i.e., broken leg, tangled in debris, etc.
In either case, the GW certainly saw the crowd gathered, watching the event unfold, and should have handled this differently....a call to the animal control folks to come tranquilize and relocate the deer, was certainly in order.
Instead, the GW chose to put three bullets in the deer's brain, in front of the crowd of people, which likely included some children.
It seems that the wardens down here are being hired at a very early age, and most of the younger ones that I have met are arrogant, and have a real lack of "people skills".
About 6 months ago, an older warden(my friend) brought a young new warden by my place to meet me....he told the younger warden, if he ever needed any help down this way, to not hesitate in contacting me....instead of smiling and thanking me, the little sheeit, actually started giving me the "stink eye", then had the audacity to ask me, if I had my trapping license....I saw him looking at a couple of old yote hides, hanging on my fence.
I told him that I am a landowner, and don't need a trapping license to trap predators on my own property....he looked dumb-founded and quite disappointed....the older warden picked up on my disgust for the little prick's dumbness and questioning, and said they had to be leaving.
I have utmost respect for all LEO's, but like every other profession, there's that .0001% that need an attitude adjustment.
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