Holy Crap...heck of a Story

[greatwhite]

I NS if you don't post your land than people are allowed to hunt it. If you post no hunting than nobody including the owner can hunt it. It's possible that the laws have changed since I lived there.

'In the meantime, RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Clarke said if people don't want hunters on their property, they should post signs to that effect.'

That explains some of the story behind the story for me.This landowner would have saved himself a whole heap of trouble if he had posted his land firstly and secondly
called the police on the trespasser.Not doing the first led to the trespass and a landowner taking the law into his own hands.Now he will probably loose all his firearms
and licenses and might even end up in the bucket.Pretty dammed stupid.The trespasser in this case looks like the smart one of the two.

[gbk]

Pretty sad and stupid story.
Two unknown to me:
If the guy was discharging towards the hunter-would this not be considered attempt to kill?
What is the charge about -possession of firearm in a motor vehicle.Is this something new.???

[G.S.]

wow.... it does sound like an attempted murder.
I cannot think of any reasonable excuse. This act is simply way beyond anything defensible.

such lunatic behavior should be called for what it truthfully is: extremely violent & dangerous, unprovoked, way disproportionate, & irrational.

[anfield21]

Absolutely insane...call the police and let them deal with the trespasser. Who in their right mind would start firing at someone knowingly or unknowingly hunting on their property?

[benjhind]

I did not realize the whole story was not posted. I agree that the landowner definitely needs to post his property. And I also agree that his reaction was dangerous and over the top. I still just cannot help but feel for him on some level.

I have sat in my tree-stand too many times and had trespassing dog walkers go by and ruin my hunt, have lost a few stands and cameras to trespassing thieves, had bow-hunters sneak through during the shotgun only hunt without a stitch of orange on last year, have had hunters "accidentally" stumble past clearly posted signs/gates and the topper is three years ago I actually had a guy wade the river at one of my properties and fire in the direction of my 9 year old son and I while we were turkey hunting. Now, I never returned fire or acted in a way to get myself in trouble, but I would be lying if I said some unkind thoughts/actions did not cross my mind.

^^ this.

Year after year, month after month, thousands and thousands of dollars, working multiple jobs to have a piece of property. These idiots show up and conveniently can't see signs, risking a hundred dollar fine, they use it as their own spoiling your hunts, jeopardizing your safety and disrespecting your land. It makes you see red in a hurry.

There are two sides to every story. Maybe the landowner is a crackpot who shoots at the purolator man when he comes to the door. Maybe the landowner has been fighting this same trespasser for years and fired a couple warning shots into the ground, and the trespasser just told the cops he was being shot at.

[anfield21]

^^ this.

Year after year, month after month, thousands and thousands of dollars, working multiple jobs to have a piece of property. These idiots show up and conveniently can't see signs, risking a hundred dollar fine, they use it as their own spoiling your hunts, jeopardizing your safety and disrespecting your land. It makes you see red in a hurry.

There are two sides to every story. Maybe the landowner is a crackpot who shoots at the purolator man when he comes to the door. Maybe the landowner has been fighting this same trespasser for years and fired a couple warning shots into the ground, and the trespasser just told the cops he was being shot at.

Under both circumstances, it's not okay to fire a weapon in someone's direction or into the ground to scare them off...let the police handle it

[benjhind]

I'm not saying it is a rational idea to shoot at someone. I'm sure most criminals in hindsight see their crimes as something they ought not to have done. I'm sure in this case the even landowner would agree with you and wouldn't do it again. I'm just saying I can see how it would happen.

[trimmer21]

I'm not saying it is a rational idea to shoot at someone. I'm sure most criminals in hindsight see their crimes as something they ought not to have done. I'm sure in this case the even landowner would agree with you and wouldn't do it again. I'm just saying I can see how it would happen.

I suppose it's easy to see how it would happen,but,there's still no explaining that kind of abject stupidity.

[sawbill]

Its stupidity for sure but its still a hunters obligation to know where he's hunting and whether he's on private property or not.

[G.S.]

Its stupidity for sure but its still a hunters obligation to know where he's hunting and whether he's on private property or not.

Only a combination of severe evil &/or insanity could drive the urge to take another human's life for so little.

So ... way & much more than just plain old stupidity please!