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YouTube Poachers speak post sentencing

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6 Responses to "YouTube Poachers speak post sentencing"

  • John Scratchley says:
    August 11, 2009 at 6:42 PM

    These guys acted like the brainless idiots they are and now have paid the price and gained notoriety along the way (of the negative kind). Perhaps they have learned their lessons, one can only hope. Maybe this exposure will serve as a preventative to others. They now have to admit they acted like irresponsible idiots and face up to their mistakes while getting on with their lives, hopefully in a positive vein from now on. Kudos to those that help bring these people to justice. Perhaps this will also serve as a wake up call to the Fish and Wildlife people as well. The prairies are vast and hard to patrol I realize. Let’s hope that all those roaming around come hunting season are responsible and respectful of the law and of nature.

  • Scratch says:
    August 12, 2009 at 10:26 AM

    I hope that they pick up a few grains of knowledge from this – but based on the interview with CBC – it’s not apparent.

    If you get beat to the ground in a bar fight, then stand up and get a second beat down – the smart guy stays down.

    This idiot keeps getting back up and wagging his lips.

    Strangely – I notice that the gun owner (the young thin guy) and the cameraman (the raspy ‘huntin with the family’ guy) haven’t said a single word on the record. Perhaps their big brother really is the dumb one.

  • Scratch says:
    August 12, 2009 at 12:14 PM

    Since writing this piece, it appears that a note was sent to an online forum, purportedly by David Fraser. On the basis that it is from Fraser, I have responded to that post here. http://www.scratchley.org/2009/08/12/censored-comments-from-fraser/

  • Joe says:
    August 12, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    The rifle these guys used had an extended magazine–curved like a Kalishnicov. The bullets would have a kill range of up to a kilometer. They were a menace.

    They should have been jailed.

  • Scratch says:
    August 12, 2009 at 3:41 PM

    Actually “Joe”, the magazine is a 25 round .22 caliber magazine made by Butler Creek. Bullets from this calibre do not have a ‘kill range’ of a kilometer. The 32 grain bullets travel very slowly 1200fps on average and carry little mass. Being killed by a .22 round is very rare, and in this case, the victim would have had to be on the shore opposite these shooters to have been in real danger.

    On a range, you can see the bullet drop up to 4 inches from zero over less than 150 feet. Bullet drop on a .22 calibre can be more than 18 inches over 500 feet. To reach 1.5 miles (maximum range for most .22 calibre rifles) the round would have to be fired at an angle of almost 40 degrees and lobbed to the target. On arrival it’s ballistic force would be greatly reduced.

    The Ruger 10/22 is as far from a AK-47 as is possible. Unless you are familiar with firearms, thanks to the media, this is an easy mistake to make.

  • Scratch says:
    August 12, 2009 at 3:42 PM

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    Cheers.

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