Tree Worker Shot in Vermont

[Kman]

A local tree worker was shot the other day...accidentally... http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070620/NEWS02/706200339

 

[Smallwood]

Squirrel season in June?
Phil

 

[Colin]

It's lawyer time.

 

[Jamin_Mayer]

I wonder. How many times my chainsaw has hit buckshot that was lodged inside a tree?

 

[Hammer]

Accidental? Yea right.

It just boggles my mind that the police fell for that story, accidental. I hope the guy gets accidentally thrown in jail.

 

[Kman]

The "...accidentally..." was kinda ment sarcastically...I have been threatened to be shot numerous times while doing tree work...not sure on this one as the guy doing the shooting was 76...usually the younger "save the tree's no matter what" types that get bent out of shape.Hope the guy is doing O.K....but gotta wonder if I went out and discharged a shot gun and hit ...say...a bicyclist...if it would be "accidental" or "TREE CUTTER SHOOTS INNOCENT BICYCLIST....UNPROVOKED!!!!"

 

[willie]

cmon guys hes an old guy out shooting squirls from his front porch. probably been doing it all his life. sure could be an accident

 

[JJackson]

Shooting a utility trimmer does seem suspicious. Thought I have seen large squirels before but not large enough to be mistaken for a climber.

 

[Colin]

Heck, it ain't even close to being squirel season yet.

 

[treehumper]

He may not have been aiming at the tree but it was in the background of his intended target. birdshot does have a big spread.

 

[Alves]

Ive been peppered from a very long distance through a cornfield, i was duck hunting and moving to my spot it was from far enough away that the few that hit me barely broke the skin, but scared the begezest out of me.

 

[Brian]

Red Squirrel season is open year round.... some folks shoot them for the sake of shooting them. They are rather prolific so biologist don't see them disappearing anytime soon.

 

[TreeCo]

If you are in a watermelon field the buckshot sounds like rain........and then a loud BOOM!

.......or so I've heard.

I bet the tree climber shooting was an accident.

 

[TrEECoWboY]

This guy was just out erradicating mistletoe. Set him free.

 

[rfwoodvt]

Red squirrel in VT ...no closed season.

76 yo wandering in the woods....common

76 yo shooting into the trees at what he thinks is a squirrel...very common.

Its a shame but there are a lot of old timers out there stuck in their ways that do stuff like this.

An old classmate of mine was shot from his deer stand a number of years ago. He had apparently made it down but died at the base of his tree.

Turns out his grandfather had shot a porcupine that morning...thats when the rest of the camp went to find my classmate.....

Hunting and driving are a lot alike...gotta be a certain age and pass a test....unfortunately they both should require you to re-test once you are past a certain age.

Hope the tree work recovers fully and soon.