Manly Huckabee bags a pheasant - wait, was his safety on?

[sabra]

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/12/hunting_with_huckabee.html#more

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The bird flopped to the ground. Had it been Huckabee? The media throng was too far away to be sure. Watches were checked. Time of death: 9:54 a.m. Initial press accounts had Huckabee nailing the first pheasant, but soon there was controversy. His safety was on, someone said. Another suggested checking the video in Zapruder-like fashion for the slo-mo truth.

Huckabee's party drew farther and farther away, circling their targets. POP! POP! Another pheasant down, the killer unknown. The journalists shivered and stomped their feet. Checking BlackBerrys is tougher with gloves on. Another hunter explained that pheasant is usually cooked with the buckshot still in the body. "You just spit it out," he said.

The party was still circling, coming back toward us. The reporters edged out to try and make out the scene. Another bird surfaced and it flew, and flew, and flew.

Right toward us.

POP! POP! POP!

We ducked our heads and scattered. "That was too close," a cameraman said. Nobody was wearing orange anything. The hunting expert said the buckshot wouldn't hurt us if it landed on our heads.

Huckabee's party drew closer and he seemed pleased at our discomfort. He produced three slain pheasants. Huckabee said he had shot one of them, but of course, there was no way to know.

[shain from kane]

1. Blowing away one of God's creatures. Eat buckshot, Huckleberry, that is, if you like it cooked. The

aroma will be pleasing to the Lord. Otherwise, eat shit.

[yellowcanine]

2. I'll bet the Huckster doesn't even know that ring necked pheasants are imported from China.

Not a native bird at all. He looks like a dork by the way. And what is the point of carrying a camo shotgun when hunting pheasants?

[B Calm]

9. I'm sure it's a borrowed shotgun. I don't see him carrying one on the road.

Camo would be okay for deer..

[tularetom]

3. Buckshot for pheasants?

Not if you want anything left to eat. IIRC, the smallest buck available is #4 which is larger than a BB and more than twice as big as #6 lead shot, which is what I have always used for pheasant.

[XemaSab]

4. If you want to see them go *poof*

there's really no other option. :P

[yellowcanine]

5. "The hunting expert said the buckshot wouldn't hurt us if it landed on our heads."

Ok he is no hunting expert if he said that. One doesn't use "buckshot" to hunt pheasants. And being close enough to have shot "land on your head" is not exactly recommended so I think this guy was no "hunting expert".

[RebelOne]

6. When he goes to eat those birds,

he'll be picking a lot of buckshot out of his teeth. Will serve the "great white hunter" right if he breaks a tooth or two.

[yellowcanine]

7. Actually if one used buckshot there would probably be no bird to eat - except for what could be

gathered up and carried in a gunny sack. It would be one sorry mess, that's for sure.

[Ezlivin]

8. Cheney bags peasants

He keeps them stocked on his ranch for leisurely shooting.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. Wow! No doubt that pheasant was vicious and about to tear his throat out.

[AndyTiedye]

11. Please, Please, Go Hunting with Cheney!

I'll buy the :beer::beer::beer:

http://www.toonedin.com/cheney.html

[malaise]

12. Bwaaaaaaaaaaah

what an opportunistic asshole.