Comments on: Cowboy Pilots To Plink Predators

By: john

john — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:51:57 +0000

Great, now we are going to have “fly by” shootings around the Nampa airport. Idaho legislators basically have the mental capacity of mis-behaved children. “Timeout” didn’t come too soon this year. At least they gave us the right to legally eat roadkill a couple of years ago.

By: Rod

Rod — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:05:59 +0000

The real predators are those who lease public land for below-market rent and gouge the taxpayer.

By: Pilot

Pilot — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:23:14 +0000

Maybe we should just get the Air Guard to hunt them critters down with A-10 Warthogs – that 50mm in the nose would get’em fer sure!

OR we could get the Boise Police Dept to go out and use tracer bullets in their M-16’s – they could both shoot them and start a few range fires as a bonus!

By: Joe Moran

Joe Moran — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:30:56 +0000

I’ve got to admit ,I love NATURE and all of it’s creation’s, flora and fauna. The wolf,griz, elk, moose, are creatures of magnificence … Why would anyone want to kill them? I’ve lived in the NW for 29 yrs. and I love it’s natural beauty ( yellowstone,Ennis,MT., The Bitterroot valley) I’ve been within 15′ of a black bear, 250′ to a griz, and close to loose buffalo and moose and never got hurt… and I’m basically a city slicker!

I’ve spent 6 years in Boise and met some of the most destructive politicians,lawyers, bureaucrats and doctors imaginable!! Believe me, when you destroy the most precious resource imaginable,Mother Nature, and all her children, you will be one sorry cowboy!!!

By: dave zarkin

dave zarkin — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:40:34 +0000

Just let me know when the shooting starts so I can head for the bomb shelter. Seriously, Ken Burrows of the Statesman used to speak about a huge jack rabitt problem at Mt. Home AFB in the 60s.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:10:10 +0000

Wow! I’m no expert, but I can’t imagine a cowboy in his ultralite, moving at maybe 40 or 50 knots, control stick hugged in a death-grip between his knees and his trusty Winchester ’94 at the ready, being much of a threat to a zig-zagging coyote. Seems the cowpoke could very well be in more danger than the varmint. (But, I’m no expert.)

(I’m trying to mentally picture John Wayne or Clint Eastwood… or even Jimmy Stewart… hanging underneath his Acme Parasail, motor droning on his back, chasing a horse-mounted Black Bart across Monument Valley.)

By: HH

HH — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:13:22 +0000

Boisecynic – these good old boys may be missing the bunny bashing days and that may be why they want to kill of the bunny eaters. Perhaps they believe that humans are the only ones with the right to kill anything (‘cept them damned barn cats t’ keep the mice under control).

KILL KILL KILL and keep that damned river under control while y’r at it.

By: boisecynic

boisecynic — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:48:56 +0000

Funny someone mentioned the “bunny beaters.” I was just thinking about that the other day.

One has to wonder exactly how the rabbit population exploded in the first place. Could it be the predators that kept the bunny population in check were eliminated?

BTW, ultralights are cool! I used to fly one. By law, they are single seaters only. There is no way in hell I could have shot any animal while flying. The only way to shoot (and make a hit) while flying is with 2 people, one pilot and one shooter. Now, legally speaking, we are talking about an “experimental” aircraft at least, and not an “ultralight.” Typical of the mainstream media, and now this forum to not understand FAA part 103.

I’ve read completely through FAA part 103, the law which regulates ultralights. I’m not aware of any wording that addresses hunting.

This story is not about ultralights, it’s about predator contol. Now, please refer back to my first 2 paragraphs.

EDITOR NOTE–Give us a break! The story is about the aerial shooting, not the definition of the broad category of “light sport aircraft” which indeed include motorized ultralights, parasails and gliders, motorized balloons and other flying toys. We could be as boring as the AP and Statesman if we explained all those details and would never get to the Elmer Fudd joke!

By: lib.Redneck

lib.Redneck — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:30:48 +0000

About a year ago or so the Idaho Fish and Game hung out the doors of Hillcrest Aviation’s Bell Jet Ranger helicopter in Valley County, Idaho and shot 9 wolves. Yeah, not a lot of press about that. F&G tried to keep it kinda quiet. That pack of wolves was responsible for nearly 200 sheep that were sport killed in the region north and east of McCall.

If fish and game can shoot from aircraft using buck-shot at (introduced) endanged species; why can’t Jim-Bob-Ultralight-Pilot / Part-Time-Rancher plink at some desert dogs?

All jokes aside. I think it is unsafe and unethical for anyone to hunt/eliminate pesky coyotes from any aircraft. Fair chase.

EDITOR NOTE–The law already allows the use of the same methods used by the government (helicopters included)to shoot predators. The Ultra light issue is new.

By: BoiseCitizen

BoiseCitizen — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:44:20 +0000

How many of them ranchers have those motorized parachutes, and or ultralights? Is that the rage now down in Owyhee county? Are they using their federal welfare money for those toys? So much for “traditional values”.