Demko at the Minnesoros “Independent” covers Franken at FarmFest.
Typical stuff. But I caught this bit here, about a pheasant-hunting trip with 7th District congressional representative Collin Peterson:
Franken noted that it was his first time toting a rifle into the woods and that his staff needed to give him a tutorial in order to make sure he didn‘t accidentally shoot the powerful chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
Going after pheasant with a rifle?
If it worked, I suppose it’d be one way of impressing Republican voters.
Of course, Peterson wouldn’ve been in less danger than all the people half a mile downrange…
Al only needs the rifle as a prop.
He actually sneaks up on his prey, strangles it with his mad wrasslin’ skillz and swallows it whole; obviously someone has informed him that his base of supporters might find the sight offputting.
Half a mile? I don’t know of any rifle that isn’t dangerous for at least twice that distance. Even my .22 target loads are dangerous at a mile.
Still, I guess going fowling is a step up from fouling up the airwaves.
Hey, if he can fold a pheasant in flight with a rifle, he gets my vote.
This is further proof that Al is a Minnesotan Just Like You!
Maybe he’ll get invited to go deer hunting with John Kerry, crawling through the brush with his shotgun to sneak up on them.
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Actually with the exception of a .22, shooting pheasants with a rifle is ILLEGAL.
So if he truly walked into the field with a rifle, with the intention of shooting pheasants, then he was violating a number of hunting regulations.
And actually shooting a pheasant with a rifle would be damned easy…probably why it’s illegal to do so. I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen a pheasant out in the open at a distance. By the time my dog, myself and my shotgun get to the area, it’s moved into cover or flown off. With a rifle I could have picked it off from a hundred yards away.
Hell, if I showed up right at the start of shooting time (when pheasants are in the open feeding), I’d have my limit inside of 5 minutes…2 minutes if it’s a semi-auto.