“Anyone else notice the non-hunters are the ones advocating violence?”
(No surprise to us, I am sure.)
Jordan Browne, one of the hosts of Michigan Out-of-Doors Television, knew the story of 11-year-old Gavin Dingman’s feat in the woods – he bagged a rare 12-point albino buck with a crossbow – would blow up the moment he posted it.
A seasoned outdoorsman and journalist who is acting at the Dingman family’s spokesman, Browne also knew comments would turn more vicious the farther outside of Michigan readers lived. But in an age of social media, the post reached more people than even he imagined, circulating around the globe.
“I was surprised mainly by the personal attacks on an 11-year-old kid they have no association with. When you look at his picture, he looks like the sweetest kid,” Browne told Patch.
Mick Dingman, whose son bagged the rare deer on a father-and-son hunting trip earlier this week, told Outdoor Hub the family’s celebration has turned into an unimaginable nightmare, punctuated by “death threats and everything else that you can imagine.”
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Can't shoot albinos in Illinois they're "special" and protected.
ReplyDeleteSo bury em deep if ya kill one.
After you skin them and take the meat home of course. :)
DeleteFirst of all, good job young man. Second even with the pinkish skin and nose I dont think this buck is a "TRUE" albino. The brown patch on his head (if not dirt) makes this buck a piebald. And third-screw everbody that says anything bad about this kid. He may have pulled the trigger but he was under adult supervision when he did. This young fella and his mentor both deserve a big atta boy!
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