Duck Hunters

[John Saxton]

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE TWO DUCK HUNTERS FROM WISCONSIN?

ABSOLUTELY A TRUE STORY HEARD ON A WISCONSINRADIO STATION REPORTING ON THE
INCIDENT.

A guy buys a new Lincoln Navigator for $42,500.00 (with monthly payments of $560.00).

He and a friend go duck hunting in upper Wisconsin It's mid-winter; and of course all of the lakes arefrozen. These two guys go out on the ice with their GUNS, a DOG, and of course the new NAVIGATOR.

They decide they want to make a natural looking open water for the ducks to focus on, something for thedecoys to float in. Now making a hole in the ice large enough to invite a passing duck, is going to take a
little more power than the average drill auger can produce. So, out of the back of the new Navigator comes a stick of dynamite with a short 40 second-fuse. Now our two Rocket Scientists, afraid they might slip on
the ice while trying to run away after lighting the fuse (and becoming toast, along with theNavigator), decide on the following course of action:
They light the 40 second fuse; then, with a mighty thrust, they throw the stick of dynamite as far away as possible. Remember a couple of paragraphs back when I mentioned the NAVIGATOR, The GUNS, and the
DOG...???
Let's talk about the dog: A highly trained Black Lab used for RETRIEVING; especially things thrown by the owner. You guessed it: The dog takes off across the ice at a high rate of speed and grabs the stick of
dynamite, with the burning 40-second fuse, just as it hits the ice.
The two men swallow, blink, start waving their arms and, with veins in their neck s swelling to resemble stalks of rhubarb, scream and holler at the dog to stop. The dog, now apparently cheered on by his Master, keeps coming. One hunter panics, grabs the shotgun and shoots the dog.
The shotgun is loaded with #8 bird shot, hardly big enough to stop a Black Lab.
The dog stops for a moment, slightly confused, then continues on. Another shot, and this time the dog, still standing, becomes really confused and of course terrified, thinks these two geniuses have gone insane. The dog takes off to find cover, UNDER the brand new Navigator The men continue to scream as they run. The red hot exhaust pipe on the truck touches the dog's rear end, he yelps, drops the dynamite under the truck and takes off after his master.
Then " "" "" "" "" BOOOOOOOOOOOOM "" "" "" "" ! ! !
The truck is blown to bits and sinks to the bottom of the lake, leaving the two idiots standing there with "I can't believe this just happened" looks on their faces.
The insurance company says that sinking a vehicle in a lake by Illegal use of explosives is NOT COVERED by the policy. And he still had yet to make the first of those $560.00 a month payments.
The dog is okay. . .doing fine.
And you thought Rednecks only live in the South.........

[echnidna]

Hilarious

That could happen in FNQ or NT too

[bitingmidge]

Now John,

Firstly it's NOT true (see Snopes if you don't believe me)

Secondly, Henry Lawson did the story first, a long time before "Navigators" were invented:
The Loaded Dog

I like the earlier version better!

Cheers,

P

[John Saxton]

Now John,

Firstly it's NOT true (see Snopes if you don't believe me)

Secondly, Henry Lawson did the story first, a long time before "Navigators" were invented:
The Loaded Dog

I like the earlier version better!

Cheers,

P

BM, I just post 'em I don't check the originality of them...perhaps I should but I thought it was worth a laugh hence the posting in the funnies section.

Cheers

[journeyman Mick]

BM,
yeah, I started thinking Henry Lawson and the Loaded Dog when the stick of dynamite entered the story. The advantages of a classical education (or at least literacy and the fact that Alzheimers hasn't hit yet. )

Mick

[bitingmidge]

BM, I just post 'em I don't check the originality of them..

If you do that, what would I have to grandstand about?

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound so.... well.... grumpy!


Cheers,

P

[Cliff Rogers]

....That could happen in FNQ or NT too

Yeah Bob, on which frozen lake?

[Iain]

I've heard the pig hunter version, that do???

[John Saxton]

If you do that, what would I have to grandstand about?

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound so.... well.... grumpy!


Cheers,

P

No worries BM ...I get a lot of these things e-mailed as do most folk I guess and they do often come back re-hashed.

Cheers

[rrich]

Hysterical!

A good story but just that, a story.

[Pedro O'Hare]

First of all, if it DID happen, the story forgot to mention that the two duck hunters were FIBs. I'll let you figure out what FIB stands for but I'll give you two clues- the middle word is Illinois and the first word isn't Flatlander. We proud Wisconsinites would never be so stupid, but I have to admit that during cetain times of the year we are somewhat overrun with FIBs come up to enjoy our woods, lakes and generally beautiful environment. I wish we could find a way to get them to send us their money without actually having to let them into the state.

Pedro
Madison WI USA

[Bluegum]

As they say some mothers do have 'em.

[rick_rine]

Who cares if its true or not . Very funny story .

[soundman]

Even some of the phrasing and terms seem a little close to lawson.
But typicaly the knock off story leaves out some of the funnies bits.


cheers