Author Topic: Would you shoot a Big Foot if you came across one? (Read 14612 times)

Ray Ford · « **Reply #120 on:** April 17, 2006, 08:22:34 AM »

At a recent gun show in Tulsa, two Oklahoma Game Rangers came by. I asked them a question: Can I take my pups to the woods when there is no season open--for training purposes? And can I carry a gun? If I understood them, having a gun, the means to harvest game, would not be allowed unless I had a dog training license/DTL and met the requirements of that license. I did not know that such a license was available. I mentioned that I had a CCL. THEY TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE NO TROUBLE WITH A PISTOL IF I HAD A CCL. I later obtained the information to get a DTL. It stated the requirements--four of them--to carry a long gun, and then said that THOSE REQUIREMENTS DID NOT APPLY TO CARRYING A PISTOL. My impression, from these sources, is that a person can be in the woods with a pistol, but I suspect that he should not be in possession of both a pistol and out-of-season game. That would draw some game-ranger ire--I think.

I do not believe that the first person to shoot a Big Foot would be prosecuted. (He might have to fight in court to keep possession of his kill.) I strongly believe that the second person to kill one would be prosecuted: the Federal, and probably the State, authorities would not take long to pass proper protective legislation.

Back to carrying guns: There are no seasons on feral hogs. I recently traded a 7.62 X 25 semi-automatic pistol to a woman who likes to pick berries in the wilds. The wild hogs were becoming so numerous in her area that she was afraid to go out with just her .25 purse gun. That 7.62 X 25 is a major little weapon. I shot the one that I carry at some l and 1/8 inch plywood, and the hole looked like it had been made with a drill motor and bit. Not accurate enough to shoot a squirrel out of the top of a Deep Fork Bottom tall tree, but in a close situation.... Incidentally, iif you don't already know, getting between a sow hog and her pigs is worse, if possible, that getting between a sow bear and her cubs.

Echo4Lima · « **Reply #121 on:** April 28, 2006, 06:07:42 PM »

Not BBQ size.......

qajaq59 · « **Reply #122 on:** May 21, 2006, 12:41:24 AM »

NOPE, I can't find a recipe for it..........

CyberSniper · « **Reply #123 on:** May 31, 2006, 08:06:30 PM »

I'm somewhat surprised that a would be hoaxer in a monkey
suit hasn't been shot yet. At least, I haven't heard of that happening.
As to shooting at one...from what I've been reading on this forum,
that may well be a wasted effort. Sounds like these entities might
not be subject to the physical world and / or laws we live in and
are subject to.

WmRoy · « **Reply #124 on:** June 25, 2006, 10:49:14 AM »

Call "me" crazy..............

But intentionally wounding a BF and hoping to lure more in on top of you sounds rather like suicide..... :eek: .......... either that or arrogant foolishness..... :wink:

Or............

Perhaps both.......................... :-D

WmRoy · « **Reply #125 on:** June 25, 2006, 02:30:08 PM »

Quote from: RaySendero

Quote from: WmRoy
Call "me" crazy..............

But intentionally wounding a BF and hoping to lure more in on top of you sounds rather like suicide..... :eek: .......... either that or arrogant foolishness..... :wink:

Or............

Perhaps both.......................... :-D

LOL - Probably why no one has sucessfully pull it off yet.

But what-the-heck; No Guts - No Glory!

Just keep practicing: "But officer that pack of bigfeets scattered over there attacked ME!"

Just don't call me to help field dress 'em.............. :-D :-D

lik2hunt · « **Reply #126 on:** August 06, 2006, 08:20:16 AM »

I personally am a beleiver that the world at large will never accept the BF's existence until a body is produced. But to produce such a body brings up some very inetresting points. Form the many sightings reports that I have studied I find that about 75% of them speak of other animals (notice I said "animals) lurking nearby the sighting location. Many have either heard or even seen other BF's after the sighting of one. Many have heard "whoops" or "screams" of others after witnessing a hunt/kill or the rapid departure of a sighted creature. Which brings me to my point......if one were to shoot one of these creatures then while attempting to "bag" it he or she may well get attacked by the others. I believe them to be animals that travel in and exist in packs, much like the gorillas of other continents or the many pack behavior animals we have on our continent.
To say or even believe that a person could be capable of being aware of any other BF's in the area after shooting one and trying to pack it up and out of the area is absurd to me. I mentioned the many sightings reports that I have read and studied and compared and another aspect of the creature that has become apparent is the fact that they can stalk and hunt or just plain move through the thickest woods in complete silence. Apparently have learned perfect weight balance and control over the centuries......after all they've got big enought feet for it.

I reference this report for example http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=8547
Ok so would I shoot one? The answer is yes. Why? Because I believe they exist and a body would provide undeniable proof. Would I face prosecution and/or jail time as result? Maybe. Would I do it simply for the recognition and obvious monetary benefits? No. The biggest question to me is....Would I even be able to get it out of the woods? That one remains to be answered sufficiently for me.

WmRoy · « **Reply #127 on:** August 06, 2006, 09:27:00 AM »

Quote from: lik2hunt on August 06, 2006, 08:20:16 AM

Would I even be able to get it out of the woods?

My first question would be........... will "I" even be able to get out of the woods safely.............

Brings to mind that shooting incident with the 'sniper'.............. maybe we should ask around if any more info has come to light on that one........

woodswatcher · « **Reply #128 on:** August 13, 2006, 04:00:28 PM »

the game rangers are full of S**T..

there is NO law keeping a person from carrying ANY type of firearm into the woods..
they can write all the tickets they want..but you would get them thrown out of court.

the shooting and taking of game with REGULATIONS..can be enforced.

but there are too many possum cops talking out of their A**.

i have had numerous conversations with GW over the years and i am never surprised at the oddities of personal interpretation of the laws that several of them have.

if anyone has ever had to correct them about the identity of a certain type of duck in the field..they can relate.

the carrying of a longarm DOES NOT CONSTITUTE taking of game.
otherwise the 2nd amendment would be completely nullifed..

personal protection in the woods..consists of a longarm..
not a handgun.

no judge would allow that in OK..

Telahnay's g'son · « **Reply #129 on:** August 23, 2006, 08:21:39 AM »

The CO's I've spoken with would certainly have a problem (especially on PHA/COE lands) with possession (and, particularly at night) of a shotgun (loaded with buckshot or slugs) much less a rifle outside of deer season.

Of course, you might be able to successfully fight that in court and get out with only having to pay court costs and the loss of your time involved.

BloomGrad · « **Reply #130 on:** August 23, 2006, 08:51:07 AM »

No doubt that the harvesting of a BF would get you your 15 minutes of fame and maybe a book deal, but what then?

I don't think I would like it much If it was the last one on God's Earth and every little kid that passed me by would spit on me.

A little mystery in life is a good thing. I think sometimes believing in a Santa Claus can't hurt either. Real life can be hard enough.

Now.. If I could wound BF and then help the Bleeding Heart Zoo People tack it down so they could patch it up, that just might get me a bigger book deal. Maybe even a Movie of the Week.

lik2hunt · « **Reply #131 on:** August 24, 2006, 01:39:35 PM »

http://www.cryptozoology.st/okandadjur_Bigfoot_injured.html

whiteagle · « **Reply #132 on:** October 07, 2006, 08:26:41 PM »

Here is why there is no payback. 1. The bigfoot will know when you are thinking about killing them, and step into another dimension, prior to you pulling the trigger. Second the Bigfoot will not let you get out alive by yourself, much less with a 1000lb pack. Your excitiement will cause you to call your friends. The phone call will trigger NSA voice actuated warnings. They will tune in and send more agents to threaten you to remain silent, while they steal the body from you. If somehow you are able to get back alive and with a body, at some point in time, it will be stolen out of the cold storage vacility that you are keping them in, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

bullet maker · « **Reply #133 on:** October 12, 2006, 04:25:14 PM »

Yes, I would harvest one, only if it was a sure shot, with no possiblity of wounding it. The reason of course, is because, to prove that they do exist, and then can be put on the endangered list. Remeber, one has to actually be harvested to prove they exist first.

bullet maker

whiteagle · « **Reply #134 on:** October 14, 2006, 11:58:04 AM »

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"Remeber, one has to actually be harvested to prove they exist first."

The original justification for killing is all wrong. You have assumed that all other methods of communication have been exhausted first. When actually, virtual no other methods of communication have even been attempted, much less exhausted. So killing even one, is not justified in my opinion.

You are also assuming that the US Government will let you keep a Bigfoot body. In my opinion, that liklihood lies somewhere between remote and impossible. They won't let the railways keep the bodies that they come up with, why would they let you keep one?

I understand that Kewaunee Lepseritas has one that accompanies him on his speaking tours, and stands right next to him at the podium. So I will bet that you didn't think of that method of proving anything. Obviously, having one stand in front of the audience for their perusal, beats the hell out of killing one. Especially since they are supernatural.

bullet maker · « **Reply #135 on:** October 15, 2006, 02:13:03 AM »

Quote from: whiteagle on October 14, 2006, 11:58:04 AM

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"Remeber, one has to actually be harvested to prove they exist first."

The original justification for killing is all wrong. You have assumed that all other methods of communication have been exhausted first. When actually, virtual no other methods of communication have even been attempted, much less exhausted. So killing even one, is not justified in my opinion.

You are also assuming that the US Government will let you keep a Bigfoot body. In my opinion, that liklihood lies somewhere between remote and impossible. They won't let the railways keep the bodies that they come up with, why would they let you keep one?

I understand that Kewaunee Lepseritas has one that accompanies him on his speaking tours, and stands right next to him at the podium. So I will bet that you didn't think of that method of proving anything. Obviously, having one stand in front of the audience for their perusal, beats the hell out of killing one. Especially since they are supernatural.

I had captured one alive, back in the 60`s, but he didnt like my cooking, so he left.

and then I captured another one, and I even bought him a Harley Davidson, motorcycle, just like mine. We were good buddies, for about a year, we would go drinking, and he would always win all the bar fights, we got into. He even got him a Harley tatoo. But then one night I wakes up and he`s gone. even took my motorcyle too.

So from now on, I just decided to shoot the next one.

Now come on--you know I was just funnying you.

bullet maker

jrfrmn · « **Reply #136 on:** October 29, 2006, 12:08:46 PM »

Quote from: peakoftherut on March 21, 2006, 05:37:40 PM

What would happen if the bigfoot you just killed turned out to be someone in a bigfoot suit ?

OOPS!

jrlinz · « **Reply #137 on:** November 06, 2006, 11:21:26 AM »

Quote from: kyote on March 21, 2006, 09:33:53 AM

no,I would not..I would rather capture it alive and torture it for information.I want to know how they trained the woodpeckers to send morris code for them.

Good idea!

INresponse · « **Reply #138 on:** December 16, 2006, 07:43:00 PM »

(bang-bang-bang)

(24-hours later)

(ring-ring) Hello? Fox News? I was walking in the woods and came across this thing that looks like a huge gorilla. I think it might be one of those bigfoot things. It looks like it got hurt and died, or maybe someone shot it. Looks like it might have been dead a day or so. Uh, no! No, I didn't shoot it. I don't even have a gun (in my hand....at this second). If you give me an exclusive interview and the movie rights, in writing with money up front, I will show you where it is. I know the world wants to see it, to prove they exist, but I want to make sure I don't touch it so I don't get blamed. But, back to that money we were talking about........

billy_56081 · « **Reply #139 on:** December 17, 2006, 02:44:30 AM »

No I would not because it would be a person in a big foot suit. There is no such thing as a big foot,

jrfrmn · « **Reply #140 on:** December 23, 2006, 04:33:32 PM »

Quote from: Graybeard on March 21, 2006, 12:05:57 PM

Probably not unless in self defense. I'm not even convinced such a creature really exists and if they do they are in short supply I'd think. I would like to see one to know it was real but have no real interest in taking the life of one to prove it to the rest of the world.

I agree with you 100%.
If I didn't feel like I was in immediate danger, I would try to communicate with it.
If it attacked me I would shoot it. Otherwise, I would leave it alone.

targshooter · « **Reply #141 on:** January 27, 2007, 11:40:41 AM »

No. I would find it too difficult to separate the act of killing such a creature from murder, as it may be a relative of modern man.

qajaq59 · « **Reply #142 on:** February 14, 2007, 01:52:34 AM »

Nope, it is likely some idiot in a monkey suit and I don't want to end up doing paper work in a police station.......

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #143 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:03:02 PM »

I really would have no desire to kill bigfoot. If he does exist and I really saw him and he was not agressive in any way I would like to watch him. I would hope I had a good quality camera. If he is real he should be protected. If he makes a move that I think would endanger me then I would have no problem popping a cap in his ass. By the same token I would kill a person that I thought was going to hurt me.

deerslayer79 · « **Reply #144 on:** April 06, 2007, 03:36:13 PM »

shoot a bigfoot,no way unless it was self defense,But if I was in full radar lock on a monster buck and the big hairy guy scared it away,I think I probably would be mad enough to throw down with him,ON LIKE DONKEY KONG BABY.Hey if he kicked my butt no one would believe me anyway.....

Telahnay's g'son · « **Reply #145 on:** April 13, 2007, 04:16:56 AM »

Y'all,

The rush to produce a carcass or otherwise "prove" the existence of whatever these things are reminds me of what the 1920's in Chicago (with a gold rush thrown in for good measure) musta been like.

Paranoid and skitzo behaviors are epidemic.

Then, you've got those busy with "mining the miners" engaging in various enterprises designed to generate revenue off of those pilgrims so blindly enthusiastic about this endeavour. There is apparently no shortage of kool-aid these days.

It's enough to make you want to put an "X" formation on your shoulder and walk inland until someone asks you what the heck it is.

Ray Ford · « **Reply #146 on:** April 13, 2007, 01:31:41 PM »

Quote from: Telahnay's g'son on April 13, 2007, 04:16:56 AM

Then, you've got those busy with "mining the miners" engaging in various enterprises designed to generate revenue off of those pilgrims so blindly enthusiastic about this endeavour.

T's.g'son,

I assume that, at least in part, you are talking about organized hunts requiring a participation fee of some sort? I've said it in other places, and I'll say it again: If Bigfeet are out there, a person would be more likely to encounter one while observantly engaging in other outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing, camping, hiking....

I can imagine a news story with a photo of a 12-year-old holding an old .22 single-shot rifle and standing beside a dead Bigfoot. In the article, we would read where the reporter asked the boy, "How did you bag him?" The kid would reply, "I was still-hunting for squirrels when he walked past. I shot him in the ear."

I'll be the first person to tell you about seeing one if I have an encounter. In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy the outdoors whenever I get a chance.

I might, though, be interested in the beer concession at one of those organized hunts.

Would I shoot one? That's problematic.

Dee · « **Reply #147 on:** April 13, 2007, 02:15:48 PM »

I have just read 5 pages of a sometimes heated, sometimes refereed, sometimes name calling, sometimes unbelievable, debate on a non-existent animal.
I for one have proved two obviously apparent truths in doing so. ONE! Grown men will argue over anything or in this case NOTHING. and TWO! I have no life.

Ray Ford · « **Reply #148 on:** April 14, 2007, 10:57:54 AM »

Dee,
As somewhat of a theologian, I can assure you that your first conclusion--the conclusion that men will argue about anything or nothing--is correct. I doubt that your second is. Good hunting!

hellbilly075 · « **Reply #149 on:** April 14, 2007, 01:43:32 PM »

Well you just betcha, the real question would be is if you would get a shoulder or full body mount! Being the redneck that I am I would have to google me a good recipie also. Sasquatch steak and eggs anyone?