Thread: Keeping New Zealand safe. one sheep at a time!

And yet hundreds of people manage to get them off the road every year without being a big man in a blue suit with a rifle, doing shit they'd arrest anyone else for in a heartbeat

Originally Posted by gimp

And yet hundreds of people manage to get them off the road every year without being a big man in a blue suit with a rifle, doing shit they'd arrest anyone else for in a heartbeat

Who you going to call if there's a big man, not in a blue uniform shooting things on your property?

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Originally Posted by gimp

And yet hundreds of people manage to get them off the road every year without being a big man in a blue suit with a rifle, doing shit they'd arrest anyone else for in a heartbeat

uh actually no, I have shot a sheep on the side of the road as it had just been hit by a car and was badly hurt and going nuts running all over the road, I dropped it with my 357 then went and told the local cops what I did, the response I got was "cheers thanks for that you saved us coming out to do it"

Originally Posted by oneshot

uh actually no, I have shot a sheep on the side of the road as it had just been hit by a car and was badly hurt and going nuts running all over the road, I dropped it with my 357 then went and told the local cops what I did, the response I got was "cheers thanks for that you saved us coming out to do it"

Slightly different to running around with an MSSA on the side of the road desperately keen to shoot an able-bodied animal. I doubt that'd go well.

Originally Posted by gimp

And yet hundreds of people manage to get them off the road every year without being a big man in a blue suit with a rifle, doing shit they'd arrest anyone else for in a heartbeat

So what do you expect them to do in that situation?

Options:
-Shoot the sheep
-Continue chasing it around SH1 to get it into a paddock
-Run it down with the car (WTF @Maca49 ?!)
-Leave it and wait a long time for animal control to come and shoot it

Remember this is SH1 not some back country road and you don't have anyone or dogs to help without endangering them. And public safety is the overriding priority.

What's safest for the public? (already waiting for the completely irrelevant highway shooting references)

I know I would have shot it, good backdrop and clear visibility all around. I thought he did a pretty good job, considering I used to be a farmer and have an interest in firearms, maybe your armchairs are more comfy than mine.

No @gimp a member of the public wouldn't have been 'arrested in a heartbeat' for doing the same, I don't know where you get that silly idea from.