lovemyshiba
11-29-2004, 04:24 PM
Wow!!
Well, here in central Pennsylvania, it's a holiday today--the first day of hunting season:rolleyes: Kids don't have to go to school, mechanics are closed, beer distributers are closed--basically a lot of the jobs where men make up the majority of the workforce are closed today.
Anyway, I do not live in the middle of town, but I do not live close to where people would be hunting either. Four or five miles away maybe, but not close enough for what just happened.--
I got home around 3 from work, and it was sunny and not too cold out, so I decided to go out with the pups. I had to clean up the yard too, and I can play and clean up poo at the same time.
Well, we were outside for about a half hour and I heard 2 shots--not totally weird, because I can hear them at my house even far away. Soon after, I heard a weird whistling noise, kind of like fireworks, and then BAM!! I heard something hit the fence or the deck--I wasn't sure. I yelled to the dogs and the five of us ran inside. I didn't know what to do. Was it stray gunfire from the hunters? Where did it go? Who should I call? Do I call the cops? Was it a coincidence and an acorn or something just hit the deck really hard? My mind was racing. I called my husband--he asked some people at work--the guys said the hunting rifles wouldn't make that whistling sound. Finally I was brave enough to go out and inspect the fence--sure enough, there was a splintered piece and a hole in the fence:eek:
I saw a man out there walking with his beagle and I asked if they were hunting, jokingly, and he said no but that beagle saw 3 deer back there earlier today, and was retracing the scent.
Now, people aren't allowed to hunt close to houses, but some are careless and stupid--someone may have seen one of those deer back there and taken a shot.
I went to tell some neighbors, and also found out that some "kids" in the neighborhood have guns and have been out shooting around with them.
We called the cops, but they have yet to show up--it's dark out now, so I suppose they wouldn't find anything. I wish they would though, I could have been shot!! My dogs could have been too. There's a walking path directly behind my fence where this happened--anyone could have been hurt or even killed!!!!!!!
The other teensy tiny thought that entered my brain was that someone was shooting directly at my yard--at the time, Abbey was barking her head off because we were playing with the footballs, and Jada got it from her (she does that). What if that's what it was???
All I know is that I'm scared to let the dogs go back out.
I'm very thankful that no one was hurt, but still afraid--is this same thing going to happen tomorrow???
Well, here in central Pennsylvania, it's a holiday today--the first day of hunting season:rolleyes: Kids don't have to go to school, mechanics are closed, beer distributers are closed--basically a lot of the jobs where men make up the majority of the workforce are closed today.
Anyway, I do not live in the middle of town, but I do not live close to where people would be hunting either. Four or five miles away maybe, but not close enough for what just happened.--
I got home around 3 from work, and it was sunny and not too cold out, so I decided to go out with the pups. I had to clean up the yard too, and I can play and clean up poo at the same time.
Well, we were outside for about a half hour and I heard 2 shots--not totally weird, because I can hear them at my house even far away. Soon after, I heard a weird whistling noise, kind of like fireworks, and then BAM!! I heard something hit the fence or the deck--I wasn't sure. I yelled to the dogs and the five of us ran inside. I didn't know what to do. Was it stray gunfire from the hunters? Where did it go? Who should I call? Do I call the cops? Was it a coincidence and an acorn or something just hit the deck really hard? My mind was racing. I called my husband--he asked some people at work--the guys said the hunting rifles wouldn't make that whistling sound. Finally I was brave enough to go out and inspect the fence--sure enough, there was a splintered piece and a hole in the fence:eek:
I saw a man out there walking with his beagle and I asked if they were hunting, jokingly, and he said no but that beagle saw 3 deer back there earlier today, and was retracing the scent.
Now, people aren't allowed to hunt close to houses, but some are careless and stupid--someone may have seen one of those deer back there and taken a shot.
I went to tell some neighbors, and also found out that some "kids" in the neighborhood have guns and have been out shooting around with them.
We called the cops, but they have yet to show up--it's dark out now, so I suppose they wouldn't find anything. I wish they would though, I could have been shot!! My dogs could have been too. There's a walking path directly behind my fence where this happened--anyone could have been hurt or even killed!!!!!!!
The other teensy tiny thought that entered my brain was that someone was shooting directly at my yard--at the time, Abbey was barking her head off because we were playing with the footballs, and Jada got it from her (she does that). What if that's what it was???
All I know is that I'm scared to let the dogs go back out.
I'm very thankful that no one was hurt, but still afraid--is this same thing going to happen tomorrow???