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Pro Golfer kills hawk

post #1 of 34
3/6/08 at 7:26pm
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http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/7881224?MSNHPHMA

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - PGA Tour golfer Tripp Isenhour was charged with killing a hawk on purpose with a golf shot because it was making noise as he videotaped a TV show.

Isenhour was with a film crew for "Shoot Like A Pro" on Dec. 12 at the Grand Cypress Golf course. The 39-year-old golfer, whose real name is John Henry Isenhour III, was charged Wednesday with cruelty to animals and killing a migratory bird.

The charges carry a maximum penalty of 14 months in jail and $1,500 in fines.

According to court documents, Isenhour got upset when a red-shouldered hawk began making noise, forcing another take. He began hitting balls at the bird, then 300 yards away, but gave up.

Isenhour started again when the hawk moved within about 75 yards, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer Brian Baine indicated in a report.

Isenhour allegedly said "I'll get him now," and aimed for the hawk.

"About the sixth ball came very near the bird's head, and (Isenhour) was very excited that it was so close," Baine wrote.

A few shots later, witnesses said he hit the hawk. The bird, protected as a migratory species, fell to the ground bleeding from both nostrils.

Isenhour's agent, John Mascatello with SFX World Sports Management, did not immediately return an e-mail or telephone message Thursday.

"He just kept saying how he didn't think he could have hit it, which I think is a stupid thing for a PGA Tour golfer to say," said Jethro Senger, a sound engineer at the shoot. "He can put a ball in a hole from hundreds of yards away, and here he is hitting line drives at something that's, I don't know, a couple hundred feet away?"

Senger said it was "basically like a joke to (Isenhour)." He said no one in the roughly 15-person crew intervened, and many later regretted it.

"It was one of those cases where there's some trepidation on whether or not they should speak up and do something," Senger said.

Senger said the killing was not captured on video. The bird was buried at the golf course and later dug up by Florida investigators.

Isenhour, of Salisbury, N.C., turned pro in 1990. He had two wins on the Nationwide Tour in 2006.
I need to stop reading papers or the internets. I just find myself getting angry on a constant basis.
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post #2 of 34
3/6/08 at 7:31pm
You have to give him credit for good aim.
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post #3 of 34
3/6/08 at 7:32pm
Oh the hilarity at Bushwood continues.
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post #4 of 34
3/6/08 at 7:34pm
I don't know what they expect when they let any bloodthirsty motherfucker into the PGA. The PGA turns them into monsters.
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post #5 of 34
3/6/08 at 7:34pm
What does this guy think he is? A marine? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Edit: Damn, Phil.
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post #6 of 34
3/6/08 at 7:36pm
Why didn't the bird move? Maybe it's just me, but when some psycho starts hitting golf balls at me I get out of the way.
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post #7 of 34
3/6/08 at 7:39pm
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Originally Posted by gravedigger View Post
Why didn't the bird move? Maybe it's just me, but when some psycho starts hitting golf balls at me I get out of the way.
The hawk might have thought he was going for eagle.
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post #8 of 34
3/6/08 at 7:40pm
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Originally Posted by El Peeper View Post
The hawk might have thought he was going for eagle.
Well, he got a birdie regardless..
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post #9 of 34
3/6/08 at 7:44pm
The hawk went out with quite a tirade:

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What the hell are you trying to do? Kill me with a golf ball? It's not enough you have all these beautiful acres fenced in for your little game, but you gotta kill me with a golf ball? You should have children playing here, you should have families having picnics, you should have a goddamn petting zoo. But instead you've got these stupid electric carts for you old men with nothing better to do.
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post #10 of 34
3/6/08 at 7:47pm
So the hawk was shooting the breeze at the golf course after getting laid off at the local defense plant?
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post #11 of 34
3/6/08 at 7:49pm
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Originally Posted by Trejo View Post
Well, he got a birdie regardless..
Yes but now he has the wrong kind of albatross
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post #12 of 34
3/6/08 at 7:50pm
I did this in high school, but on accident. Sliced a ball like you wouldn't believe, the ball went straight into a tree, and out fell a bird with a broken back. I was too much of a wuss to take care of it, luckily our gym teacher told everyone to turn their backs, and he put the poor thing out of it's misery. I got "birdie" jokes all year, and christ, 13 years later I still feel terrible about it.
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post #13 of 34
3/6/08 at 7:52pm
Chris, this wasn't what caused you to have a split personality that everyone became aware of when you ran for DA a few years back was it?
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post #14 of 34
3/6/08 at 7:53pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller View Post
I did this in high school, but on accident. Sliced a ball like you wouldn't believe, the ball went straight into a tree, and out fell a bird with a broken back. I was too much of a wuss to take care of it, luckily our gym teacher told everyone to turn their backs, and he put the poor thing out of it's misery. I got "birdie" jokes all year, and christ, 13 years later I still feel terrible about it.
I thought your name sounded familiar. Sgt. Chris "Birdie" Miller.. how's the marine corp treating you, bloodthirsty bastard!

But seriously.. poor bird. Rest in piece.. sweet prince.

Okay, my thread referencing is getting out of hand. Alpha Flight!
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post #15 of 34
3/6/08 at 8:01pm
Road Warrior Hawk?
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post #16 of 34
3/6/08 at 8:02pm
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Originally Posted by gravedigger View Post
Why didn't the bird move? Maybe it's just me, but when some psycho starts hitting golf balls at me I get out of the way.
They don't call em endangered for nothing.
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post #17 of 34
3/6/08 at 8:04pm
Overlord, for a moment I thought: I bet this happened in Detroit. I was disappointed.
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post #18 of 34
3/6/08 at 8:05pm
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Originally Posted by Raspberry Leper View Post
Road Warrior Hawk?
Animal could not be reached for comment.

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post #19 of 34
3/6/08 at 10:27pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
Oh the hilarity at Bushwood continues.
This calls for the old Billy Barool.
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post #20 of 34
3/6/08 at 11:07pm
Am I the only one who thinks this prime douche should have golf balls fired at his head for a bit?

What a fucking prick.

Sorry, not seein the funny side on this one. Cruelty to animals sends me a bit wrong to be honest.
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post #21 of 34
3/6/08 at 11:09pm
Haha. Phil Wins.
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post #22 of 34
3/6/08 at 11:39pm
Definitely has a jagoff look about him:



Good thing he's white so we don't have second-guess lynching him in an alley.
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post #23 of 34
3/7/08 at 1:11am
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Originally Posted by The Rain Dog View Post
Am I the only one who thinks this prime douche should have golf balls fired at his head for a bit?

What a fucking prick.

Sorry, not seein the funny side on this one. Cruelty to animals sends me a bit wrong to be honest.
You're not the only one.

And Moltisanti, that's why it's wonderful when douchebags are the same colour as you. Free reign to hate them and discuss possible ways to torture and kill them without anyone protesting.
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post #24 of 34
3/7/08 at 1:23am
Jesus, get a sense of fucking humor. Really.
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post #25 of 34
3/7/08 at 1:46am
Shine on you crazy diamond!

Ugh
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post #26 of 34
3/7/08 at 2:45am
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Originally Posted by RathBandu View Post
Jesus, get a sense of fucking humor. Really.
No.
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post #27 of 34
3/7/08 at 4:24am
This would have been pretty awesome to see.

*whoosh*

*thwack*

--silence--

*CAW*

--silence--

*rustle*


*thud*

Would be right at home as a gag in Happy Gilmore 2. Sucks for the bird, I guess.
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post #28 of 34
3/7/08 at 4:25am
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Originally Posted by Cogs of Fate View Post
This would have been pretty awesome to see.

*whoosh*

*thwack*

--silence--

*CAW*

--silence--

*rustle*


*thud*

"FOOOOORE!" (snicker snicker)

Would be right at home as a gag in Happy Gilmore 2. Sucks for the bird, I guess.
Fixed.
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post #29 of 34
3/7/08 at 4:53am
I still feel horrible when I killed a mouse as I jumped trying to avoid it when I was a kid.

Why would it run UNDER my feet when I leaped?
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post #30 of 34
3/7/08 at 4:55am
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I still feel horrible when I killed a mouse as I jumped trying to avoid it when I was a kid.

Why would it run UNDER my feet when I leaped?
It thought you could fly?
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post #31 of 34
3/7/08 at 4:57am
It WAS a Mexican mouse. So, maybe.
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post #32 of 34
3/7/08 at 11:32am
It was darting for your shadow, get out of the light. Safety and such....

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Senger said it was "basically like a joke to (Isenhour)." He said no one in the roughly 15-person crew intervened, and many later regretted it.

"It was one of those cases where there's some trepidation on whether or not they should speak up and do something," Senger said.
Basically a joke, eh, but just to him. Is that right Senger? Fifteen grown adults and how many tries from this guy and no one said anything? It isn't like he hit it with one shot. Everyone in the vicinity can go fuck themselves.
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post #33 of 34
3/7/08 at 11:48am
This dude's SO coming back as a hawk on a golf-course in his next life...
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post #34 of 34
3/7/08 at 12:21pm
No chance in hell he can kill this Hawk:

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