Wednesday 1 July 2020

War Zone

4.30pm. Still siesta time. Only sound, the cicadas .

Just now there was a very loud blast from a shotgun. Very close, too close.  Bits of something hit the side of the house.

What the hell. I'm not going outside to investigate.

Someone taking a pot shot at a rabbit or a rogue goat. Or a maniac?  Have to presume it's not a maniac. It's mid summer, we are having a heat wave. Every door and window is wide open.

I'll get K onto this. This is an OMG and WTF.

We think it was closest-neighbour protecting his newly sprouting garden, with 100 young corn plants plus an abundance of other budding vegetables, from a hungry rabbit. 

Frequently we hear gunshots, from faraway, in and out of hunting season, but never this close.
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11 comments:

  1. JayCee1 July 2020 at 13:06

    Get the tin hat on. Hope your house isn't damaged by shrapnel?

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    1. local alien1 July 2020 at 22:36

      Too scared to go outside and look. Ill wait for backup!

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  2. kiwikid1 July 2020 at 15:05

    Not good so close to your house.

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  3. angela1 July 2020 at 17:05

    Don’t like gun shots. I always check the time in case the police come and ask
    Let’s hope K finds out what happend and the person responsible learns to maybe just shoot into the air
    Glad your ok

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    1. local alien1 July 2020 at 22:39

      I always look at the clock too. You never know!
      He must have been shooting at a moving target and hit the ground, or the bunny on the ground, for stones to fly up.
      Oh we will find out!

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  4. coffeeontheporchwithme1 July 2020 at 19:40

    Are there no hunting regulations (e.g. you cannot fire within so many feet of a residential area)? Not acceptable. -Jenn

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    1. local alien1 July 2020 at 22:41

      Not acceptable at all. Someone is going to get a yelling at.
      I'm sure there is some sort of regulation. No one around here would worry about that. Anything that gets on your property is fair game. Lucky it was the hottest time of the day and we were inside.

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  5. Susan Heather1 July 2020 at 22:38

    Not good. Trust K. gets it sorted.

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    1. local alien1 July 2020 at 22:42

      Oh K will sort them out! Just have to make a few inquiries. Whoever it was will probably be telling the story and boasting about it.

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  6. Tigger's Mum1 July 2020 at 22:44

    If he was protecting a corn crop he's probably sheared it all off with shotgun pellets. That, quite frankly, is terrifying so close to homes. What happened to rabbit traps? (The humane kind)

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