Legal humour
A big city-slicker lawyer went duck shooting. He dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing. The litigator responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and now I'm going to retrieve it."
The old farmer replied, "This is my property, and you are not coming over here." The indignant lawyer said, "I am one of the best trial attorneys in the country and, if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take everything you own."
The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't know how we settle disputes in these parts . We settle small disagreements with the Three Kick Rule."
The lawyer asks, "What is the Three Kick Rule?" to which the farmer replies, "Well, because the dispute occurs on my land, I get to go first. I kick you three times and then you kick me three times and so on back and forth until someone gives up."
The attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old codger. He agreed to abide by the local custom.
The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the attorney. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy steel toed work boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees. His second kick to the midriff sent the lawyer's last meal gushin' from his mouth.
The lawyer was on all fours when the farmer's third kick to his rear end, sent him face-first into a fresh cow pat. The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and dragged himself to his feet.
Wiping his face with the arm of his jacket, he said, "O'kay, you old fart. Now it's my turn."
The old farmer smiled and said, "Nah, I give up. You can have the duck.",
Comments
We discussed this sort of thing during a master hunter cert class in Oregon ...
Yea, the farmer can forbid you to retrieve the game. But he is guilty of poaching if he picks it up without being the person who shot it ( even if he has a hunting license ), and wasting game meat ( lesser offense, but still a $500 fine ) if he does not.
Posted by: Kristopher | August 18, 2008 8:33 PM
The "wasting game meat" offence is interesting (as is the other).
It saddens me when even a rabbit heart is left in the fridge too long.
Ooh, you are offal - but I like you!
Posted by: EX_STAB | August 18, 2008 9:43 PM
"Ooh, you are offal - but I like you!"
Thats the best quote I've heard in a long time. Thankyou Sir!!
I too hate to see good game wasted. Or any game for that matter. No matter how long it takes me to deal with, I will never waste game meat. Even if it means the wife waking up to a munty lying on the doorstep from my Head Keeper.....
Posted by: Rod | August 19, 2008 9:00 AM