“Robert Meilhammer, 51, of Crapo, Md., was struck in the head Thursday by a dead Canada goose that plunged from the sky after a fellow waterfowl hunter fired a blind shot on a flock overhead, npr.org reports. Some might chalk it up to bad luck; others, to karma. Let’s take a closer look at what happened . . .
Meilhammer was in the midst of a hunting party with three friends in Easton, Md.
The goose fell about 90 feet, knocking the hunter out instantly and causing head and facial injuries. When Meilhammer came to, he was coherent but “hazy,” according to the Maryland Natural Resources Police.
Wow, come at me bro. I mean did he even see the bird coming at him? Was he just staring into the sky? Why, why, why? I have so many questions.
Natural Resources police officers and EMS responders transported Meilhammer via ambulance to the Easton Airport, where he was airlifted to the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
This goose is a serious criminal and I’m glad he is off the streets or, in this case, airways.
Talbot County EMS responders called his head injury “severe.” The dead bird also knocked out two of Meilhammer’s teeth.
Dude, seriously were you just staring at the goose as he landed on your grill? You could’ve turned away.
Thousands of Canada geese in the United States migrate south each year, filling the sky with long, V-formations. Adult Canada geese weigh about 12 to 14 pounds, and can have a wing span reaching nearly 6 feet. The “honkers,” as the bird are called for their noisy calls, are found in every contiguous U.S. state.
Twelve to 14 lbs. of feathers is falling from the sky, presumably straight at you, what do you do? Not what this guy did.
Meilhammer is in stable condition.
I’m grateful the guy didn’t die as a result of the goose assault. Otherwise poking fun at him for not protecting his face as the feathery football fell on his face would be so, so wrong.
belly band at 5 o clock – anything will disappear, even if you’re wearing scrubs.
Recoil is fine, up to a point. For me, that point is reached after a cylinder or two from a S&W 460XVR or a flat of full power 00 buck from my little coach gun that slowly but surely beats me half to death. For masochists, I strongly recommend a rifle in any one of the Nitro Express chamberings. Your shoulder will hate you for it.
“CRAPO”?!? Seriously is this an Onion thing?????Reminds me when on my 1st “honeymoon” 40 some years ago a Canada Goose attacked my pregnant bride at Brookfield Zoo…funny stuff????
I’ve always wondered why these people always carry knives and pens and shit.
I just carry a gun.
And another gun.
Why would I want to even the odds with hand to hand combat?
I like recoil to a point.
I honestly love shooting .357 Magnum and .44 Magnum in heavy revolvers and could shoot them all day long. Perhaps that is why I am comfortable with recoil from full-size semi-automatic pistols chambered in .40 S&W shooting 180 grain bullets — and why that is my everyday carry handgun.
And I enjoy prolonged shooting sessions with common rifle calibers (up to .30-06 Springfield) and 20 gauge shotguns when they have Limbsaver recoil pads.
My only platform that crosses my threshold is my Mossberg model 500 pump-action shotgun in 12 gauge shooting Hornady SST (305 grain) slugs. They exit the muzzle at 2,000 fps and generate brutal recoil. (According to various recoil calculators, that produces about the same recoil as 25 pound rifles chambered in .50 BMG with the best available muzzle breaks.) My limit is 15 rounds of that madness and then I am done for the day — and the next day as well.
I occasionally carry 180grs. but they measure .429″ instead of .40″ and the zip out of the barrel at 1500fps.
Dropped a crow on my son once. He was aiming at another crow winging away and never saw the one that was almost directly above him. A quick snap shot and it was on him. We still laugh about it.
It wasn’t a goose though. Back when I did waterfowl I can remember the heavy ‘thud’ them critters made when they hit land after taking a load of 4s.
Wilson could not combat the urge to offer you an opportunity to pansify your Glock while surrendering your cash.
Anybody’s guess what the manager’s motive was. She may be anti-cop or anti-gun. More likely, telling the cop to leave, instead of the unreasonable customer, was the path of least resistance. Note that she “made a call”, presumably to a superior, before ordering the game warden to leave. I’m skeptical of the claim that she and her superior misunderstood corporate policy.
What the manager should have done was tell the complainer that the “no guns” policy did not apply to police officers. If the complainer was uncomfortable with an armed officer present, the restaurant would cancel her order and she could leave. In the manager’s place, I would have added that restaurants have been the scenes of armed robberies and mass murders. Having an armed officer as a customer provides them with an armed security guard at no cost.
In areas where “no guns” signs do not have the force of law, “concealed means concealed” solves the problem for everyone.
I disagree with those who seem pleased that a police officer was treated as badly as a private individual. Mistreating him, too, does nothing to stop mistreatment of the rest of us.
I dream of Full auto m2 hip fired from a tank with rock and roll over the loudspeakers with jets flying overhead and bunker busters going off. No ear pro.
Why don’t you just tell us what the problem is?
Question is how does it compare to a zev tech Glock?
Point 9 millimeter wow!
Shot placement is so critical when using the .9mm. That is all
Uh…, what was the point of the story?
I don’t know of ANYONE or any entity that has TOO MUCH ammo.
1) Guns are the great equalizer, they diminishes the disparity of physical strength and speed between people.
2) When you value the individual rights as much as the group, then bearing arms as in the 2A becomes critical.
3) Guns and rules about/against guns don’t fix stupid/mean people from being stupid / mean.