Isenhour charged with killing noisy bird

[PThomas]

what an ass

[Don Hyslop]

Filming outdoors and they do not expect any background noise. Reports say the hawk was 300 yards away and that is enough to ruin the take? If it was why didn't they just move to another hole?
  On our course, it always adds to my enjoyment of a round to see a bald eagle, a deer on the fairway or foxes playing around which although not an everyday thing does occur from time to time.

[TEPaul]

This is absolutely amazing, this website is just the best for discovering little-known albeit incredibly interesting information. Not until today did I realize hawks have nostrils. Does this mean I have a beak?

I'm feeling some real atonement with the Universe today!

[Dan Herrmann]

At least a rhino can strike back.

What an idiot this Tripp guy is.  Pulling stupid teenage stunts at 40.  His family must be SO proud.

[PThomas]

This is absolutely amazing, this website is just the best for discovering little-known albeit incredibly interesting information. Not until today did I realize hawks have nostrils. Does this mean I have a beak?

I'm feeling some real atonement with the Universe today!

Tom,

It means that you and the HAwk have something in common, nostrils.  Hawks have a little penis, something else you may have in common with them as well.

My son will probably be a zookeeper someday, he wathces Animal Planet religiously, and we saw a story about Rhinos,  a lady was trying to find if they gather together even though they are known to be solitary animals.  Sure enough serveral came togehter at night at a watering hole.  Maybe this gentleman could be forced to hit balls in the dark at a gathering of Rhinos, and well that may be a good lesson for him...if he survives!

your rhino story reminds me of hippos , Kelly, which too my surprise i found out a few years ago are very dangerous animals that do sometimes kill people

[John Kavanaugh]

I hope Tripp is forgiven with the same compassion recently shown to Kelly T.  In the meantime I would suggest he study this link: http://www.howtofoldashirt.net/

[Doug Ralston]

This is absolutely amazing, this website is just the best for discovering little-known albeit incredibly interesting information. Not until today did I realize hawks have nostrils. Does this mean I have a beak?

I'm feeling some real atonement with the Universe today!

Tom,

It means that you and the HAwk have something in common, nostrils.  Hawks have a little penis, something else you may have in common with them as well.

My son will probably be a zookeeper someday, he wathces Animal Planet religiously, and we saw a story about Rhinos,  a lady was trying to find if they gather together even though they are known to be solitary animals.  Sure enough serveral came togehter at night at a watering hole.  Maybe this gentleman could be forced to hit balls in the dark at a gathering of Rhinos, and well that may be a good lesson for him...if he survives!

your rhino story reminds me of hippos , Kelly, which too my surprise i found out a few years ago are very dangerous animals that do sometimes kill people

Yes, they do. But they never come to human territory, hunting humans to kill.

Doug

[Matt_Cohn]

I hope Tripp is forgiven with the same compassion recently shown to Kelly T.  In the meantime I would suggest he study this link: http://www.howtofoldashirt.net/

what the....?

[Ryan Farrow]

This L.A. Times article is more damning...the bird moved to within 75 yards and he allegedly said, "I'll get him now."

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-hawk7mar07,0,3915940.story

I guess I'm just as guilty as the rest of us on this thread, but shouldn't there be a "way OT" notice in the thread title...or is there an architecture angle someone wants to throw out there?

Jay, If golf course designers would ever look beyond the golf and the drainage, we would see a lot more of these guys and some other incredible wildlife a lot more frequently. And perhaps start to shred that nasty environmentally un-friendly label. Of course idiots like this one will never help.

[Norbert P]

 Well, I guess we have a new "Isenhour" tree. 

Poor beautiful bird. I hope the $10,000 fine (if Ise gets the fine) goes to his family.

[George Pazin]

I hope Tripp is forgiven with the same compassion recently shown to Kelly T.  In the meantime I would suggest he study this link: http://www.howtofoldashirt.net/

I am highly offended that you would choose to bash the t shirt industry. I will be contacting my lawyer shortly.

[cary lichtenstein]

By looking at his recent record, it's the first thing he's hit all year.

He gets a "dumb ass" award.

I think he gets the Darwin Award of the year for golfers, his career is probably as dead as his chance for invites.

Reminds me of the guy at Trump a few years back who killed the Swan and then buried the body and tried to "cover it up"

[Dan Herrmann]

I hope Tripp is forgiven with the same compassion recently shown to Kelly T.  In the meantime I would suggest he study this link: http://www.howtofoldashirt.net/

Hilarious!  I'm laughing out loud here!

[Lou_Duran]

I hope Tripp is forgiven with the same compassion recently shown to Kelly T.  In the meantime I would suggest he study this link: http://www.howtofoldashirt.net/

I've followed John K through his BarneyF and JakaB periods to present, and this post clearly ranks as his greatest contribution to the furthering of knowledge and understanding among men.  In the overall gca.com rankings, I have it at number 6 or 7, though if George Pazin would have included a translation and an adaptation of the technique to large American sizes, it may have reached as high as 3 or 4.

BTW, at Colonial CC, they have a game called tumble the turtles on #13 while waiting for the green to clear.  The participants get as level to the surface of the water as possible and hit punch shots across the pond at turtles sunning on partially submerged logs.  A direct hit is awarded multiple points and takes the money.

BTW2, not to justify or excuse the pro's behavior, but it wasn't all that long ago that raptors were not looked at as creatures worth protecting.  A friend's kids lost two large pet rabbits to a neighborhood red tail hawk, one whose predation they witnessed in its full horror.  Nature can be very cruel.   

[cary lichtenstein]

I hope Tripp is forgiven with the same compassion recently shown to Kelly T.  In the meantime I would suggest he study this link: http://www.howtofoldashirt.net/

I've followed John K through his BarneyF and JakaB periods to present, and this post clearly ranks as his greatest contribution to the furthering of knowledge and understanding among men.  In the overall gca.com rankings, I have it at number 6 or 7, though if George Pazin would have included a translation and an adaptation of the technique to large American sizes, it may have reached as high as 3 or 4.

BTW, at Colonial CC, they have a game called tumble the turtles on #13 while waiting for the green to clear.  The participants get as level to the surface of the water as possible and hit punch shots across the pond at turtles sunning on partially submerged logs.  A direct hit is awarded multiple points and takes the money.

BTW2, not to justify or excuse the pro's behavior, but it wasn't all that long ago that raptors were not looked at as creatures worth protecting.  A friend's kids lost two large pet rabbits to a neighborhood red tail hawk, one whose predation they witnessed in its full horror.  Nature can be very cruel.   

Lou:

I got it higher, maybe an 8.5

Cary

[JESII]

did you follow that link through to the "HeGotOwned" site?  Hysterical...watch at least until the gymnasts...

[Lou_Duran]

Cary,

I was using the actual ranking, not the GW scale.  As I recall, an 8.5 would put it in the top 10.

[Jay Flemma]

This L.A. Times article is more damning...the bird moved to within 75 yards and he allegedly said, "I'll get him now."

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-hawk7mar07,0,3915940.story

I guess I'm just as guilty as the rest of us on this thread, but shouldn't there be a "way OT" notice in the thread title...or is there an architecture angle someone wants to throw out there?

Jay, If golf course designers would ever look beyond the golf and the drainage, we would see a lot more of these guys and some other incredible wildlife a lot more frequently. And perhaps start to shred that nasty environmentally un-friendly label. Of course idiots like this one will never help.

OK, Ryan, teach me...about how much wildlife gets chased away?  Why might birds get chased away by drainage?  Why won't they come back when the work is completed?

[Mark_F]

BTW, at Colonial CC, they have a game called tumble the turtles on #13 while waiting for the green to clear.  The participants get as level to the surface of the water as possible and hit punch shots across the pond at turtles sunning on partially submerged logs.  A direct hit is awarded multiple points and takes the money.

Gee, you sure breed them tough in Texas, hitting golf balls at a creature minding it's own business.  I bet your momma baked you a real big apple pie every time you pulled the wings off a butterfly as a child.

No wonder Dubya hails from there. He probably became Governor because he adopted a stray from the pound then left it on a freeway during rush hour.

YEEHAWWWWWW!!!

Nature can be very cruel. 

It sure can be.  Someone has to actually live with you.

The picture of the owl showed an absolutely stunning looking bird.

[Lou_Duran]

Mr. Ferguson,

They say you can tell a lot about a man by the company he keeps.  Thank you for honoring me.

By the way, it is a hawk, not an owl.

[Lou_Duran]

KBM,

You are probably right, except it is not my nature to pick targets.  If an argument can't be made without resorting to personal attacks, it probably has no underlying merit (and shouldn't be made).  Anyways, I have no issues with the Sooner nation, or the Maize and Blue for that matter.  Both offer wonderful, hospitable places to play golf as well as semi-serious competition for my favorite teams.

BTW, can you expand on the wildlife corridors idea.  In my African travels we learned that wildlife tended to like roads for mobility.  There also doesn't appear to be a shortage of animals on golf courses with creeks running through them, even in urban settings.  Unless you are talking about high fencing and wall-to-wall clearing, I am not sure what you mean.  At least in Texas, only a rare piece of land would be mostly cleared.  Population of animals such as the white tail deer and the Rio Grande and eastern turkeys are at historic highs.  Coyotes, bobcats, and hawks are everywhere.  Jeff Brauer even claims he saw a mountain lion cross his backyard in a city of over 300,000 in the middle of the D/FW metroplex.

[PThomas]

Kelly - thank you for pointing out the importance of wildlife corridors

[Dan Herrmann]

Speaking of corridors - have you noticed the wildlife corridor bridges over I-78 in New Jersey fairly close to Baltrusol?  Pretty cool when you see a normal looking bridge filled with trees and other native plants.

[Bob_Huntley]

I think that Trip must feel like Heinrich Himmler right now and I feel sorry for him.  I am sure that many of us have taken golfing pot shots at crows; a magnificent hawk is different...or is it?

Many years ago in Africa, as a much younger man, I shot just about everything that moved. You name it, lion, leopard, elephant, Cape buffalo and a host of game for eating. Today, I could no more pick up a gun and shoot a rabbit. 

With age, one hopes, comes a modicum of respect for the beauty of the beast and the machismo of the hunt evaporates. If one does enough research one could  read about a famous golfer, a major winner, Saracen I think, who delivered a similar coup de grace to a bird on a golf course. No one casitigated him at the time but just was awed at his precision.

Such was the temper of the time.

Bob

[Steve Lang]

  I'm all for peaceful co-existence.. but could this become a new feature on The Big Break, using animal models verus those panes of glass?