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Outdoors writer may face charges

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by HanSenSE, Dec 6, 2013.

  1. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    It was a takeoff from a scene in "My Cousin Vinny".
     
  2. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    The guy was an outdoors writer and it was his first time hunting?
     
  3. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    Never mind pretending your a deer. In some places, that happens to human beings, too.
     
  4. Flip Wilson

    Flip Wilson Well-Known Member

    Well, I can appreciate a "My Cousin Vinny" reference, I just didn't remember that scene. And Marisa Tomei? Yum.
     
  5. MCbamr

    MCbamr Member

    Oh, and you blend?
     
  6. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Good thing this wasn't in Wisconsin. A different animal crime would've been in play.

    (And the second My Cousin Vinny reference of the day on this board. Nice.)
     
  7. SixToe

    SixToe Well-Known Member

    Hiring someone for this position who never has hunted means the management is pretty fucking stupid.

    "Mainstreaming" ... excellent. Very nicely done.
     
  8. lesboulez

    lesboulez Member

    plenty of football writers who've never played football...
     
  9. Shoeless Joe

    Shoeless Joe Active Member

    A while back, my former paper's outdoor writer did a piece about the state re-introducing elk into the area. He is a very good writer and big outdoorsman. The story went something like this:

    "blah blah blah ... the majestic sound of bull elk ... not heard in these parts in more than a century ... magnificent creatures once again ... where they once ruled ... at great expense ... extraordinary effort by state officials ... and then we can shoot them."
     
  10. Outdoors writer does not necessarily equal hunter or fisherman. It can also be a hiker, biker, conservationist, or bird watcher.
    I have worked at two papers where the "outdoor" writer was not a hunter. I think it's unusual, but ...

    Also, to attract younger readers it may not be a bad idea to look at adding an outdoor writer who's more of a hiker/biker than a guns and ammo.
     
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