Stress gets to us all. Personally, I have a problem with grinding my teeth in my sleep. I also have on occasion hurled a game controller when Ben Roethlisberger throws an interception during an intense game of John Madden NFL 07. It’s embarrassing, sure, but it’s part of the human condition.
Purposely killing a bird because it’s interrupting a video shoot, as Tripp Isenhour did, is not part of the human condition. It’s much closer to the act of a psychopath really.
From The Smoking Gun:
-Nettled by a noisy red-shouldered hawk that was disrupting a video shoot, a professional golfer allegedly silenced the bird by striking and killing it with a golf drive from about 75 yards away.
Now Tripp Isenhour, 39, is facing a pair of misdemeanor criminal charges for the December 12 incident at Florida’s Grand Cypress Golf Club. According to March 5 court filings, Isenhour–who last year earned nearly $500,000 on the PGA Tour–was taping a “Shoot Like a Pro” video when the bird’s singing disrupted filming on several occasions. The golfer, pictured at right, initially responded by trying to strike the bird as it sat in a tree about 300 yards from where he was filming the video. Those attempts failed.
But when the hawk later relocated to a tree much closer to the set and resumed singing, Isenhour again targeted the bird, announcing, “I’ll get him now.” Investigators allege that it took Isenhour about 10 tries to zero in on the hawk, which was struck with one of Isenhour’s shots and knocked out of the tree. After killing the bird, which fell 30 feet from its perch, Isenhour remarked, “I didn’t think I would hit it,” according to witnesses. The dying hawk, “bleeding from its nostrils, its mouth opening and closing slowly,” was later buried on the golf course
So Isenhour joins the Michael Vick Society, a group of over-pampered, out-of-touch athletes who think that killing animals for the hell of it is their oligarchal right. Remember, Isenhour didn’t just get irritated and rip a shot off at a bird. That would be wrong, but understandable. No, Isenhour took multiple shots at the bird, until it became a game for him.
I wonder if that part will be in the “Shoot Like a Pro” video? And I wonder if Tim Finchem will have anything to say about this.
–WKW
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last year? He's not good enough to keep his card.
That's why he didn't think he'd hit it. But he kept
trying...the jerk!
a bird makes some noise during some video that no one cares about...let's kill the bird.
is an evil act of negative energy which we call
negative Karma. By doing so Tripp Isenhour aka
John Henry Isenhour III, could have begun a series of negative events, such as an unending losing streak dominating his career to its end.
Would Tiger Woods have killed that beautiful
animal out of anger and ego? NO, not at all.
Just like Vick make an example of this idiot I would have loved to see him tring to hit the hawk I would have stopped him I wonder why the other people stood and watched him do this just as much to blame The guy earlier was right this will be bad Karma
One pampered athlete: priceless.
There are some things that money can't buy...
or are there, Nationwide?
Tripp's no doubt an arrogant jerk and there's no excusing his actions. But these comments prove that there is no quack quite like a supposed animal rights quack.
He makes me sick. I hope his wife takes care of the 3 cats he adopted because he may hit them with a golf ball when they meow.
Vick and him can share a cell and both of them should be treated how they treated these animals!
Yes, a person did a morally reprehensible thing. Umm, we ARE human and ARE allowed to make errors in judgement. That's why we have a judicial system, to assess blame/penalties when those errors are deemed illegal.
Sorry the bird died, and died badly. Hawks ARE beautiful to watch (we have several at my course) and they help keep the pidgeon/parrot population in check! ;)
The most disturbed group of individuals who suffer from this disorder are the ones that call themselves "hunter"!
Yeah, "great outdoor fun" and "sportsmanship".
To disgusting for words!!
No, it's the law moron. Hunting is for food. And making the assumption that no one here is upset by senseless killing of people is idiotic. Finally, hitting a ball one at a bird to move it is "bad judgment." Doing it repeatedly until you actually hit it is sick. So sad for you that you lack the moral fiber to feel upset about all injustices large and small.
As for the fools who want to bring his family into it, get a grip. This is not Saudi Arabia or the mob. Punish the guilty, not the related.
You're at the top of the food chain, humans. Act like it. He may have been trying to scare the bird off, maybe trying to ding it so it would fly away. It isn't as if he caged it and tortured it to death. Accident or mild momentary stupidity, at worst. Get some perspective, people.
There's always "something worse", that doesn't mean other injustices should be overlooked, can I break your legs with a baseball bat and get away with it because thats not as bad as killing multiple children?
You're at the top of the food chain, humans. Act like it. He may have been trying to scare the bird off, maybe trying to ding it so it would fly away. It isn't as if he caged it and tortured it to death. Accident or mild momentary stupidity, at worst. Get some perspective, people."
yeah and WHO designed the food chain? Oh that's right - humans! So of COURSE we're at the top of it! Silly me..
Aside from that, it's a known fact that people who abuse animals are more likely to commit domestic violence and child abuse.
Here, let me simplify it for you NewYorkCity visitor
If you break it down to its bare essentials:
"Abusing an animal is a way for a human to find power/joy/fulfillment through the torture of a victim they know cannot defend itself."
Now break down a human crime, say rape. If we substitute a few pronouns, it's the SAME THING.
"Rape is a way for a human to find power/joy/fulfillment through the torture of a victim they know cannot defend themselves."
Now try it with, say, domestic abuse such as child abuse or spousal abuse:
"Child abuse is a way for a human to find power/joy/fulfillment through the torture of a victim they know cannot defend themselves."
Do you see the pattern here?
The killing fields were an injustice. The Holocaust was an injustice. Slavery was an injustice.
Turn off your iPod, put down the Starbucks latte and get over yourself. A dead bird is not an injustice unless you come from Manhassett and go to liberal arts college.
He is a disgrace to the human race. This defenseless bird did not deserve this. This is a serious crime!
Chicago
If you break it down to its bare essentials:
"Abusing an animal is a way for a human to find power/joy/fulfillment through the torture of a victim they know cannot defend itself."
Abusing a liberal is a way for a conservative to find power/joy/fulfillment through the torture of a victim they know cannot defend itself."
LOL
Vick wasn't in trouble for killing a few dogs. It was for running an organized crime ring. And being stupid. The latter is about all they have in common.
We have dominion over the earth & most times all we do is exploir & kill the less evolved species because of our "superiority".
I'd like to shove a golf club up Tripp's ass.
Monte wrote:
If you break it down to its bare essentials:
"Abusing an animal is a way for a human to find power/joy/fulfillment through the torture of a victim they know cannot defend itself."
Abusing a liberal is a way for a conservative to find power/joy/fulfillment through the torture of a victim they know cannot defend itself."
LOL"
Mark,
Just for the record, I AM a vegan and have been for over 20 years. (So there goes your theory about eating chicken or turkey)... Would you like my address so you can send me the $100????
Secondly, a woman's right to choose is just that - a woman's RIGHT. The discussion does not even belong in politics. I don't feel women have the right to tell men what to do with their bodies and the same holds true the other way around. Look at all the dead-beat dad's out there who don't pay child support? I can go on and on but until you walk in someone's shoes, don't say something like that. A WOMAN has the right to do what she wants with her body... period.
Lastly your childish response of abusing a liberal was quite predictable, I must say. I surely can't wait for Obama to get into office so he can start changing the conservative way this country has been ran for far too long.
You first broke the news on the Lynch-gate, now you are the one on this Hawk-gate.
The other bloggers are just eating dust.
Anyway, nice shot and welocome to the new religion of the U.S.. Some of these bird loving hippocrates, who eat beef, fowl, fish, et al, and don't have the balls to kill the animals themselves, should stop wringing their hands and strap a set on.