Call it what it was: a lucky shot. A tragic, unexpected, lucky shot. However evil you think Isenhour is for this act of animal cruelty, there is no way on God's green earth that he really thought he could hit that bird.
Also, if you read that article carefully, you will see that Jethro here, who is bashing the tar out of Tripp, was the sound engineer on the shoot. A couple sentences later, the article says that none of the 15 crew members—Jethro the sound engineer included—intervened. But it does say they all felt bad later for not having intervened.
Awwww. Isn't that cute? They felt bad. Good for them. I'll tell you why they didn't intervene: They didn't think Tripp had a chance in Hades of hitting that bird, that's why.
Isenhour has officially been charged with cruelty to animals and killing a migratory bird. Imagine the job interviews he'll have in the future:
"Have you ever been convicted of a crime?"
"Well, one time, yes."
"Oh yeah? What was the charge?"
"Oh, you know...killing a migratory bird...the usual stuff."
I presume he'll end up with quite a hefty fine—Florida officials have already gone back to the course and dug up the dead bird for evidence—which is reminiscent of that Seinfeld episode where Jerry and Kramer dig up the neighbor's parrot in the pet cemetery in order to retrieve the key from the bird's stomach.
How many times in your life can you say you dug up a dead bird and had a good reason for it? Not many, I'm guessing...but maybe that's just me.
Oh, and it's also tough to talk about this story without remembering the amazing and powerful Randy Johnson who famously killed a bird with a perfectly-timed fast ball.
Anyway, golfers everywhere should take heed. Any errant shot into the woods could end up killing wildlife, and you could end up facing charges. Certainly don't go aiming for birds as the genius Isenhour did. That has now been proven to have been a very bad decision.
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