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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Well heck I'm all screwed up right now, I wrote in the wrong place I ment to write it all here and well you get the picture, Poor Patty i found her this morning dead and saw her back leg, but all there was just a hole with bone peices on the outside you can see where the bullet went into and out the other side, her tibia was shatter, she come up to the front and must have drink water and then just droped, hubby and I and the deputy think she must of have died from the shock, she was going to be 40 this year. With her age she died pretty fast I hope. I hate this....
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-08 2:56 PM
Today found my old mare by the water tank dead, she was shot in the back leg and died of shock is all we can figure out. |
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Location: NE Texas | Oh no, I am so very sorry! What a tragic thing and i'm sorry you had to find her like that. Many prayers and hugs to you!!!!! |
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Thanks for all the kind words, hubby called the Sheriff and a deputy did come out to write up a report, theres not anything we can do because we live out in the country and lots of open land and lots of gun happy people all around us, so we cant say who did it, we have lots of pochers out here so no telling her shot her. So I wanted a report on this so just in case something does come up. Poor old thing she was going so good for her age and then this happens. This must have happen last night. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Oh, Roxie, I'm so, so sorry. Breaks my heart to read this happening to you. You're in my thoughts and prayers my friend. If you need ANYTHING, let me know. Many hugs. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Thanks for all the kind words, so sad when this happens. I'm thinking someone was hog hunting last night and she was in the way, we have lots of hog hunting guys out here. So cant but the blame on anybody, wish I could thou,, just sucks... |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | NJJ - 2014-08-08 3:06 PM OMG.........how terrible! Hugs for you, Friend!!!! Thanks Norma and to all my BB's, just makes me sick.
Edit to say, this just makes me sick to have this happen to an old horse. When I reread what I wrote, it didnt look right..
Thank you guys for all the sweeet words and hugs. means alot to me :)
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | komet. - 2014-08-08 3:01 PM How much damage is there?
You know there was not much damage at all just a hole where the bullet went in and where it came out is where the bone peices were. I didnt want to look cause I thought that she must have got hung up in the fence somewhere when I saw the blood by the water tank, didnt want to see the mess but took a tiny peek at her leg and saw no damage like what I would have thought , just the hole on either side. So then I took a harder look and saw what i thought and called hubby and deputy and they saw and told me that she was shot.. her tibia area was all swelled up, call vet to ask question and he said all the damage was on the inside. Thats why it had swelled the way it did, the bone was shatter. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I knew the day was coming to have to put her down, she was getting a bit run down and I knew it would be this winter cause last year the winter was hard on her, she didnt handle it very well lost weight, but when spring gets here she always gets back to normal weight, but not this year. She was really sweet, bought her so she could live her days out just being a horse and no more work for her. She was 25 when I got her and had her for the last 18 years of her life. ") |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-08 4:12 PM
I knew the day was coming to have to put her down, she was getting a bit run down and I knew it would be this winter cause last year the winter was hard on her, she didnt handle it very well lost weight, but when spring gets here she always gets back to normal weight, but not this year. She was really sweet, bought her so she could live her days out just being a horse and no more work for her. She was 25 when I got her and had her for the last 18 years of her life. ")
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Thanks guys  it warms my heart and brings tears to my eyes , reading all the kindness on here, I'm not one to wear my heart on my sleeve's , but today I cant help it.
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Location: In a happy place | Oh Roxie I had no idea this had happened to you today. What a tragedy. Poor thing to have had to go this way. If there is anything I can do please let me know.
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Location: CTX | Oh no, what a horiible thing to have happen!! Sick to my stomach just reading this!
That has always been my fear with my idiot neighbors.... So sorry it happened to you and Patty.
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Location: SE Louisiana | sorrel horse ranch - 2014-08-08 6:55 PM
Oh Roxie I had no idea this had happened to you today. What a tragedy. Poor thing to have had to go this way. If there is anything I can do please let me know.
I am so sorry this has happened to you. You are such a wonderful person.
This didn't happen to Roxie.. It happened to Pattie... I'm sorry but I'm the kind of person that would follow the blood trail back to where it started.... I promise you the bullet didn't go very far after it exited... I'd darn well find it and have the police enter the ballistics results into the nation-wide system.... It's a darn shame this horse lived 43 years only to be killed this way.. Kudos to Roxie for helping her to live this long. I know of at least one animal that will be waiting for her at the Rainbow Bridge... |
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Location: In a happy place | komet. - 2014-08-08 7:46 PM sorrel horse ranch - 2014-08-08 6:55 PM Oh Roxie I had no idea this had happened to you today. What a tragedy. Poor thing to have had to go this way. If there is anything I can do please let me know.
I am so sorry this has happened to you. You are such a wonderful person. This didn't happen to Roxie.. It happened to Pattie... I'm sorry but I'm the kind of person that would follow the blood trail back to where it started.... I promise you the bullet didn't go very far after it exited... I'd darn well find it and have the police enter the ballistics results into the nation-wide system.... It's a darn shame this horse lived 43 years only to be killed this way.. Kudos to Roxie for helping her to live this long. I know of at least one animal that will be waiting for her at the Rainbow Bridge...
And I think you made a good point of following the blood trail I hadn't thought about that. I would try my hardest to find the bullet and see what comes of it.
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Roxie I'm so very sorry for your loss. What a lucky horse to have lived out her last years with you and how lucky for you to have such a wonderful companion for the past 18 years. Your in my thoughts and prayers. RIP Patty. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | sorrel horse ranch - 2014-08-08 7:55 PM
komet. - 2014-08-08 7:46 PM sorrel horse ranch - 2014-08-08 6:55 PM Oh Roxie I had no idea this had happened to you today. What a tragedy. Poor thing to have had to go this way. If there is anything I can do please let me know.
I am so sorry this has happened to you. You are such a wonderful person. This didn't happen to Roxie.. It happened to Pattie... I'm sorry but I'm the kind of person that would follow the blood trail back to where it started.... I promise you the bullet didn't go very far after it exited... I'd darn well find it and have the police enter the ballistics results into the nation-wide system.... It's a darn shame this horse lived 43 years only to be killed this way.. Kudos to Roxie for helping her to live this long. I know of at least one animal that will be waiting for her at the Rainbow Bridge...
And I think you made a good point of following the blood trail I hadn't thought about that. I would try my hardest to find the bullet and see what comes of it.
'SRH... I KNOW you didn't mean anything wrong in your post.... and I didn't mean to jump on you... and I know the police in Texas have bigger problems to investigate than something like this... But to get a horse to that age only to have it die like this!!! She came up to the front looking for help... Had to hobble on three legs all the way... I'd have blood in my eye for the irresponsible shooter... |
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Location: Eastern OH but my heart is in WV | Many hugs, Roxie. So sorry for this senseless death. She was so lucky to have you for so long and vice-versa. Hang in there my friend.
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Location: Here | Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-08 4:12 PM I knew the day was coming to have to put her down, she was getting a bit run down and I knew it would be this winter cause last year the winter was hard on her, she didnt handle it very well lost weight, but when spring gets here she always gets back to normal weight, but not this year. She was really sweet, bought her so she could live her days out just being a horse and no more work for her. She was 25 when I got her and had her for the last 18 years of her life. ")
You gave her a great home and a great 2nd life. Thank you for giving her that opportunity. Again. i am so sorry. neither of you deserved this |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | komet. - 2014-08-08 7:46 PM sorrel horse ranch - 2014-08-08 6:55 PM Oh Roxie I had no idea this had happened to you today. What a tragedy. Poor thing to have had to go this way. If there is anything I can do please let me know.
I am so sorry this has happened to you. You are such a wonderful person. This didn't happen to Roxie.. It happened to Pattie... I'm sorry but I'm the kind of person that would follow the blood trail back to where it started.... I promise you the bullet didn't go very far after it exited... I'd darn well find it and have the police enter the ballistics results into the nation-wide system.... It's a darn shame this horse lived 43 years only to be killed this way.. Kudos to Roxie for helping her to live this long. I know of at least one animal that will be waiting for her at the Rainbow Bridge...
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Location: SE Louisiana | Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-08 10:37 PM
komet. - 2014-08-08 7:46 PM sorrel horse ranch - 2014-08-08 6:55 PM Oh Roxie I had no idea this had happened to you today. What a tragedy. Poor thing to have had to go this way. If there is anything I can do please let me know.
I am so sorry this has happened to you. You are such a wonderful person. This didn't happen to Roxie.. It happened to Pattie... I'm sorry but I'm the kind of person that would follow the blood trail back to where it started.... I promise you the bullet didn't go very far after it exited... I'd darn well find it and have the police enter the ballistics results into the nation-wide system.... It's a darn shame this horse lived 43 years only to be killed this way.. Kudos to Roxie for helping her to live this long. I know of at least one animal that will be waiting for her at the Rainbow Bridge...
Well.. We all know how much you love your critters.... I don't doubt you did everything you could... I didn't know about the rain. (which would have washed the blood away) |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | komet. - 2014-08-08 11:02 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-08 10:37 PM komet. - 2014-08-08 7:46 PM sorrel horse ranch - 2014-08-08 6:55 PM Oh Roxie I had no idea this had happened to you today. What a tragedy. Poor thing to have had to go this way. If there is anything I can do please let me know.
I am so sorry this has happened to you. You are such a wonderful person. This didn't happen to Roxie.. It happened to Pattie... I'm sorry but I'm the kind of person that would follow the blood trail back to where it started.... I promise you the bullet didn't go very far after it exited... I'd darn well find it and have the police enter the ballistics results into the nation-wide system.... It's a darn shame this horse lived 43 years only to be killed this way.. Kudos to Roxie for helping her to live this long. I know of at least one animal that will be waiting for her at the Rainbow Bridge... Well.. We all know how much you love your critters.... I don't doubt you did everything you could... I didn't know about the rain. (which would have washed the blood away )
Edit to add: thanks Komet I do love my critters, just wish I would have found her sooner.
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-08 11:09 PM komet. - 2014-08-08 11:02 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-08 10:37 PM komet. - 2014-08-08 7:46 PM sorrel horse ranch - 2014-08-08 6:55 PM Oh Roxie I had no idea this had happened to you today. What a tragedy. Poor thing to have had to go this way. If there is anything I can do please let me know.
I am so sorry this has happened to you. You are such a wonderful person. This didn't happen to Roxie.. It happened to Pattie... I'm sorry but I'm the kind of person that would follow the blood trail back to where it started.... I promise you the bullet didn't go very far after it exited... I'd darn well find it and have the police enter the ballistics results into the nation-wide system.... It's a darn shame this horse lived 43 years only to be killed this way.. Kudos to Roxie for helping her to live this long. I know of at least one animal that will be waiting for her at the Rainbow Bridge... Well.. We all know how much you love your critters.... I don't doubt you did everything you could... I didn't know about the rain. (which would have washed the blood away )
Edit to add: thanks Komet I do love my critters, just wish I would have found her sooner.
You certainly should not "beat yourself up" over the acts of an stupid and irresponsible hunter. You loved that horse with all your heart and took care of her the BEST you ever could. I wish I was closer to wrap my arms around you for a big HUG and shed a few tears with you....... |
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | Roxie, my heart hurts for you. I am so sorry for your loss. We have gun poppers out here all the time and I stay in a state of fear wondering when one of mine will be hurt from it. It angers me because they (hunters) KNOW they are on someone else's property and they have no regard for that.
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Location: Bandera, TX | My sympathy on your loss. We had a nice mare that had a baby on her side and due to be checked when my nephew found her. We were having poaching problems at the time. After that we stopped putting horses up in the hiway pastures. Poacher was later caught killing a buffalo. While serving a little time in Huntsville-he made a successful 3 day jail break was caught again and got an additional 50 tacked on. Idiot should be there for awhile. I don't care if they were hog hunting...you should know what your target is! |
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Location: your guess is as good as mine | uno-dos-tres! - 2014-08-09 8:28 AM My sympathy on your loss. We had a nice mare that had a baby on her side and due to be checked when my nephew found her. We were having poaching problems at the time. After that we stopped putting horses up in the hiway pastures. Poacher was later caught killing a buffalo. While serving a little time in Huntsville-he made a successful 3 day jail break was caught again and got an additional 50 tacked on. Idiot should be there for awhile. I don't care if they were hog hunting...you should know what your target is!
Exactly. I've never been hunting...so far the extent of my gun experience has been BB/pellet guns. But my Dad drilled into me that you NEVER pull the trigger unless you are SURE of what you are aiming at.
Roxie - so many (((hugs))) for you...bless you for giving Patty such awesome golden years. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | ghost rider - 2014-08-09 10:59 AM uno-dos-tres! - 2014-08-09 8:28 AM My sympathy on your loss. We had a nice mare that had a baby on her side and due to be checked when my nephew found her. We were having poaching problems at the time. After that we stopped putting horses up in the hiway pastures. Poacher was later caught killing a buffalo. While serving a little time in Huntsville-he made a successful 3 day jail break was caught again and got an additional 50 tacked on. Idiot should be there for awhile. I don't care if they were hog hunting...you should know what your target is! Exactly. I've never been hunting...so far the extent of my gun experience has been BB/pellet guns. But my Dad drilled into me that you NEVER pull the trigger unless you are SURE of what you are aiming at.
Roxie - so many (((hugs))) for you...bless you for giving Patty such awesome golden years.
Thank you all for your kind words about Patty . And I agree a true hunter knows when to shot, but I am sure someone was poaching out here and they shot my mare, to me a poacher is not a hunter just a low down no good poacher, and we are getting the word out about this, so hopefully another poacher will do some sniching. |
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Location: In a happy place | uno-dos-tres! - 2014-08-09 9:28 AM My sympathy on your loss. We had a nice mare that had a baby on her side and due to be checked when my nephew found her. We were having poaching problems at the time. After that we stopped putting horses up in the hiway pastures. Poacher was later caught killing a buffalo. While serving a little time in Huntsville-he made a successful 3 day jail break was caught again and got an additional 50 tacked on. Idiot should be there for awhile. I don't care if they were hog hunting...you should know what your target is!
So glad to know he was here in Huntsville. Ugh. Irresponsible hunter/poachers need to be educated in in how far their bullets travel if target is missed. To me that is as important as being careful about where you are aiming. And also some guns are so powerful the bullet goes right through what they are shooting and hits something else. I just hope someone has the good sense to squeal on the person that did this. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | sorrel horse ranch - 2014-08-09 12:02 PM uno-dos-tres! - 2014-08-09 9:28 AM My sympathy on your loss. We had a nice mare that had a baby on her side and due to be checked when my nephew found her. We were having poaching problems at the time. After that we stopped putting horses up in the hiway pastures. Poacher was later caught killing a buffalo. While serving a little time in Huntsville-he made a successful 3 day jail break was caught again and got an additional 50 tacked on. Idiot should be there for awhile. I don't care if they were hog hunting...you should know what your target is! So glad to know he was here in Huntsville. Ugh. Irresponsible hunter/poachers need to be educated in in how far their bullets travel if target is missed. To me that is as important as being careful about where you are aiming. And also some guns are so powerful the bullet goes right through what they are shooting and hits something else. I just hope someone has the good sense to squeal on the person that did this.
I agree a bullet coming from a high powered rifle will keep traveling even after it hits its target, I was so hurt and sad yesterday, but now I'm starting to get mad. Going to start calling neightbors around us and letting them know what happen. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Lurker2 - 2014-08-09 11:25 PM Oh Southtexasponygirl I'm so sorry for you:(. Hugs and prayers to help you get through this.
Thank you,,, I'm better now, I was just so sick thinking about this all day yesterday, I had a headache from being so uptight and my teeth hurt. Still sick about this, but now I'm getting really mad, have called a few people that knows people out here and just getting the word out about this, hopping someone will do some sniching. I started to shred the back pasture hopping it will discourage the wild hogs from getting on my land, trying to get it more open feeling. Maybe it will help keep the poachers outa here for a while, oh well I can only hope right?
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | SG. - 2014-08-09 11:53 PM Signs that say eye see you poacher with big eyeball on it freak them out a little
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Location: SE Louisiana | ghost rider - 2014-08-09 10:59 AM
uno-dos-tres! - 2014-08-09 8:28 AM My sympathy on your loss. We had a nice mare that had a baby on her side and due to be checked when my nephew found her. We were having poaching problems at the time. After that we stopped putting horses up in the hiway pastures. Poacher was later caught killing a buffalo. While serving a little time in Huntsville-he made a successful 3 day jail break was caught again and got an additional 50 tacked on. Idiot should be there for awhile. I don't care if they were hog hunting...you should know what your target is!
Exactly. I've never been hunting...so far the extent of my gun experience has been BB/pellet guns. But my Dad drilled into me that you NEVER pull the trigger unless you are SURE of what you are aiming at.
Roxie - so many (((hugs))) for you...bless you for giving Patty such awesome golden years.
I'm not trying to start a fight here.... But as a hunter and an avid gun user... The target is not the only thing you need to think about.... Unless you are using a very low caliber round, You need to expect the bullet will punch through your target and keep flying.. (which I believe happened here) You HAVE to be aware of what is on the other side of your target. |
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Location: North MS | I would call the local tv news and the newspaper as well. The public needs made aware of the problem and to help educate younger hunters who may have never thought about where the "missed" bullet goes. Or they could have been taught to hunt by an unethical hunter. I believe her age definitely would make this a special interest story to catch readers eyes and you may flush out a nervous hunter. Just mention that game camera photos are being reviewed. |
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Sideways Riding Expert
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Location: ND--it snows, it floods, it snows, it floods | I'm so sorry |
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A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Thank you, you guys are so sweet |
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 Horsey Gene Carrier
Posts: 1888
Location: LaBelle, Florida | It is so sad when something like this happens. It is just senseless.
We lost a fawn colored yearling heifer that we planned to keep to the same thing.
We found her dead next the fence (by the road). She had a clean shot in the head. Not sure what they were thinking unless they thought she was a deer (almost same color).
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Well I had a bad start to my day