Tripp Isenhour, Deadeye Dick
Tripp Isenhour, professional golfer, is looking at possible jail time for deliberately killing an endangered red-shouldered hawk by repeatedly firing off line drives at the hapless bird until it was struck in the head and died.
"As soon as this happened, I was mortified and extremely upset and continue to be upset," Isenhour said in a statement issued through his management company, SFX Golf. "I want to let everyone know there was neither any malice nor deliberate intent whatsoever to hit or harm the hawk. I was trying to simply scare it into flying away."
No malice? No deliberate intent? That’s impossible to believe, given that Mr. Isenhour fired over a dozen shots at the bird, ten of which - including the kill shot - were from a distance of only 75 yards. Why did he kill the bird? What unforgivable offense warranted this bird’s execution? Simple. The bird had the nerve to interrupt the filming of an episode of "Shoot Like A Pro" by squawking and forcing another take. The bird had to die for behaving like a bird in Mr. Isenhour’s presence.
Say hello to Michael Vick for me, Tripp.
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