This is just another one of Eel's less than ethical attempts at turtle hunting. This "decoy" rig even has a built in gun turret and 360 degree turtle cam. You should have heard all the snickering by all the real turtle hunters when he pulled up in it to the annual WTTTHCF (Western Turtle,Terrapin, and Tortoise Hunters and Conservationists Federation) banquet last weekend. Well, we all just kind of grinned and smiled our best "whatever gets you through the night" smile as Eel walked up bragging about how he was going to bag a Booner this next year with this "little cherry sweetheart" as he put it.
This is just something we have come to expect from Eel though, and because he does contribute the minnimum financial consideration each year, we still continue to include him.
Although, this year I was sure I had made sure the tickets he received were marked with the wrong date. Curious how he got the right tickets though, may have something to do with the recent Craigslist ticket scalping scandal where someone sold their tickets for 60 times the value then turned around and bought another pair for half their original value from a crippled kid who couldn't go because he was having a bone marrow transplant that day.
Turns out the kid had originally asked for just enough to pay for the transplant, but this particular individual who bought the tickets promised to pay the asking price but at the time of delivery, grabbed the tickets, pushed the kid's wheelchair over and threw $50 at him as he lay there trying to pick himself back up.
Don't worry though, we did hold a silent auction that was able to earn enough money to pay for the bone-marrow transplant and make some repairs to the damaged wheelchair.
I am not saying it was Eel who did this, but the kid did say he thought he saw a large turtle driving away. The cops just thought he bumped his head.
UTROY
Proverbs 21:19 (why I hunt!)
