5 Year Old Descendant of Davy Crockett Kills Bear

12/11/2007 Jack "I'm a Model" H. says:

please fix the linkology here.  

"Legend has it Davy Crockett killed a bear when he was three. A distant relative of the 19th-century frontiersman has done the same thing at five.

Tre Merritt, a 5-year-old boy from Arkansas, killed a black bear Sunday, according to his grandfather.
"(The bear) came in about 40 to 50 yards," Mike Merritt, Tre's grandfather, told KATV of Little Rock, Ark, "and when he got in the open, I whistled at him and he stopped and I said, 'Shoot Tre.' "

And that's what his grandson did, killing the 400-pound animal.

"I was up in the stand and I seen the bear," Tre Merritt told KATV. "It came from the thicket and it was beside the road and I shot it."

According to the report, Tre's father said his son began shooting when he was 2 1/2 and killed three deer last year. What else would you expect from a decendant of the "King of the Wild Frontier?"


 





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"His 10th great-grandfather was Davy Crockett," Mike Merritt said. "And Davy supposedly killed him a bear when he was three. And Tre is five and really killed a bear. I really doubt if Davy killed one when he was three."

12/11/2007 Kevin H. says:

Born on a mountain top in Tennessee
The greenest state in the land of the free
Raised in the woods so's he knew ev'ry tree
Kilt him a b'ar when he was only three
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier

12/11/2007 Jack "I'm a Model" H. says:

To the little man that lives inside my computer:  very funny

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12/11/2007 Jack "I'm a Model" H. says:

"I was up in the stand and I seen the bear," Tre Merritt told KATV.
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How many 5 year-olds even know what a "stand" means in this context?  Damn, how many 30 year olds know?  heh

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12/11/2007 Mark a p. says:

Child Endangement Child endangerment..

nice aim Tre

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12/11/2007 Jack "I'm a Model" H. says:

i'm strummin mah banjo!

12/11/2007 Cliff B. says:

Petrino didn't resign, he got fired.

I didn't get the link for the All-American team.

12/11/2007 Kevin H. says:

Fought single-handed through many a war
Till the enemy was whipped and peace was in store
And while he was handlin' this risky chore
He made himself a legend forever more
Davy, Davy Crockett, the man who knew no fear

12/11/2007 Jack "I'm a Model" H. says:

okay dammit i gotta cut back on the caffeine!  


die thread die!!!!

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12/11/2007 Jack "I'm a Model" H. says:

Ruthifer, here is how the thread is relevant.http://www.yelp.com/to...

there, that oughta get thing flagged

12/11/2007 Mark a p. says:

Cliff
PETRINO DIDN'T ADDRESS THE TEAM

Jay Glazer of http://FOXSports.com reports that former Falcons coach Bobby Petrino resigned without addressing the team.

Glazer also reports that Petrino held a brief (as in 10 seconds) meeting with his assistants.

"He just said to us, 'Guys I've resigned, I'm going to Arkansas.  I'm sorry. I'll be talking with you guys in the future.'  And with that he turned and walked out the door.  We haven't been told anything else," one assistant coach told Glazer.

Several players called Petrino's handling of the situation "classless."

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12/11/2007 Bill "billtron" M. says:

Ruthifer J. says:
RED
NECK
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aww......

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12/11/2007 Kevin H. says:

I think I was five when my grandfather enrolled me in a gun safety course.  I passed...two of the adults failed.  Hah!

12/11/2007 Jack "I'm a Model" H. says:

that little 5 yo shit is shootin bears!

12/11/2007 Cliff B. says:

Mark a p.

damn, that is lame. Oh well, it's all about the dollar in the sports world.

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12/11/2007 Kevin H. says:

He went off to Congress and served a spell
Fixin' up the Government and the laws as well
Took over Washington, so I heard tell
And he patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell
Davy, Davy Crockett, seeing his duty clear

12/11/2007 Jack "I'm a Model" H. says:

Yeah.

In all seriousness, its kind of sad.  Do we really need to be teaching 5 year old kids that killing animals for no reason is glamorous?

Damn, at 5 years old most still can't even read, you almost can't tie your shoes or know what life is.  

And you're teaching someone at that age to take a life for no reason?

That is why I posted this.

It's all come off as a joke, as you can see above.  But its like, either laugh about this, or cry.

This kid will be around after most of us are gone.  Humans are still teaching humans to kill for fun.

sad

12/11/2007 Jack "I'm a Model" H. says:

I feel sorry for the kid.  It's not his fault.  I was also raised to go the gun classes at an early age.  I guess I was a late bloomer, I wasn't shooting a lot and throwing dynamite caps in the rivers & lakes until I was around 7 years old.  Taught that shootin shit was great.  At age 16, I watched a deer I had shot slowly die in front of my eyes.  At close range.  It was looking right into my eyes.  It gave me this look like "what did I do to you?"  It was such a gentle creature up close.

I vowed to never hunt again, much to the dismay of my family.  I never did, and never regretted that.

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12/11/2007 R "obble, robble, robb" L. says:

I think it was COMING RIGHT FOR HIM!!!!!..... though.

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12/11/2007 Mike "UranusDeMilo" W. says:

Why kill a bear?  Why...Why...Why?

Especially a Black Bear.  They're benign, reclusive, and  no good to eat.  They don't bother livestock, and they have little if any negative impact on the environment.  Your odds of getting attacked by one are near nil unless you corner a mamma with cubs.

*heavy sigh*.  It's just something I don't get....

12/11/2007 Zeke "Easier to Keel the second time" S. says:

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12/11/2007 Jack "I'm a Model" H. says:

heh, finally Keel delivers.  i was wondering when it would come...

12/11/2007 David D. says:

So was this 5-year-old shooting a .357 magnum, a .44 magnum, a BAR, or an AK-47?  I kind of doubt he killed a bear, too.

12/11/2007 David D. says:

No, wait.  It was a .00 shotgun, right?  Kid flew 60 feet back, bear flew 4 feet forward.

12/11/2007 Jack "I'm a Model" H. says:

Good point David.  I grew up in a family that was insane for all kinds of hunting.  A huge tradition for generations and generations.

If you were a boy, you'd be shooting a gun by age 6 or 7.  Seriously. And surprisingly good at it -- kids learn that stuff fast if someone teaches them.

But even in that gung-ho culture, everyone knew that you don't take a boy even dear hunting until age 10 or so.  Prior to that, its just small birds or whatever.

Bears?  Bears are a whole other story.  You hit them in the wrong place, and they will attack and kill you sometimes.  There's a lot of factors -- but basically nobody would take their boys bear hunting until age 14 or 15 even in that nutty culture.

Someone that had  a kid shoot a bear would be considered an idiot, even in the hunting world, for the most part.

12/12/2007 R "obble, robble, robb" L. says:

not if he used a grenade.

12/12/2007 Kevin H. says:

When he came home his politic'ing was done
And the western march had just begun
So he packed his gear and his trusty gun
And lit out a-grinnin' to follow the sun
Davy, Davy Crockett, leading the pioneer

12/12/2007 Jack "I'm a Model" H. says:

Kevin, I wonder how old Davy was when he killed his first Injuns?

Somewhere in this story, there lurks just a bit of this dark element...bizarre...

12/12/2007 Mary S. says:

Now I had that damn song stuck in my head. Thanks a lot!

12/12/2007 Mc Matty b. says:

First we steal their porridge, then we sit in their chairs and nap in their beds.  Now we just shoot em'

AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!!!!!!

...this is so sad.

and what five year old uses the word thicket?  

"It came from the thicket"  almost sounds poetic.

12/12/2007 Mark "Aintcha got no Mojo Hand" L. says:

Now he's gotta carve it into a tree to make it the legend!
"Tre Crockett kilt a bar on this tree..."

12/12/2007 Jack "I'm a Model" H. says:

I agree, Matty.

And the 5 year old used the phrase "stand" for the trees/hunting region.  These are possibly his words, but sound more like the words of the only "witness" with him: his grandpa.  

I heard the grandpa talk on the news, story is starting to sound fishy...but who knows.

12/12/2007 R "obble, robble, robb" L. says:

and it was this big.. I SWEAR!

*Rob L. stretches his arms out*