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Who's the jackass here?....

AMITY — A Niagara Falls hunter was arrested Saturday after mistaking a donkey for a deer in the town of Amity in Allegany County. Saturday was the first day of archery season in New York.
Conservation Police Lt. Ken Didion, of the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Law Enforcement, said Michael A. Crampton, 38, of 1158 Pasadena Ave., Niagara Falls, was charged with hunting over bait, a violation, and unjustifiable killing of an animal under the state Agriculture and Markets Law, a misdemeanor. Lt. Didion said Crampton was hunting next to a salt lick, which is illegal in lands inhabited by deer. The owner of the camp where Crampton was staying, Michael J. Hansen, 40, of 6986 Jennifer Ave., Niagara Falls, was charged with the illegal placing of a salt lick. The donkey, owned by James Whitney of 4521 Back River Road, Amity, wandered onto the adjacent property and was killed at the salt lick. Mr. Whitney and Mr. Hansen, the camp owner, notified Amity-based state police of the incident. Lt. Didion said Crampton told investigators he couldn’t see the head of the donkey before he shot it. The donkey weighed about 400 pounds and was light gray in color, he said.

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I read that in the Times Herald last night. Could not believe that anyone could mistake a donkey for a deer . I just hope won't be hunting for a long time at least any where near me

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We had some mexicans who shot a farmers goat one year and then a horsethe next(different farmer)with a rifle up on the game lands.

Its funny.. I was out with rile1564 on saturday night and drove past a guy who had a donkey in the pasture.. I said look.. a mexican deer.

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a few yrs ago a guy from new york killed a cow thinking it was a deer that was in the paper in the poconos

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Maybe he thought that it was a mule deer ? ;)

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I think the guy was a jack ass:D

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Man,Ibet that's some tough eating!

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think he got trigger happy,hope he stays up north

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What a bonehead!It really chaps my backsideto think what this poacher will contribute to the publics view of hunters in that area

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I heard in Maine a couple years ago, a guy shot a moose and ended up getting a frontend loader and a dump truck to get it out of the woods.

These people are as good as those who shoot at sound. They obviously need to go back to hunter ed and learn what it means to identify your target. The things I can't believe is that this donkey was within at least 30 yds. from this guy and he still couldn't properly identify the freakin' thing.