Chicken Dies, Wife Shoots Husband

[Crossfire]

Just another reason why drinking and shooting don't mix.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060907/ap_ ... _shootings

CHESHIRE, Ore. - A woman shot her husband in the back after he killed her pet chicken, the Lane County sheriff's deputies said. Deputies said they were sure that Mary Gray, 58, intended to shoot her husband, Stephen Gray, 43. They weren't certain if the husband meant to fire at the chicken.

"We don't know if it was an accident or if it was on purpose," Sgt. Clint Riley said. "It depends who you ask."

Riley said the couple had been drinking for much of Monday while they did yard work at their rented home in the town northwest of Eugene, and they began arguing after Stephen Gray shot the chicken with a .44-caliber handgun.

Deputies said he was then hit with a shot from a .22-caliber rifle, and is recovering. Mary Gray was arraigned Tuesday on an assault charge.

[carlson1]

She must work for PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals).

[HighVelocity]

middle aged couple drinking (all day) and doing yard work with their pet chicken while armed with a 22 rifle and a 44 handgun.

Jay Leno would have a field day with this one.

[kw5kw]

She must work for PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals).

I Love your take on PETA!

[spud]

44 to a chicken at close range... McNuggets?

[JLaw]

44 to a chicken at close range... McNuggets?

JLaw

[Crossfire]

So what do you do with your pet chicken after you shoot it? Do you have a nice little service for it in the backyard? Or in the kitchen?

[Cosmo 9]

Private viewing in the kitchen, service in the dining room.

[carlson1]

Deep Fry! Any country boy that has ever plucked a chicken knows that right across the rump it says, "Deep Fry Only!"

[longtooth]

Man I am glad my wife don't have no chicken.

[dws1117]

That's funny.

[jbirds1210]