[Redman]

MANASQUAN: A borough man admitted he needlessly killed a Canadian goose by shooting it with a pellet gun, officials said.

David J. Martens, 65, of Perrine Boulevard, pleaded guilty this afternoon to needlessly killing a living creature, said Victor "Buddy" Amato, chief of the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

On June 9, Martens was charged with firing the gun out of his window, shooting the goose, Amato said.

When he was issued the summons, Martens told authorities he was trying to scare the goose because it had been defecating on his deck, the chief said.

Today, Municipal Court Judge Mark T. Apostolou ordered Martens to pay a $1,000 fine, said Amato.

 

[bloodtrails]

They should give him a medal.

 

[njgunner]

hopefully he didnt use hollow point pellets or that might be an additional charge in this state[hihi]

 

[cuervo25_1]

hell screw a shotgun if you can kill a goose with a pellet gun. Who says a pellet gun isn't a proper hunting gun [rofl][rofl][rofl]

 

[runum n gunum]

How about a golf ball is that legal ,was at the driving range the other night couple kids next to us one hit a ball[rofl]and all i seen was flopping for about 30sec about 200yrds out there were about 40 of them feeding. I told them I didnt see nothing it just fell out of the sky

 

[screaming eagle]

and all i seen was flopping for about 30sec about 200yrds out there were about 40 of them feeding. I told them I didnt see nothing it just fell out of the sky

I love moving targets at the driving range.[hihi]

 

[seedog]

good i would have given a $2,000 fine what's next shooting deer because thay been defecating on his lawn

 

[blackeyes]

i see Amato is in the news again. This guy is unbelievable.

It kind of seems weird to me that this guy is charged with "needlessly killing" an animal, yet the state can gas thousands of them. I guess in that instance its "the state says it can do it so it will do it"?????

 

[Bandgetter]

This guy Amato is OUT OF CONTROL!!!!!!You should see the gross conditions at The associated Humane society office on Shafto Rd. in Tinton Falls.[down]Really nasty[down]

 

[smitty]

This guy is unbelievable.

you got that right i read a artical wher he gave a summons to a woman for puting a hamster out in the woods to die[confused]

 

[chefmhome]

the liberal Asbury park press ALWAYS uses the word "Buddy" when refering to that control officer.......when does a news outlet use nick names for only anti's

 

[smitty]

dont know if he still is but he was big into deer hunting at one time

 

[bloodtrails]

NJ should pay a $5.00 bounty on all geese from May 1 to September 1.

 

[hunter115522]

Buddy Amato is NOT an anti, far from it.. he's big into deer hunting.

 

[kc1bdog]

he is lucky he didn't get a fine for not using steel shot

 

[FordTrksHunter]

hopefully he didnt use hollow point pellets or that might be an additional charge in this state

That would be another 5 years plus what other sentencing he hot

 

[makhunter]

good i would have given a $2,000 fine

Id give him 10 bucks and a box of pellets. There nothing but damn rats with wings, They dont belong here shoot them all. Dont even see how a township can rule on a "wild animal" in the first place. this is fish and wildlife, federal at that. Worst case he should have been charged with shooting out of season.One shot one kill is not cruelty.

 

[FordTrksHunter]

Id give him 10 bucks and a box of pellets. There nothing but damn rats with wings, They dont belong here shoot them all. Dont even see how a township can rule on a "wild animal" in the first place. this is fish and wildlife, federal at that. Worst case he should have been charged with shooting out of season.One shot one kill is not cruelty

Just do it during SeasonIt is people like you that give us hunters who do the righ thing all the time a bad name

 

[njgunner]

good i would have given a $2,000 fine what's next shooting deer because thay been defecating on his lawn

its a friggin goose not a bald eagle

 

[Fireman60]

its a friggin goose not a bald eagle
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totally agree.[up] we have way to many anyway