Pair of Ontario Men Fined for Illegal Deer Hunting Scheme 💰

While we continue to slowly inch towards the weekend, let’s all take a minute to grab a coffee or whiskey (no judgement) and get into what this beautiful Tuesday has to offer.

Here's what's worth reading about so far this week:

• Falsified record - Two Ontario men nailed for illegal deer hunting cover up 🦌

• Fatal selfie - An Italian tourist is dead after feeding bears despite warnings 🤳

• Rodeo bull roped - After escaping a Colorado rodeo, a bull has been captured after 5 days on the loose 🐂

• Want some boat with your motor? - Watch these fellas dangerously skip across the water 🚤 

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PAIR OF ONTARIO MEN FINED FOR ILLEGAL DEER HUNTING SWITCHEROO

In a quiet rural corner of West Grey, Ontario, two men from Durham found themselves in legal trouble after orchestrating a deceptive hunting scheme that ultimately backfired on the would-be poachers. 

On December 4th of last year, a conservation officer encountered the pair exiting a rural property, uncovering a plot to conceal an illegal deer hunt. The encounter began when one man, armed with a muzzleloading firearm, claimed he had just shot an antlerless deer and presented a valid antlerless deer tag. The officer, acting on a hunch, then asked the men to take him to the deceased animal where the officer later discovered a loaded centerfire rifle hidden inside a hunting blind…

🤳 Fatal selfie attempt claims the life of Italian tourist after stopping to feed the bears. An Italian tourist by the name of Omar Farang Zin, was mauled to death by a brown bear last week, in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains. Zin, a motorcycle enthusiast, had stopped next to a sign explicitly warning tourists not to feed bears and did just that. Despite the explicit warnings, reports indicated the 49-year-old man got off his bike and offered food to a bear, which then attacked him, dragging him down a steep ravine with a 262-foot drop. Emergency services were alerted by other tourists, but unfortunately Zin was already deceased when rescuers arrived, his body battered from the confrontation and fall despite wearing a helmet and protective gear. Authorities later recovered his phone, which contained photos and videos of bears, including a selfie with a cub taken the day before, which was also posted on Facebook.

Serving as home to the European Union’s largest population of brown bears, Romania has been wrought with incidents as of late. Overpopulation, combined with bears losing their fear of humans due to improper food disposal and tourist touron behavior, has led to an increased in attacks. Just last year, Romania doubled its annual bear culling quota in an attempt to better manage the population, while facing pushback from environmentalists arguing that culling only serves to promote trophy hunting. Despite the opposition, the fact remains that the country is home to somewhere between 10,000 and 13,000 brown bears, but according to experts, only has the carrying capacity for about 4,000 bruins. The bear involved in Zin’s attack was later shot dead, after attacking members from the Arges County Mountain Rescue Service.

🐂 Rodeo Bull Escapes in Snowmass Village, Enjoys Five-Day Colorado Adventure. Just two days ahead of Independence Day, a young rodeo bull, named "Sauce Boss" or "Twinkle Toes" (no one is sure), escaped from the Snowmass Rodeo grounds in Snowmass Village, Colorado. The 3-year-old bull slipped through temporary fencing while being unloaded, wandering into the nearby Horse Ranch subdivision, a residential area surrounded by mountains and forests. Local authorities issued a public safety alert, and cowboys on horseback, aided by drones, searched for the bull, which at the time, was last officially sighted on July 3 about 1.3 miles from the rodeo grounds. Deemed non-threatening and adept at hiding in thick brush, the bull evaded capture for days, grazing comfortably in the wild.

After five days of freedom, the bull was recaptured by cowboys who led it back to the rodeo grounds, despite a brief escape during heavy rain. The incident, which occurred during a festive time with drone shows replacing fireworks due to fire restrictions, sparked amusement among residents, with locals celebrating the bull’s "Independence Day" adventure. No injuries or significant disruptions were reported, and the bull, who is believed to be in his first rodeo (go figure), is set to compete in the next event tomorrow.

1. I don’t necessarily have a problem with Bezos dropping $50 mill on a wedding. The dude figured out how to get virtually anything I want on my doorstep within 24 hours. Enjoy your billions, sir. 

   • The problem I do have is that a lot of people will believe that is what love/marriage looks like.  And it isn’t.

2. Baby strollers > Dog strollers

3. It’s hard to read the label from inside the bottle. 

4. The next best thing might quietly be happening while you’re busy missing the last one.

5. Seeking validation from a world that crucified a perfect man is a waste of your life. 🙏

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🚤 Too much motor, or too little boat? Either way you slice it, these boys are riding that thing hard.

Dang that’s dangerous though…

Oh, and one more thing…