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Wormburner drive kills seagull [video]

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RIP little guy.

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I witnessed something very similar a couple years ago. I was playing Desert Willow and the tenth tee is right near a pond and there were a lot of mud hens... one of the lady's in our group hit a worm burner that hit one square in the head. She felt really bad and didn't play very well for the rest of the round.

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I witnessed something very similar a couple years ago. I was playing Desert Willow and the tenth tee is right near a pond and there were a lot of mud hens... one of the lady's in our group hit a worm burner that hit one square in the head. She felt really bad and didn't play very well for the rest of the round.

My wife hit a small bird.   The ball hit it on a 2nd bounce - not so hard.   But in human term, it was probably like getting hit by a bowling ball.  It killed it.   My wife couldn't focus on the round after that.  She ended the round with a poor score.

BTW, I loved the guy's reaction after he hits the bird.   Tragic but funny (not for the bird!).

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eich41 Well Established Member

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Not quite as amazing as Randy Johnson's fastball with the pigeon, but still pretty crazy.


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So do you mark this down as a birdie or an albatross?

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Too bad for the bird. I, and others have hit birds on the driving range after over seeding has taken place. Mostly pigeons.  Not just worm burners, but good shots, hitting a bird in mid air. Unfortunate, but it happens.

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RayG Great Member

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Ever seen a Goose's head explode? Yeah, well.. it isn't pretty. Play near the water and it's not as rare as you think.

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Does it make me a terrible person to laugh?

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danL Well Established Member

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Sad that this happened. I know plenty of golfers I would rather that ball hit than the poor gull!

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That will teach the gulls to play faster or at least let golfers behind them play through.

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Lol. Sad. But funny. My dad hit into a tree about 175 away last week. We found his ball and a dead bird under it. I told him that was bad luck. Then he took my money and has every time out since. Maybe i should find a bird

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I have seen that a few times ... hit one, and the poor fellow flounced around a bit before I could get to him ... felt bad for the little fellow ...

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A friend of mine (lady) hit a goose with a drive. It didn't even flinch and had the look of "is that all you got?"

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A friend of mine (lady) hit a goose with a drive. It didn't even flinch and had the look of "is that all you got?"

Geese are tough. I saw one get run over by a car once, it just got up and kept on walking.

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A friend of mine (lady) hit a goose with a drive. It didn't even flinch and had the look of "is that all you got?"

That was a deer's look after my wife hit it squarely on his side.  It made a loud thud noise.   He just got up and walked away as if nothing happened.    Did I mention she hit me once, too?   I suspect that was fully intended :cry: .    My look wasn't one of "is that all you got?"   It was more like, what did I do this time?

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