Brett Farrey

I was getting ready for work last week when I heard, “BOOM, BOOM, BOOM”. I used to hunt years ago when I was in my teens, so I knew that was the sound of a shotgun. Why would I be hearing a shotgun at 6:30am on a weekday? I live on the corner of MidTown and Gammon Rd., so my place is surrounded by Gammon Rd., MidTown Rd., Raymond Rd., and an empty corn field.

Anyway, I take off for work and see a hunter walking through the cornfield in his camo threads with a shotgun over his shoulder, less than 100 yards from my building. I don’t have a problem with hunters, but I was little disturbed at how close they were hunting to my home, not to mention the traffic going by on Raymond Road. I realize it’s farmland, but it’s farmland surrounded by suburbs, which includes homes, traffic, and people out for walks.

On another note, how can goose hunting in Madison even be considered a sport? You walk up to goose, shoot it, and then walk away with a dead carcass over your shoulder. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel.