Eagles' Carson Wentz fires back at criticism over 'hunting buddy' dog

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Fox 29 Philadelphia


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Before his season was ended by a knee injury, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz was making news for his playmaking ability.

Tuesday, the MVP candidate made headlines with his response to a Twitter user who was critical of a hunting photo he posted to wish one of his dogs a happy birthday.
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Wentz, known to be an avid hunter, took to Twitter late Monday night to wish his dog, Henley, a Happy 5th Birthday. In his tweet he included a photo of the dog when she was a puppy, and a photo of her standing over several geese following an apparently successful day of hunting.

One follower responded to Wentz’s tweet saying in part, “As a friend I wanted to quickly highlight that a man in your influential position might cause offence (sic) through the posting of your first picture. I support its sentiment however the context and content of the pic could offend.”

Wentz then shared that user's tweet and included his response to the user’s claim the photo could be offensive.
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“Appreciate that, but offensive and controversial? Two of the main things I tweet about are Jesus and hunting. That’s what I’m passionate about and that won’t ever change! When you love something, you talk about it! Stay convicted about it and don’t worry what others think!” Wentz wrote.

Wentz’s response has since been retweeted thousands of times and liked nearly 30,000 times.

[Hal-9000]

wtf...is that a goose shooting farm? :lol:


How many birds does this guy need to kill...is Safeway closed forever down there? :lol:

ffs...it looks like Auschwitz for geese

[DemonGeminiX]

:hand:

You're just jealous.

[Griffin]

Ever notice when geese fly that one side of the V is longer?



...it's because there are more birds on that side.

[deebakes]

that is a fuck load of birds... also, why do you need a dog for goose hunting? :?

[DemonGeminiX]

To retrieve the geese. That's why they call them retrievers.

[deebakes]

dogs for duck hunting i have heard and seen. never heard of or seen a dog out on a goose hunt :shrug:

[RBP]

Ever notice when geese fly that one side of the V is longer?

...it's because there are more birds on that side.

Fighting the good fight. I have been telling that joke for as long as I can remember. Always gets only one laugh. Mine.

[RBP]

dogs for duck hunting i have heard and seen. never heard of or seen a dog out on a goose hunt :shrug:

Ignorance question: what's the difference?

[deebakes]

ducks - generally small game, hunted for on lakes with decoys in the water, dogs go out to retrieve in the water

geese - generally much larger and hunted for in fields with decoys

i did some research after i posted earlier and indeed it appears some dogs are trained to retrieve geese (but it was hard to find sources for that). none of my hunting friends use their dogs for geese though :shrug:

[RBP]

Thanks. I have seen demonstration of hunting dogs done in fields. I guess I thought they were all shot in flight, and the uncertainty of the drop point was the point of the dogs, be it land or water.

[deebakes]

you can actually see the goose decoys behind the dog in the field in the first picture

[DemonGeminiX]

Geese are waterfowl too, regardless of where they're hunted. Dogs can be trained to retrieve just about anything that they can carry.

[RBP]

you can actually see the goose decoys behind the dog in the field in the first picture

But to draw them in, in the same way as a water decoy, to shoot the in the air. You don't shoot them on the ground, right?

[deebakes]

depends honestly, but generally people don't shoot them on the ground unless you want to hit your decoys :lol:

[RBP]

Reminds me of my year is Australia in the early 80's. There were spots were tourists went on "kangaroo hunts". It was the tourists lined up with guns while guys on motorcycles drove the kangaroos to them. Not very sporting. :lol:

[deebakes]

kangaroo was tasty :tup: