I got caught up in a shoot out yesterday just driving into the hay field to tedder my hay.
As I was slowing to turn in through the gap into the hay field when a black camero came flying out on to the road. I noticed two black men in the car and knew right away that something was wrong.
I should fill y'all in on some background first. There is a house trailer in my rented hay field that the owner lived in several years back. When his mother moved to the nursing home, he moved in her house and left the trailer vacant. This trailer had been broken into several times over the last few years but not much damage are anything taken. Well about two months ago, we noticed that the outside heat pump unit had been stolen. Then about a week ago, some one broke in and tore all the walls out stole the washer and dryer.
So back to the shoot out. When I saw the car leaving, I knew it was the culprit. I turned in the set of the tractor to get the tag number but only got the first few numbers before they sped past the distance my old eyes could read the tag. I turned in through the gap and almost ran into the landowner on is way out with shotgun sticking out the truck door. He was yelling, "Which way did they go?" I pointed and he headed out in hot pursuit. So they got away.
I went on in the hay field and the owner returned about the time I got hooked up to the fluffer. I mention that this was about 3:45 in the afternoon. The two robbers had been ripping the siding off the trailer and pulling the wiring out. The owner had snuck up on them and shot one with no. 4 shot from about 35 yards away. He ran to the car and the two sped away but only after the owner had shot the back of the car. He told me that he would have shot more if his old gun had not jammed.
The deputy showed up about 45 minutes later and we gave out story. He said that a pistol would be better than a shotgun if we wanted to stop them. I plan to buy me a pistol with my government refund check when it gets here. You can bet I will be packing on my hip, with a permit, full time after the deputy recommended it. He said I was not safe working in the fields by my self, being so close to Macon County.
As I was slowing to turn in through the gap into the hay field when a black camero came flying out on to the road. I noticed two black men in the car and knew right away that something was wrong.
I should fill y'all in on some background first. There is a house trailer in my rented hay field that the owner lived in several years back. When his mother moved to the nursing home, he moved in her house and left the trailer vacant. This trailer had been broken into several times over the last few years but not much damage are anything taken. Well about two months ago, we noticed that the outside heat pump unit had been stolen. Then about a week ago, some one broke in and tore all the walls out stole the washer and dryer.
So back to the shoot out. When I saw the car leaving, I knew it was the culprit. I turned in the set of the tractor to get the tag number but only got the first few numbers before they sped past the distance my old eyes could read the tag. I turned in through the gap and almost ran into the landowner on is way out with shotgun sticking out the truck door. He was yelling, "Which way did they go?" I pointed and he headed out in hot pursuit. So they got away.
I went on in the hay field and the owner returned about the time I got hooked up to the fluffer. I mention that this was about 3:45 in the afternoon. The two robbers had been ripping the siding off the trailer and pulling the wiring out. The owner had snuck up on them and shot one with no. 4 shot from about 35 yards away. He ran to the car and the two sped away but only after the owner had shot the back of the car. He told me that he would have shot more if his old gun had not jammed.
The deputy showed up about 45 minutes later and we gave out story. He said that a pistol would be better than a shotgun if we wanted to stop them. I plan to buy me a pistol with my government refund check when it gets here. You can bet I will be packing on my hip, with a permit, full time after the deputy recommended it. He said I was not safe working in the fields by my self, being so close to Macon County.
