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Did man kick, stomp a pheasant to death?

This is not a news story. Nor is it a sports story.

It is an attempt to fan flames about a pheasant. Humane Society? Get serious.

Worry about the animals killed by vehicles and hunters. This story was an unfortunate and accidental death.

Shame on the DesNews for even bothering to print this story.

What arew these people saying? No one tried to kill the bird. The coach accidentally stepped on it as it was running through the players on the sidelines. It was an accident.

Who cares? It's a bird and people in Utah hunt all the time anyway.

Also considered poaching as stomping is not recognized as a legal way to kill pheasants, which are in season and legal to shoot.

im sorry the pheasant got killed but it was an accident. give it up

there was no crime here. i bet youve never stepped on an ant or spider neither, have you?

It was an accident and it wasn't poaching. People just want to get all upset over something stupid.

Doesn't the Des News have more interesting and important things to do with its time and space. These are false accusations against the team and coach. The writer at the SL Trib should not have even put it in his story as it had nothing to do with the game. Shame on the Des News and Trib. Take some journalism courses and get a grip on what's really important.

One of the MV coaches kicked it as it tried to fly off the field and then as it was laying there it got trampled. The initial kick was intentional but it's unclear whether the subsequent trampling was.

You were there? Then you should know that MV (whoever that is) was not playing there. I was there and I saw nobody kick the bird!

Obviously you weren't there!! MV??? Who is that?? Nice Try "I was there"!!

Tree Huggers go home. This is a waste of good space. Leave the coach alone. All he was trying to do was get the bird off of the field. It's a bloody pheasant we are talking about. Give it a rest....

pretty interesting commmets from the people that believe God created everything, but you get to choose what is more important. A football game or Gods creation

I meant VM - abbreviation for Viewmont. The entire AF stands saw what happened...the bird was at about the north 40 yard line - a man wearing black came off the AF sidelines and tried to catch it. #33 from AF tried to chase it - it ran towards the north end zone and then back towards mid field. One of the referees then chased it towards the VM (Viewmont) sidelines where it flew about 2 feet off the ground and it was then one of the VM (Viewmont) coaches kicked it as it flew by...yes I was there and was sickened by what I saw!

The human society kills more animals than all of us on this board combined.

A classic over-reaction.

There is such a double standard in this society. There has been thousands more of animals killed in Utah in the past couple weeks than at this football game. Give me a break, and give me a real article pertaining to HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL!!

Now I remember why I don't take the news paper anymore! If your so gung ho about saving pheasants, thin down the stray cat population!

Yes, the post by "I was there" is accurate. I was there too. Killing the bird was uncalled for. If it were a dog, would you do the same? A cat? The fact is, they could have chased it off the field. Killing it there for all the AF fans to see was a bad choice. I assumed it was an angry coach who took it out on the bird. The notion that it "flew up" and then was "accidentally trampled" is wishful thinking. It was clear that he stomped it to death then picked it up and disposed of it. And, no, its not hunting season.

This is a worthless, inane discussion. It was an accident--the man stumbled upon the bird after it had come close to him and it was certainly not a malicious act. The American Fork principal then wrung the bird's neck and threw it over the fence. If any of you drive cars, you are participating in far more animal deaths than one pheasant. If you use electricity, you are contributing to the killing of animals. Give this worthless piece of literary garbage a rest. Elizabeth Stuart, next time you need to meet a deadline try and find a real story with both sides represented rather than artificially blowing an accident out of proportion.

HUNTER'S GOING TO SMASH AMERICAN FORK THIS WEEK LIKE YOUR FAN DID THAT BIRD