>From: Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [MD] dying deer >Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:12:18 -0800 (PST) > > [Dan] > > Here a good percentage (well over half) of deer are > > infected with prion > > disease (mad cow) and there's much debate on the > > safety of the meat. I > > personally wouldn't take the chance. But then I eat > > very little meat anyway. > > I didn't know about the prion disease. I know >quite a few hunters and this never popped up before. >Interesting though, I wonder how far this disease has >spread and how new this disease is, and harmful to >humans.
[Dan] See for yourself: http://www.wildlifeprotection.net/deer/deermeatkills.html > > [SA previously] > > >I found a bullet hole in the skin. > > > Upon further inquiry, when I went back to this >deer after somebody I knew showed up, I found other >bigger holes in the same area. This deer may have >been shot, but eventually it was hit by a vehicle, >probably. The deer was alive for some time apparently >while starving as well. Very bony in the spine >region. The one hole had puss, a big blood clot was >in another hole, and other blood clots were in the >snow apparently from the other holes that were open >wounds when I was checking it out. The leg was not >moving, as the other three were. [Dan] Now do you understand why I dislike guns? I especially dislike idiots with guns. I realize without any natural predators the deer population will quickly grow out of control. But there is a proper way to kill. One doesn't just shoot an animal and let it run off wounded. Even I know that. > > > [SA previously] > > >It was a very calm experience being with this deer >as he died. > > > [Dan] > > I somehow doubt it was for the deer. It probably >died cold and > > frightened and alone. > > I'm sure the deer felt cold, noticed fear, and >alone, well, not sure about that. The crows found out >what was going on early. While I was sitting with the >deer a crow flew onto a tree close by speaking. Other >crows flew in, and then a hawk flew by and the crows >did their all time favorite activity, seemingly, and >chased the hawk for a bit, then the crows came back. >I was looking for a very real felt experience. Calm >came to mind, but alert as well. It was meditative. >I mean this is it, life and death right here, right >now, very real, very deep, bone and marrow, with life >in the teeth of death with life fighting back. I >thought about killing the deer, you know the whole put >it out of its' misery, but I didn't know how much the >deer processed what was going on. For me to try to >kill him might have induced more shock, more fear as I >would try to cut his throat. I didn't have anything >else that would have made the death quick. This is >natural, the wind kept blowing in the dry oak leaves >hanging on the branches. I could hear the crows and >other birds. Quiet would hang in the air at times, >until the wind would blow again and the eye lashes on >the deer would blow in the wind, too. Very touching >moment might be a better way to put it. > When this buddy of mine from work showed up and >we found these other holes, well, that deterred any >cutting and eating of this deer. So, we dragged it >into the woods away from the houses to avoid any >stink. Tomorrow I'll go and see what happened >overnight. Nature takes care of her own. Thank you for your comments, Dan moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
