And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 23:08:07 EST >Subject: Fwd: Mechanical Deer Bags Hunter > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Mechanical Deer Bags Hunter >Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 17:00:04 EST > >Mechanical Deer Bags Hunter > >.c The Associated Press > > By DOUG JOHNSON > >ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Robo-Deer has nabbed his fair share of poachers -- and >even has bagged the same trophy twice. > >Officers say Levi Sweet, 48, was charged with misdemeanors after discharging a >firearm across a public highway Dec. 12. He fired from the window of his Ford >Bronco at the exact same decoy, a mechanical three-point buck, last year in >another county. > >Sweet was the latest catch by the coldhearted robot with the glass eyes and >foam body that New York authorities have used for 15 years to nab poachers. > >``We're not just trying to see how many people we can catch,'' said >Conservation Officer Jim Volker, adding that the state does not keep track of >how many arrests were aided by Robo-Deers. > >He said the intent also is to cut down on the number of complaints from >property owners and the number of people shooting at animals from their cars. >``And since we've started using the decoys, the number of poaching fines have >gone down,'' Volker said. > >New York law bars hunters from shooting from a public road onto private land >without that landowner's permission. Violators face up to $1,000 in fines and >three months in jail. > >The state uses about 50 Robo-Deers at roadsides, farm fields and woodlands >where there are complaints of hunting out of season or trespassing. Officers >hide nearby, waiting for poachers to shoot. > >But hunters aren't the only ones fooled by the Robo-Deers, which jerk their >heads and twitch their tails just like real deer. Many passers-by will honk >their horns, attempt to sneak up on the deer for a closer look or even take >pictures of the decoy, Volker said. > >``You're sitting there watching these people and you just can't believe that >they're doing this. Some throw stones or shout at it to see if they can spook >it. It's very funny,'' he said. > >One decoy was recently retired after two years and 60 wounds. > >Sweet, who could not be reached for comment at his home in Perth, could lose >his hunting license in addition to being fined since this was his second >offense, Volker said. > >In his first encounter with Robo-Deer, Sweet shot his rifle within 500 feet of >a dwelling -- also a misdemeanor. He paid a fine in that case. > >AP-NY-12-19-98 1658EST > > Copyright 1998 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP >news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise >distributed without prior written authority of The Associated Press. > > > >To edit your profile, go to keyword <A HREF="aol://1722:NewsProfiles"> >NewsProfiles</A>. >For all of today's news, go to keyword <A HREF="aol://1722:News">News</A>. > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
