Dan, That has to be shocking to find. Your dog did well. I'd be a bit spooked to learn that they were bow hunting on the 24 acres next door to my house. Bows are silent and powerful killers. You just have to make sure Dick Chaney isn't with the hunting party. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:53 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > The other evening, my dog went crazy when I let him outside. He ran > frantically to the far side of the house, running back and forth, then > disappeared around the corner. When I followed, I thought I saw him > lying down outside his dog run, in back of the dog house. I called > out to him, but received no response. > > When I approached the object on the ground, I was shocked to find a > large buck. He was dead, but I saw no wounds. I grabbed the dog, > and took him inside. I called the local police, who came to my yard, > examined the buck, and turned it over to reveal a wound about an inch > in length. We both concluded it was an arrow wound. > > The patrolman and I dragged the buck out to the street, since they was > no way to keep my dog away from it where it was. I called a hunter > friend for advice, but he was of no help. I called the local deer > dresser (butcher), and he advised me to eviscerate it as soon as > possible. I really wasn't up for that. > > The policeman left, and I went inside, where my dog was still very > restless. About 10 minutes later, two cars a a truck pulled up, > including the same cop, the local wildlife management officer and two > hunters. One of the hunters had shot the buck with an arrow in the > woods next to our house just before sunset. To the west of our > property is 24 acres of municipally owned, heavily wooded, green acres > land. The Township contracts with a local hunting club to cull the > local deer herd, which is quite large and increasing every season. > The hunter had to break off his chase of the wounded buck, as he is > not permitted to enter private property after dark. > > It was very dark when we found the buck, and I could focus my camera > only by shining a flashlight on the corpse, so the images I took suck, > but I think they convey the size of the buck. > > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1042686 > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
