This is the second buck that has died in my yard after being shot with a bow. The one three years ago was quite a bit smaller.
It is not really a safety concern. First, they can't shoot near a residential dwelling. Both of the deer that died in my yard were shot quite deep in the woods. That is why it took the hunter a while to catch up to the wounded deer. Second, at least now, they are hunting only with bows and arrows. That is less prone to accident than shot guns (or rifles, which are not permitted at all in Jersey). Third, these are experienced hunters. The Township has a contract with a particular hunting club to cull a certain number of deer from the local herd. The woods to the west of our home is well posted with "No Hunting" signs, and no one other than the contracted hunters are allowed to hunt there. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
