Glad to hear about the homeless program donations. that seems wise.
ann
On 10/26/2012 10:16, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Actually, Ann, at least some of the meat goes to a local homeless
program. This is controlled by our township, on township owned land.
One reason we bought this house is the knowledge that the land to the
west is protected green acres property (and the homes on the other
sides of our house are only partially visible from our yard.
The deer are a real problem here. They eat all our flowers and
shrugs, damage the trees, attack bird feeders, and drive dogs crazy.
Once we cam home from a two day trip to find two separate herds on our
one acre property. They were hard to count, but we saw more than 30
on that occasion.
You didn't miss anything by passing up the images. It was pitch black
because of the time of day and the proximity of our house, and I could
see nothing through the viewfinder. I had to shine a flashlight on
the body to allow my camera to focus, and evenusing a flash, the
images are awful.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:
well of course if you say not safe for ann I'll at least open the post..
but I do thank you as I don't think I want to look at the photos.
I have read that only bow and arrow were permitted recently and
while it bothers me on one level to see any critter killed the
reality is the deer could at least be used to feed people and
they are overpopulated. I'd like a law that says if you are hunting
it better be for food - the notion that hunting is "sport" and people do it
for fun and trophys is the aspect that bothers me.
I grew up eating venison and pheasant my father brought home from
trips to Minnesota - can't bring myself to do it anymore but at heat I
work on not being a hypocrite so since I eat beef and chicken as long
as the beats arent being tortured before their demise I could hardly
object.
still, I won't be looking at those photos.
ann
On 10/26/2012 00:53, Daniel J. Matyola 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
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