We have a similar program here in Lexington. Professional bow hunters, culling the herd, meat to the local agencies. Of course, last year they got exactly one deer so it's not a rousing success.
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
