Not for me although I think I could have had it if I had a means to cart
it away. I think the meat goes to charity if deemed usable. It's cut
up by volunteer butchers.
Chuck Norcutt
Wayne Harridge wrote:
> Venison for dinner ?
>
>> Thanks for the pleasant photo interlude. I'm always a sucker for
>> pretty
>> clouds and fog. Nice shot of the buck too. We often get a small herd
>> of 6-12 does and fawns bedding down in the back yard or munching things
>> we'd prefer they not eat but the bucks manage to stay hidden.
>>
>> Actually, there are far too many deer here. I accidentally killed a
>> young doe two summers ago just a couple blocks from the house. It had
>> just gotten dark and she came running at full tilt out into the street
>> from between two houses. I never saw her but she ran head first into
>> the front fender just ahead of my door. That left a dent in the fender
>> and the her hind quarters slid under the rear wheel which ended up
>> breaking her back and paralyzing her back half. From my perspective
>> there was nothing but a huge and mysterious bang (as she hit the side
>> of
>> the car) and then the car seemed to leap into the air as it ran over
>> her. I thought I had hit a big stone or log laying in the road. I was
>> astounded to see the deer laying in the road after I turned the car
>> around to see what had happened. Fortunately, a sheriff's deputy was
>> not far away and dispatched her with a pistol shot. He was extremely
>> reluctant at first to fire the pistol in a suburban neighborhood but
>> eventually relented after watching her frenzied attempts to escape
>> using
>> only her front legs.
>>
>
>
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