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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