raeldridge
November 20, 2004, 13:15
but nothing that I can be proud or happy about.
got a radio call to back up our local Ohio game control officer. call came in, a driver sighted a large buck with a arrow hanging out of his side and visibly bleeding from the mouth walking along the side of the road.
ahhh....this was in city limits, off the edge of a large college farm/runway/airport facility.
I met the guy who had initially spotted him at our office, drove back to the scene, about a quarter mile away. we walked through the treeline between fields, spotlighted him with my duty flashlight.
he was down, but still alive. I could see the lower part of mouth covered with blood. grabbed two slugs for the 870, did what had to be done. almost cried about it, too.
I'd bet paychecks he'd been hanging around in this area (city limits, no hunting!), some a$$hole grabbed his bow and shot him from the side of the road, thinking he could get him in his truck and tag him before anyone showed up... the game control officer agreed with me on that too.
one of the city units showed up, he wasn't happy about it either. he said he'd brief extra patrol in this area for awhile.
a week later, I'm still angry about it.
(reading back on this, I didn't mean to sound so bitter. it just irritates me about some of the slobs out there. sorry, just had to vent.)
got a radio call to back up our local Ohio game control officer. call came in, a driver sighted a large buck with a arrow hanging out of his side and visibly bleeding from the mouth walking along the side of the road.
ahhh....this was in city limits, off the edge of a large college farm/runway/airport facility.
I met the guy who had initially spotted him at our office, drove back to the scene, about a quarter mile away. we walked through the treeline between fields, spotlighted him with my duty flashlight.
he was down, but still alive. I could see the lower part of mouth covered with blood. grabbed two slugs for the 870, did what had to be done. almost cried about it, too.
I'd bet paychecks he'd been hanging around in this area (city limits, no hunting!), some a$$hole grabbed his bow and shot him from the side of the road, thinking he could get him in his truck and tag him before anyone showed up... the game control officer agreed with me on that too.
one of the city units showed up, he wasn't happy about it either. he said he'd brief extra patrol in this area for awhile.
a week later, I'm still angry about it.
(reading back on this, I didn't mean to sound so bitter. it just irritates me about some of the slobs out there. sorry, just had to vent.)