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| Release Date: |
February 11, 2007 |
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| Offence Date: |
September 2006 |
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| Item: |
Spoiled deer |
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| Description: |
While conducting a patrol down forestry
roads in the Seven Sisters district in
September 2006, officers came across a
bit of a mystery. Ravens and magpies
were congregated just off the road into
the bush. A tell tale sign of a gut pile
or dead animal.
The site was checked out and not 25
meters from the road, a dead mature buck
with its antlers stuck in a clump of
young birch trees was found (see photos
in the gallery). It was facing toward
the direction of the road in an upright
position, appearing like it was just
lying down with its head up. By the
decomposed state of the animal it must
have been dead for at least five days.
The birds where probably fooled into
thinking the deer was still alive by its
appearance and that’s why it remained
virtually untouched.
Bucks sometimes get their antlers jammed
in clumps of trees while they are
attempting to make a rub or battling
with another buck during the rut.
However, there was no sign of a
struggle, hardly any damage to the trees
and being mid- September, it wasn’t
close enough to the rut.
Upon further examination, officers did
find a bullet wound in the shoulder,
which would have caused some major
internal damage.
It is believed that the deer was shot on
the road by poachers. It then ran 25
meters into the bush, got an antler
caught on the clump of birch trees,
swung around and got both antlers
lodged. The animal would have died from
its fatal wound shortly there after. |
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