[MD] dying deer

[Dan Glover]

>From: Heather Perella <spiritualadirondack at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>Subject: [MD]  dying deer
>Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:12:18 -0800 (PST)
>
>      [Dan]
> > Here a good percentage (well over half) of deer are
> > infected with prion
> > disease (mad cow) and there's much debate on the
> > safety of the meat. I
> > personally wouldn't take the chance. But then I eat
> > very little meat anyway.
>
>      I didn't know about the prion disease.  I know
>quite a few hunters and this never popped up before.
>Interesting though, I wonder how far this disease has
>spread and how new this disease is, and harmful to
>humans.

[Dan]

See for yourself:

http://www.wildlifeprotection.net/deer/deermeatkills.html

>
>      [SA previously]
> > >I found a bullet hole in the skin.
>
>
>      Upon further inquiry, when I went back to this
>deer after somebody I knew showed up, I found other
>bigger holes in the same area.  This deer may have
>been shot, but eventually it was hit by a vehicle,
>probably.  The deer was alive for some time apparently
>while starving as well.  Very bony in the spine
>region.  The one hole had puss, a big blood clot was
>in another hole, and other blood clots were in the
>snow apparently from the other holes that were open
>wounds when I was checking it out.  The leg was not
>moving, as the other three were.

[Dan]

Now do you understand why I dislike guns? I especially dislike idiots with 
guns. I realize without any natural predators the deer population will 
quickly grow out of control. But there is a proper way to kill. One doesn't 
just shoot an animal and let it run off wounded. Even I know that.

>
>
>      [SA previously]
> > >It was a very calm experience being with this deer
>as he died.
>
> > [Dan]
> > I somehow doubt it was for the deer. It probably
>died cold and
> > frightened and alone.
>
>     I'm sure the deer felt cold, noticed fear, and
>alone, well, not sure about that.  The crows found out
>what was going on early.  While I was sitting with the
>deer a crow flew onto a tree close by speaking.  Other
>crows flew in, and then a hawk flew by and the crows
>did their all time favorite activity, seemingly, and
>chased the hawk for a bit, then the crows came back.
>I was looking for a very real felt experience.  Calm
>came to mind, but alert as well.  It was meditative.
>I mean this is it, life and death right here, right
>now, very real, very deep, bone and marrow, with life
>in the teeth of death with life fighting back.  I
>thought about killing the deer, you know the whole put
>it out of its' misery, but I didn't know how much the
>deer processed what was going on.  For me to try to
>kill him might have induced more shock, more fear as I
>would try to cut his throat.  I didn't have anything
>else that would have made the death quick.  This is
>natural, the wind kept blowing in the dry oak leaves
>hanging on the branches.  I could hear the crows and
>other birds.  Quiet would hang in the air at times,
>until the wind would blow again and the eye lashes on
>the deer would blow in the wind, too.  Very touching
>moment might be a better way to put it.
>      When this buddy of mine from work showed up and
>we found these other holes, well, that deterred any
>cutting and eating of this deer.  So, we dragged it
>into the woods away from the houses to avoid any
>stink.  Tomorrow I'll go and see what happened
>overnight.

Nature takes care of her own.

Thank you for your comments,

Dan