In the Suburbs, What to Do About a Deer

Washington Post ^ | September 12, 2002 | Bob Levey

[SJackson]

It was a Friday evening, and Cynthia Fain was off to do an errand. As she came out of her apartment complex in Gaithersburg, "I saw a deer lying on the side of the road," Cynthia says. "I realized he had just been hit by a motorist."

Cynthia approached the obviously dying animal "to see what help I could offer." Meanwhile, a security guard called Montgomery County police, and a crowd (including several children) began to gather.

"I sat on the curb and stroked the deer's head," Cynthia writes. "He responded by opening his eyes and putting his head in my hands. . . . I wished that everyone could feel what I felt at that moment."

One man very clearly did not.

Even though the deer was not yet dead, the man told the crowd that he would "take care of it." Cynthia and the security guard asked him what he meant. He said he would drag the deer off to a grassy patch nearby and butcher it.

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[CollegeRepublican]

Bow hunting season starts tomorrow here in Maryland. I can't wait to get out in the woods and fields again. Hopefully the mozzies down on the shore don't try and fly off with me. Time to catch up on some reading in the stand.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

You quickly kill the damn rat with hooves.

[SJackson]

It's been debunked as a hoax, but this thread need the 9-1-1 "Bambulance Call" for those who haven't heard it.

"Bambulance" 911 call

[dalereed]

"Now calm down or you'll taste gamey".

You can take the gameyness out of venison along with tenderizing it by soaking it in milk for 20 minutes.

Now about downed deer!

I have a friend that has an in with the glendale PD that whenever they have a downed deer they give him a call and he takes care of it and splits the proceeds with the cops.

One time years ago a buck fell upside down between a retaining wall and a bank and was stuck upside down. The home owners demanded that they save him and the animal control people managed to pull him out but when he got to the top of the wall he broke lose and bolted through their sliding glass doors, totally wrecked the house before my friend shot him in the middle of the living room on their white carpet.

Those bambi lovers got just what they deserved!

[MEGoody]

Yes, a bullet to the brain would be faster and more humane. Slitting it's throat is the next most humane option when a gun is not available.

[John O]

I can think of a few times when the "managing" was not too good. Can you?

Of course. Buffalo and such. The difference being that the sportsmen eventually come to their senses and realize "hey, we better take better care of these or we'll not have any more to hunt" while the treehuggers NEVER come to their senses. To the TH management means getting humans out of the loop entirely and letting the herd die off of natural causes.

GSA(P)

[GovernmentShrinker]

It was inconsiderate of the guy to butcher the deer in front of obviously suburban children. But what were the children still doing there? Watching the deer suffering before the police arrived to shoot it can't have been too pleasant for the kids either, nor would continuing to gaze at it after it was dead and had a bloody hole in its head. If Cynthia Suburbanite was so concerned for the children's sensibilities, why hadn't she ushered them out of the area long before the butchering started?

[dalereed]

Watching that deer being dressed out is a good education, why would you want to shield a child from reality and a learning experience?

Bambi and Flipper are social mind warping BS!

[RobRoy]

Yeah, I was thinking the one thing the guy dressing the dear should have done before he began dressing it was to loudly say, "OMG, I think this was Bambi."

[Destructor]

HA! That would've totally freaked that yuppie out! LOL!!

[B Knotts]

The man did his butchering in full view of several children, all ages 10 to 12, according to Cynthia.

I bet the kids were less bothered by it than these emotionally fragile suburbanites or this effete columnist. Living things feed on dead things...such is the way of nature. If exposed to reality at a sufficiently early age, kids understand that.

[GovernmentShrinker]

The decision as to when to expose children to potentially disturbing experiences ought to be up to their parents, who might reasonably have expected their children not to witness something like this while playing around their suburban neighborhood. When you see a bunch of 10-12 year old suburban children, who aren't yours, upset and tearful at the sight of an injured and dying deer, it's inconsiderate to pull out your knife and start butchering the beast right in front of them.

[Cobra Scott]

"I can think of a few times when the "managing" was not too good. Can you?"

"Of course. Buffalo and such."

Just FYI, the North American Buffalo herds were destroyed by brucellosis, not by overhunting. The natives killed far more on a regular basis than the hide hunters ever did.

It was the cattle industry. Don't allow people like TJ to attempt to rewrite history on you.

[Protagoras]

Don't allow people like TJ to attempt to rewrite history on you.

Please name some hisory I wrote or rewrote. Or withdraw your comment and move along.

[Protagoras]

You advocate burning books, and now you are afraid someone might push the abuse button if you start to violate posting guidelines. You are a mighty strange dude for a site like this.

[heckler]

I havnt tried this myself but a neighbor of mine says that
the best way he's found to handle the meat is as follows.
Bone it out ASAP. DO NOT saw any bone. Put the meat in a cooler and pack with ice. Drain the water and repack with ice daily for 4-5 days. Then package and freeze as you normally would.

[Destructor]

You are a pseudo intellectual, hyper-sensitive, elitist, Liberal type given to knee jerk reactions at the drop of a hat! I guess you really don't belong here either- do you?

[Destructor]

"I havnt tried this myself but a neighbor of mine says that the best way he's found to handle the meat is as follows. Bone it out ASAP. DO NOT saw any bone. Put the meat in a cooler and pack with ice. Drain the water and repack with ice daily for 4-5 days. Then package and freeze as you normally would."

Well, I know that works with fish. I guess it follows that it would work with larger game.

[Protagoras]

You are a pseudo intellectual, hyper-sensitive, elitist, Liberal type given to knee jerk reactions at the drop of a hat! I guess you really don't belong here either- do you?

LOL, Lot of namecalling for a guy who is commenting on a post that had nothingwhatsoever to do with him.

Maybe you would like to talk about your advocation of book burning. At least that concerns you. LOL

[Destructor]

"LOL, Lot of namecalling for a guy who is commenting on a post that had nothingwhatsoever to do with him."

"Maybe you would like to talk about your advocation of book burning. At least that concerns you. LOL"

That's right! I just beat you at your own game. If you can't take it- go to the Disney web site! Stick around here, and I'll school your ass!!