Deer caught in fence

beenthere · Oct 12, 2004

Are you allowed to shoot stray dogs? We have leash laws most everywhere around here. Min. requirement to have collars, tags, and rabies shots. But, still can get into some trouble shooting dogs.

plumboy · Oct 12, 2004

TBAR, how did you go about getting that bobcat loose?

sneaky_pete · Oct 12, 2004

( ... I have a busy body neighbor who moved from the city and still wants all the city rules to apply with a rural life.

I guess I'm just tired of all the growth and then the people who move there expect everything to be like the city.)

This phenomenon never ceases to amaze me, but happens all the time. How can people be so clueless? They must not have done any homework or research at all before moving. And these kinds of people usually end up bringing the city with them, so to speak.

Pete

Golfgar4 · Oct 12, 2004

( They must not have done any homework or research at all before moving )

We see the same thing around here. We'll have "city" people, like from Chicago, come up and stay at a resort for a week. Why, it's just a wonderful experience.

So they get to talking, and wouldn't it be nice to have this feeling all of the time? Well, let's buy a resort, and then we can!

So they buy the resort, but all of a sudden, they don't like the zoning requirements (or lack thereof) that let's their neighbors do just about whatever they want - CAUSE THEY'RE IN THE COUNTRY!!

So the new owners go to the local government office, which is usually a back room in a store or the post office, and want to find out how to get things changed so that their life can be more comfortable like when they lived in the city. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

They just don't get it. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

TBAR · Oct 12, 2004

( TBAR, how did you go about getting that bobcat loose? )

Crawl over the fence with a pair of wire cutters.......

Have #1 son armed with a shotgun aimed at the animal........

Move very slowly with the cutters toward the wire........

Jump back a couple of times when he pitches a fit...........

Finally get close enough to cut the wire.........

Bobcat runs off.......

On thing I did not think of was what if the cat had decided that the bald spot on my head needed to be covered with fur....................and my son is standing there training a shotgun on him. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

By my own admission.........STUPID.......STUPID.......STUPID.

TBAR

beenthere · Oct 12, 2004

I was at our Town Hall once when that very thing happened, and it was a continous unfolding of complaints from the "city" guy.
Farm tractors on the narrow roads.
Manure and mud on the roads.
Big wide machinery on the roads.
Guns going off.
Etc., etc.

Finally the Town Chair was through listening, and asked the question "Did you like this place when you bought your property?", and the answer was Yes.

The Town Chair said "Then leave it that way".

Ken_f · Oct 12, 2004

I have the neighbors trained around here. Between me on my 21 acres and my neighbor on his 17 we shoot constantly. You name it too. Pistol, AR AK and from time to time a few 2 liter soda bottles with aluminum foil and muriatic acid which makes a noise beyond any rifle shot that I have heard (less
50cal)

Everything that we do is safe and within the law. In Pennsylvania you can't shoot within 450 feet of any occupied house other than your own. Also, we don't make allot of noise at night or Sunday mornings. But we do get the (few) city people use to the way of the country.

We were here first (the farms) we are not PC so deal with it is our pholosipy... And yes we are armed... All of the time.

Ken

duck12 · Oct 12, 2004

Same problem in Hedgesville lived here all my life now ever time a 4wheeler rides down the road or a gun shoot a person up the road how moved here from Leesburg calls the state police . All of Berkeley and Jefferson is growing way to much somethang needs to be done .

SPIKER · Oct 13, 2004

Deer or other critters caught in fences is not that un-common: seen it several times myself and helpped to try and free a few but the end result was usually the same that the critter was doomed to a slow and painfull death. one was a OWL which while swooping or flying after some rodent got caught in the local barb wire fence under both wings and above it's head. it was stuck good and we could not free it as it was there probably most of the night. when we tried to get it off it of corse flailed aobut making things worse, we did get it off and got it back home but it died shortly there after form shock/blood loss or something else. back then there wasn't any wild life rescue places as seen today. but it was one of the biggest & pretties birds I ever seen upclose. brobably a 5~6' wingspan with the softest feathers immigineable. I was a KID back then and while it lived a short time it probably could have been saved if it had happened today. not sure if it was a barn owl or a snow owl but was winter and was mostly white (cept for the stains form the damage where both armpits were snagged and back of the neck by the barbs.) figured it hit the fence @ a good clip to get stuck the way it was. the beak was a good 2.5~3" long!

we had to go back home ~1/2 mile to get heavy leather welding/stove gloves to get it off the fence even then getting BIT wasn't an appealing option. we used a leather NAIL BAG tied over it's head to soften it's fear. still once we got it loose we set it free on the spot but the next day it was still there & it was appearant it couldn't fend for it's self. we took it home into warm basement and ket it fed with strips of sliced meat for several days but it wouldn't HEAL as it wanted to fly and kept tearing open the wing wounds. it ate very well and was happy to take food. we didn't have a phone to call the DNR and we didn't have a running car to take it anywhere nore could we afford to pay to take it to vet. it died from onset of infection I think...

anyhow in that case risk was small but I would not suggest ANYONE try and free a full sized DEER that is stuck in a fence! even getting a stupid coon dog freed can get you hurt. (don't ask me how I know that!) and yes it was MY BROTHERS dog which while big and very stupid was fearless about chasing coon wood chucks or just about anything but deer. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

MarkM