August 23
(Sorry John! Headed to kitchen for breakfast, before uploading DP, and a few of Bambi's buddies were cruising through our yard. So, this one seemed much more apropos for today.)
Early last evening, I found it VERY difficult to practice being non-judmental when someone here in our (heavily wooded) neighborhood chose to use some big-ass gun (within city limits) and attempted to kill one of the bucks that wander the properties :(
Somehow my husband, Maria and I instinctively knew what the shot had been for; I ran in the direction of the shot in time to watch a buck finish coming down the slope and manage to cross the street onto our property and collapse in the gulley:(
He had been hit in the rightside butt. I immediately started yelling at the top of my lungs "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING??" And on, and on, and on I yelled---I haven't been that mad in a LONG time.
Retrospectively, it was very unwise of me to have be screaming like that NOT from the cover of some trees. I am grateful right now for my safety.
We had called the police; three squad cars arrived. The buck got scared and managed to get up, climb the hill and hide behind our shed. They did put it out of its misery:(
The shot came from across the street and up the hill; our neighbors from across the drive came out to investigate also. He was pissed, too, and walked to that next street uphill to try to find the asshole! Coward never did show their self---knowing the cops would have hauled their sorry ass out of here! And the police would have had to find the 'fool' actually standing there holding the gun. Of course, 'someone' never had the courage for confession; was a bummer:(
Then we learned that since it fell on private property, that it would be up to us to take care of it. After several calls, we found someone who was very happy to look forward to fresh venison.
I'm still trying to not be judgmental; and am not succeeding with that quite yet:(
Check out these links to photos I posted of some of our deer:
http://www.ladykatesphotography.com/Daily-Photos/My-Task-At-Hand/4264698_TXQ5N#422589921_FhZW8
http://www.ladykatesphotography.com/Daily-Photos/My-Task-At-Hand/4
Some of our bucks: http://www.ladykatesphotography.com/Weekly-Challenge/Challenges-for-2009/7087350_zhcHC#440898222_W3N3c
And Alex posted one from when he was recently visiting here:
http://aktpics.smugmug.com/My-Galleries/The-Great-Outdoo...rs/RV-Roadtrip-2009-Highlights/9030721_fm69J#618234177_Wj3rR