N.J. woman says deer carries arrow in its head as it wanders suburban backyards

[I make a point not to talk to bowhunters. Like if I knew a guy watching the kids in a school yard is a pedophile, I can’t be held accountable for what I might do if I saw one aiming at a deer! This isn’t some kind of a game, and the animals aren’t your playthings put here for you to do with as you will! Each and every dear, elk, bear, or any other living target you fantasize about is a living being far more deserving of life than you camo-clad bow-toting scumbags who take pleasure in sending arrows into them!

Here’s the statement made by the person who sent me this article about ANOTHER wounded deer:
“I can’t even contain my outrage. Just like what happened here, this woman saw this poor deer who had been injured with an arrow. This is where our reactions differ: the article says ‘I know a lot of hunters and I know that was nothing done intentionally,’ Darrah said by phone this morning, noting her yard attracts deer often since it has a large pear tree and its located near Split Rock Reservoir. ‘I’m sure if any hunter saw him, they would have been kind of enough to put him down,’ she said.

Really? Not intentional? Ok, it was a bad shot. WHICH CONFIRMS THAT BOW HUNTING MUST BE OUTLAWED. But what is even more ironic is her comment about hunters being ‘kind.’ Fuck that. Clearly she is out of her mind and drank the cool aid on hunting.  ‘Yes, we shoot them with a gun or an arrow and they quietly go to heaven and give us food.'”]

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                    A Boonton woman saw this deer in her backyard on Friday and Saturday.                                             (Courtesy Susan Darrah)

Jeff Goldman/The Star-Ledger By Jeff Goldman/The Star-Ledger The Star-Ledger Email the author | Follow on Twitter on November 04, 2013 at  1:32 PM, updated November 04, 2013 at  8:36 PM

    http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2013/11/nj_woman_spots_deer_with_arrow_in_head_in_her_backyar.html

ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP — Seeing deer wander through her Boonton backyard is a regular occurrence for Susan Darrah.

But even Darrah admits she was taken aback by what she saw when she looked out her living room window at about noon on Friday: a young deer with an arrow through its head.

As startling a sight as it was, the animal wasn’t bleeding and didn’t appear to be frightened, she said. Darrah immediately contacted animal control in town as well as the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife.

“I know a lot of hunters and I know that was nothing done intentionally,” Darrah said by phone this morning, noting her yard attracts deer often since it has a large pear tree and its located near Split Rock Reservoir. “I’m sure if any hunter saw him, they would have been kind of enough to put him down,” she said.

Darrah spoke to a Fish & Wildlife representative and followed their advice to put out a supply of corn for the deer, which appeared to be traveling in a herd with four others.

The animal re-appeared at 5 p.m. Friday and then again at 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, but Darrah said she hasn’t seen it since.

The state Division of Fish and Wildlife sent out a crew to the area today looking for the deer, spokesman Bob Considine said. He added that the department would tranquilize the animal in the hopes of removing the arrow.

The state is in the midst of its fall bow hunt season.

20 thoughts on “N.J. woman says deer carries arrow in its head as it wanders suburban backyards

  1. I do not allow hunting on my property. I live on 15 wooded acres and any wildlife that comes on my property is safe. This is the reason I don’t allow hunting of any kind, anywhere on my 20 acres. And, for those who make the excuse this is an accident or hunters do it for food (And that trophy hanging on their wall), OK, let’s talk in other terms. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A CHILD..

  2. “Each and every dear, elk, bear, or any other living target you fantasize about is a living being far more deserving of life than you camo-clad bow-toting scumbags who take pleasure in sending arrows into them!” LOVE THIS!!!! My sentiments exactly.

  3. Fucked up! How can someone see a deer in this predicament and not feel a needing urge to help and heal the dear! What planet are these fucks from?

  4. this poor deer if not caught will suffer a horrible death for looking at the arrow the poor deer will not be able to eat and will starve to death and will be in pain. I hope they can trap it or at least put it out of its misery. Very poor shot to this animal this hunter should not be allowed to have a license to hunt for obviously he had no compassion for the animal. hope it is found and someone does something.

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