Syracuse.com - Otisco property owner disgusted by deer poaching incident

[HuntingNY-News]

Deer hunting is allowed only from sunrise to sunset. Persons who see or hear of illegal, night-time activities should immediately call 911 or the DEC’s 24-hour tip hotline at 800-847-7332.

Last week, Ed Doody, of Otisco, called me with a disturbing tale of deer poaching.

Doody said he heard a gunshot on a recent weekend night. The next day, there was a dead deer in his field.

“One of our neighbors first spotted it and thought it was a roadkill,” Doody said. But upon checking the deer, they discovered its head had been sawed off and it had a bullet or slug hole in its rib cage.

“It was disgusting,” Doody said.

Doody said he called the DEC and that an officer came out to investigate. Since then, he and his neighbors are on high alert.

Deer hunting is allowed only from sunrise to sunset. Persons who see or hear of illegal, night-time activities should immediately call 911 or the DEC’s 24-hour tip hotline at 800-847-7332.

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog

[boo711]

He or the neighbor should have call 911 or DEC as soon as they heard the shots. But still cant believe people do that

[Doewhacker]

boo711 I hear shots in the country all the time, most times there is no reason to call cops.

[irish_redneck]

Shots at night could as easily have been coyote hunters as poachers, unless they restrict other seasons until the end of deer season there would be no way to make a distinction.

[Nomad]

The longer I live 53 years so far, the more people I meet the more hunters I talk to the more I realize this type of stuff happens a lot. killing them in bow with guns, at night, out of season and on and on. Crack has nothing on antlers.

The Rochester D and C newspaper runs stories on hunters each year, I've known or knew guys who've known a few of them. Two of these news stories were false and one of the guys was well known to LE as a slob hunter at best... Yet here he is in the paper with his story of how good a "hunter" he is.

"Big" hunter buys land near mine, wall of heads only interested in big bucks, we can make this area better qdm ect. Dusk 2nd last day of bow ,deer pouring into fields, bang ! a single gun shot from his place right around his blind. 2 days later gun season starts ,he tells me he got that big one out of that blind opening day moring, funny I was over there and did not hear any shots.....

Yes i should have called the DEC when I heard the shot in bow or at least went over

. Same guy I've found in his stand well after dark, wearing dark cover alls . I had a long walk out over 1/2 hour and was walking with a headlamp, he was on stand by a field a short walk from his home . He's got a wall of heads though.

I have found head less bucks on my spot, gun shot in bow . Had the DEC over (they were great btw)

Edited November 2, 2012 by Larry302

[irish_redneck]

I've found a couple of headless carcasses on my property, normally findem when the snow melts. One looked to have been shot from my ladder stand

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[irish_redneck]

Hmm that was supposedvto br

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[shawnhu]

Grr insert shocked face in place of smile

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You do realize there is an edit function right?

[irish_redneck]

You do realize there is an edit function right?

Not from my phone....

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[shawnhu]

That's interesting. I also use TapaTalk.

[arrow nocker]

All i can do is follow the law and try to be on the look out.You are never going to stop the antler addiction.Im happy with a 6pt shot with my bow.Don't understand why someone would wanna hang a rack on the wall they illegally got?