Washington Hunter
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Whoever did this deserves the death penalty! :MAD |oo
Salt Lake City (AP)- At least 13 deer have ben shot in Diamond Fork Canyon by people who did not take any of the meat and apparently did it for the thrill, wildlife officials said.
Vic Layton, a wildlife officer with the Division of Wildlife Resources, drove the canyon Sunday after a caller to the Help Stop Poaching Hotline reported Six dead animals along the main road. He Found those and more along a four mile stretch of the Utah County Road. Another was found Monday.
"It was a killing spree... something done for no reason other than the joy of killing," Layton said, "They were all within easy range of the road. There was no meat taken from any of the animals. It wasn't someone starving to death.
Layton said it was possible that there were fatally wounded animals that may have gone a distance before collapsing and their bodies have not been found.
He believes the animals were shot late Saturday or early Sunday. He had patrolled the canyon earlier Saturday and saw no dead animals.
The deer included two mature bucks, eight does, two yearling bucks a yearling doe.
Biologists say the loss will impact deer herds in the area for years to come.
"You can assume that each of the adult does was probably carrying twins," said Craig Clyde, a wildlife biologist for the DWR's Springville office. "There would probably be a minimum impact of 150 deer over the next 10 years. The numbers can really grow in a hurry."
DWR is offering a $1,000 reward for tips leading to the arrest of the poachers.
Salt Lake City (AP)- At least 13 deer have ben shot in Diamond Fork Canyon by people who did not take any of the meat and apparently did it for the thrill, wildlife officials said.
Vic Layton, a wildlife officer with the Division of Wildlife Resources, drove the canyon Sunday after a caller to the Help Stop Poaching Hotline reported Six dead animals along the main road. He Found those and more along a four mile stretch of the Utah County Road. Another was found Monday.
"It was a killing spree... something done for no reason other than the joy of killing," Layton said, "They were all within easy range of the road. There was no meat taken from any of the animals. It wasn't someone starving to death.
Layton said it was possible that there were fatally wounded animals that may have gone a distance before collapsing and their bodies have not been found.
He believes the animals were shot late Saturday or early Sunday. He had patrolled the canyon earlier Saturday and saw no dead animals.
The deer included two mature bucks, eight does, two yearling bucks a yearling doe.
Biologists say the loss will impact deer herds in the area for years to come.
"You can assume that each of the adult does was probably carrying twins," said Craig Clyde, a wildlife biologist for the DWR's Springville office. "There would probably be a minimum impact of 150 deer over the next 10 years. The numbers can really grow in a hurry."
DWR is offering a $1,000 reward for tips leading to the arrest of the poachers.
