Thursday, March 15, 2012

Spring Deer Season

Next week we are taking about six more deer. Sort of a one-day gun season.

And we're not going to be outlaws.

Our local department of wildlife biologist, Johnny Berry, is coming to work with us in harvesting some does for biological analysis. Pretty much to assess their overall health and reproductive activity.

I have never seen an official deer autopsy. But next week I get to participate in six of them. Apparently Johnny is going to do it all except for some special liver analysis that will later happen in Baton Rouge.

The actual deer will remain in our cooler to age. Then then meat will be charitably donated by a party other than us.

Johnny and another state biologist will do the actual shooting. Roux, our tracking dog, will be on standby to help with the retrieval.

It sounds like another learning adventure.

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