Hunters Kill Bambi, Deformed Deer

The annual thin-the-herd deer hunt was held in Bucks County on Tuesday, and it went on with the usual hunters-vs.-protesters vibe, although the crowd of protesters has thinned in recent years. Even the court challenges against the annual Tyler State Park event have ceased.

But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t some amazing sentences and quotes in Ben Finley’s story from the Doylestown Intelligencer. Let’s list some, shall we?

• “Don’t leave piles of (deer) guts out,” a Pennsylvania Gaming Commission official had told them. “If there are piles of guts out on the trails, people are going to have opposition to this hunt.”
• Signs demanded a stop to “killing Bambi.”
• [Bert] Brelsford said he’s seen some abnormal-looking deer at Tyler. He mentioned deer that have been hit by cars and survived. They have small, squished faces instead of long faces. Their antlers have grown oddly or only grow on one side of their head, he said.
• “The deer don’t observe political boundaries,” [the park manager] said.
• As far as the protesters go, [John] Cox said, “They have a right to their opinion. A vegetarian is a vegetarian. A Protestant is a Protestant. A Catholic is a Catholic. I’m not going to argue with them.”

You know, John Cox may be the wisest person quoted in any article this year.

Herd of protesters shrinks at deer hunt [Intelligencer]