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Wingman wrote:This happened in front of the Ergon plant. The deer would've had to walk over 2 miles down the port road and then crossed Business 61, obviously full of traffic, to get to dry ground. Google where the Ergon plant is on Haining Road. It is completely surrounded by miles of water right now.

Had it caused an accident, I imagine concerned citizens would be blaming the officer for putting a deer's life over a human's.

You girls need to go back to your cross-stitching. it's supposed to be cold in February, and I'm sure your husbands could use some warm mittens or a stocking cap.

I'm sorry to disagree with you on this Wingman, but it still doesn't hold water in my opinion.
Could the deer have caused an accident? Yes.

Would the deer have caused an accident? Possibly. But not any more so than any other deer we find grazing along every interstate and highway right of way in Mississippi.

So, are you trying to say that game wardens have the obligation to kill anything that may come into contact with traffic right-of-ways? I certainly hope not; seeing as how I enjoy going jogging in the evenings with my buddy Jack. It would upset my mother something terrible if the game warden were to determine that either one of us, or heaven forbid both of us, were a traffic hazard. (Do to me what you will, but if you hurt Jack, my wife will take you to the woodshed.)

Oh, and don't worry about me in February. I have a cap.

I was just glad to know that the only deer along Long Lake out that way is now out of the water and doesn't have to drown, although his long swim for for naught. But at least the only deer to come out of those woods to the harbor road is not a danger anymore, I mean I was scared to death! I call absolute BS.

They beter set up firing lines all along highway 61 and highway 1 to "dispatch" unruley animals that are such a danger.

They couldn't tranqulize the deer so they had to shoot it?? In forestry school we learned the "Do Nothing" approach is always a valid option!

Yall don't get your panty's in a wad about 1 deer.


think about all the summer tags that farmers get to shoot deer because they eat there soy beans. a farmer local to my area has a couple 100 acres of beans - his land backs up to my deer camp.

this year he got 50 deer tags to shoot and let them lay because they are eating his beans.


so all the hard work, effort, and money we spent on our property goes down the drain for deer management.


our state and deer management are not even on the same page.

^^^Apples and oranges, jd^^^

This deer was destroyed because of what it might do. The deer tags your farmer friend has is for what deer will do. Big difference.

The good news is, we have 14 openings in the Delta right now. I hope to see some of your faces in the next cadet class. Then you won't have to live vicariously through the Internet anymore. You will be a real, live game warden.

Sorry Wingman. But for all the work y'all do, you're underpaid.

jacksbuddy wrote:^^^Apples and oranges, jd^^^

This deer was destroyed because of what it might do. The deer tags your farmer friend has is for what deer will do. Big difference.

I agree - its apples and oranges.....


but my point is the STATE decides the fate of these animals - and in my opinion they don't do a great job.


they are underpaid, and over worked.... I have no problem with a game warden killing a deer that he feels is suspect to harm others or property. I mean its not like it was wasted - it went to a good cause.

jdbuckshot wrote:...my point is the STATE decides the fate of these animals - and in my opinion they don't do a great job.


they are underpaid, and over worked.... I have no problem with a game warden killing a deer that he feels is suspect to harm others or property. I mean its not like it was wasted - it went to a good cause.

^^^understatement of the year^^^

And it is only JANUARY!

You can be dam sure that wasn't the only deer that swam that part of the river. It must look like a war zone down there with all those vagrant deer that cant seem to get out of their own way. What a crock! If the Dept is so worried about deer collisions with high water just why in the hell don't they let the hunters take care of the displaced deer herd? I mean they MIGHT in leaving their home areas go to a human populated area.

Why not just say the officer used one of the tools at his disposal and it was one of the decisions he could have made. But this "we had to kill this animal for the betterment of society" is an insult to everyone that reads it. IMO its just another case of the thin blue line covering for a poor decision.
For the record... I know why the seasons are closed during high water I have seen the reasons with my own eyes. But that deer was just as important as the ones killed illegally by hunters, tickets are being written daily for the same offense.

Wingman wrote:The good news is, we have 14 openings in the Delta right now. I hope to see some of your faces in the next cadet class. Then you won't have to live vicariously through the Internet anymore. You will be a real, live game warden.

I got a real good laugh on this one. Thanks!

I don't care that a single game warden shot a single deer on a judgment call. If anyone wants to get all riled up at a government entity having to do with wildlife, please aim at the legislature and the commission. Pick your topic: baiting/fines/"primitive" weapons/duck seasons(contact US rep/senator on this one)/possession limits/etc. Time better spent in my opinion.

jdbuckshot wrote:Yall don't get your panty's in a wad about 1 deer.


think about all the summer tags that farmers get to shoot deer because they eat there soy beans. a farmer local to my area has a couple 100 acres of beans - his land backs up to my deer camp.

this year he got 50 deer tags to shoot and let them lay because they are eating his beans.


so all the hard work, effort, and money we spent on our property goes down the drain for deer management.


our state and deer management are not even on the same page.

Consider your tract lucky, we had a farmer with a 395 acre field in South Warren County kill over 150 this year during the high water event. Some said the number may have went over 200 by the end of the summer.

not sure if yall understand but the state wants deer killed.

REBEL DUCK wrote:not sure if yall understand but the Insurance Lobby wants deer killed.

fixed that for you.

I heard the deer has its huffs in the air above its head just before the animal was shot ... just hear say though

What are "huffs"?

I think you mean hooves.