Close to Home by John McPherson for January 07, 2017

Next, is to set up one that shoots back. Indelible paintballs, of course.

There once was a hunter named Grizzle

Who shot a fake deer, fo’ shizzle.

While he thought “just my luck”

So did many a buck

That got many a bang for his pizzle.

That would just attract more hunters.

What a great I-deer! I will do’s it!

I can tell you from personal experience that it’s great fun to nail a stuffed deer head to a tree where it can just be seen from the blind by an old deed hunter as the sun comes up.

The poor hunter was a Merder victim.

The powder wouldn’t do much damage without shrapnel.

to what end?

This happened without the powder in Cherokee, NC. The NPS was having trouble with poaching in the Park and left out a dummy deer in a meadow by the transmountain road. When shots rang out, they flooded the area with light. The culprits? The Cherokee police…