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WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO - Officials finding more headless deer 
By Katie Boer KPIC NewsDOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. -- With rifle season underway the Oregon State Police say they've experienced an increase in calls regarding headless dear found around Douglas County. The OSP and Department of Fish and Wildlife say that recently they've responded to calls about deer being shot and left, with only their heads cut off. OSP Game Officer Dean Perske said, "Just last night we had two, one off Hwy 138 and one off North Bank Road that were both very large white tail bucks. These are just again, the ones we know about. There were some other deer that were shot and left in the same vicinity and nothing taken from them, but two of them had the heads cut off." Perske says despite being a fairly common occurrence for this time of year, it's still alarming. "They just want the large racks off these deer. That's why they just go out at night and just shoot as they stand alongside the roadway, cut the heads off and leave the rest and move on." Often times the heads are removed from large bucks or an illegally shot doe. Perske explained that technology now allows the crime lab to take DNA samples from the head and carcass and match the two, if a deer were shot illegally. "We take it very serious. It's seen as a whole other thing. Again, these aren't people who are out there feeding their family like a lot of them try to claim, they're leaving the entire animal out there and just take a set of horns off the deer." Depending on how the deer was killed, a hunter can be responsible for charges such as: Hunting with the Aid of an Artificial Light, Shooting from the Road or Private Property, Waste (by leaving the head) or by not having tags or licenses. The OSP said often times alcohol is involved and numerous DUII arrests are made simultaneously. Depending on the incident, hunters can be cited, arrested and even fined several thousand dollars, losing their hunting license or guns. |
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