Where’d You Get That Deer?

"Think he was trying to tell us something before he died?"

Although not uncommon to see a deer leg sticking out of a pickup bed, seeing one in the parking lot at the lake raises curiosity.

A Titus County game warden on his way to Lake Monticello to check fishermen witnessed a pickup driving into the parking lot with a white-tailed deer foot sticking out of the top of the truck bed. The driver admitted that another individual had shot and given him the illegal deer.

However, a check on the driver revealed that he had nine outstanding warrants in multiple counties and he was arrested.

A subsequent investigation determined the doe was shot out of season with a crossbow in Franklin County. Citations were issued to the shooter for no hunting license, possession of an antlerless white-tailed deer without a permit, untagged white-tailed deer, and waste of game animal.

Courtesy Texas Park and Wildlife "Game Warden Field Notes"