Years ago I was in a dog club in south Perry Co. because they had a huge swamp on the backside of the property that they never run. I had that whole 300 acre swamp to myself. I killed a pile of bucks out of it.

We had a little camp site that people gathered in when they were not on a drive. I pretty much kept to myself and the dog hunters stayed in their group. One day the Perry Co game warden showed up and was talking to the dog hunters. There were maybe 15 in the group. My curiosity got the best of me so I walked over and joined the conversation. He was telling us that on the south border of our land a landowner had a large pasture full of cows. Some deer had been frequenting the pasture and the old man had found a few of his cows with bullet holes in them. He was asking our member to stay off of that road for the next three days because he was going to have a decoy out. Around 1 pm I went back into my swamp for the afternoon. When I got back the club president was there with damn near everyone in the club, which was highly unusual. I asked one of the guys what was going on and he said three different guys from our club had shot that decoy deer that afternoon.

All three were in the group that were told exactly where the decoy would be and what time period it would be there. I mean he told them and three of them went over there and shot it in three separate instances. Talk about stupid!

I guess I should not be surprised out of that bunch. I was sitting in a ladder one time and I heard several shotgun blast and then dogs squealing in pain. Found out later that one of the resident rocket scientist drove up on some deer in a cemetery and when they bolted he dropped the tailgate and turned the dogs on them. He ran down to the next road and when the dogs came out in the road he shot all three of them with buckshot.