Deer in the City
- A deer that was spotted Tuesday eating bushes in a garden in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood prompted a police response, but bound off into the neighborhood without incident, authorities said.
A resident called about 8 a.m. to report a deer in the 2500 block of North Sacramento Avenue, Officer Marcel Bright said. Several squad cars and police officials had been on the scene waiting for animal control officers to help capture it and transport it to a safe area, but they didn't show up in time, he said.
As more people are killed every year by deer than by any other animal, including cougars, why can't we kill deer in the city? They're like rats with antlers. More than a few times a year, we hear about cars hitting deer in the forest preserves. More and more we hear of pilots aborting landings at O'Hare aborting landings because of deer on the runways. We got an e-mail last week about a woman running over a deer in the 011th District at Lake and Pulaski.
Things could be worse though:
Things could be worse though:
The state's transportation department says it won't be picking up as much roadkill left along roads because it spent too much of its budget during the winter.
IDOT says it spent more than twice the allotted $40 million on clearing ice and snow removal because of rising fuel costs and harsh weather last winter.
Dead animals in driving lanes and any deemed hazardous to motorists will be removed. But much of the rest will be left for scavengers.
Want to see an increase in scavenging wolves, cougars and even a bear population? Leave out roadkill.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
56 Comments:
MMMMmmmm, I wonder if a deer is softer than a sheep.....Which way did it go?
Could you just imagine the public outcry if we lit bambi up?
we had an info for the police message the other day in 003 of a confused deer at 71/king. god knows where it came from. because it's all residential and the northfolk train tracks around there with no woods for miles.
Everyone knows the best deer round is a Ford F 150
That explains that venison picnic in Garfield Park the other day. They hauled it back to the crib on Maypole, dressed it, marintated it overnight in malt liquor and hot sauce. It was cookin' on a big spit near the pond.
Cold forties and Flamin' Hot Cheetos for all with primo reefer after the watermelon.
Dat's what I call good livin', bro!
You shoot it you eat it?
i had to laugh when you said, "animal control didn't show up in time". no shit! they never do. it's a joke how big this city is, how big our human population not to mention pet and wild animal population and they have 1 van on the street for the entire city. now if that 1 van is down on a run, the rest of the city has to suffer. they usually take about 24-36 hours to show up to a citizen complaint and anywhere from 2-6 hours for a police officer complaint in progress. its a joke and again the mayor should be ashamed of himself.
We've had deer in 014 way before. I remember about 4 years back 3 of them were grazing in some fenced off area on Elston just south of North Ave. Crazy Sgt Bananas had a car and himself sit on them until animal control could come out. Seen coyotes too on the Metra tracks too in 014 and 016.
There are deer all over the northwest side, especially bordering the Forest Preserve. They usually trot off after they gorge themselves on the vegetation.
numerous coyotes seen in 012 in the last few weeks.
After having a few one night, I swear I saw a mob of kangaroos hopping around Garfield Park.
The next night I came back and they were gone.
No do you fine citizens of Roscoe Village see why the officers shot the cougar? No, I'm sure you don't. Never let reality get in the way of your agenda.
016 has more deer/car crashes than ever.
"animal control didn't show up in time"
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Around here (Winnebago county) if you call after hours you get to leave a voice mail. The voice mail gets sent to whoever has the beeper that night and they will call you back. AFAIK, they almost never come out after hours, although they will coordinate getting a pet returned. Usually this amounts to them putting the lost pets owner in touch with whoever found it and letting them work out the details.
Mostly if no one has called to report the lost pet, they ask the finder to keep it until the next business day and bring it to the animal shelter.
We used to have a county sheriff who was real good about getting rid of the roadkill deer. He used them for his wild game cookouts to raise money for his re-election campaign. He would send deputies out to pick them up and bring them in for butchering. Now they lay by the side of the road until someone from the roads department gets around to picking them up.
Kill it! Maybe the animal activists will torch the right house this time.
Maybe Daley will change our motto to Chicago: City of Wild Animals. Wink,Wink.
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM VENISON!!!!!!
That wasn't a deer. That was Jody Weiss in the middle of the street staring, wondering what the hell he got into.
Is it true Jody has been jumping out of his covert vehicle in commando dress, asking what your pc (probable cause) is on street stops? RUMORS,LIES,MISTRUTHS, I got to know.
Forget the deer.....I saw a rat on 60 minutes....much more dangerous. Be afraid be very afraid.
Couple years ago,woman walking her dog by the agriculture high school finds bones and internal organs lying around in a big pool of blood.Well she goes bonkers figuring some mass murderer is in Mt.Greenwood and calls the police.
I get the crime scene,and go over and do the photos and bag the pieces and bones and send them to the morgue.A few days later,the morgue says it was the remains of a deer,come to find out later,it was a fellow officer who came back from a hunting trip and did'nt want to mess up his driveway,so he gutted the deer in the middle of the nite behind the school.He thought it was hysterical when I told him the story.
And theres deer in St.Casimer cemetery at 111th/Pulaski,I see them all the time when I stop to pay respects to some family members that are there.
Damn, Shaved missed his chance at hitting another deer in the city. I'm still watching you Longcock, I'll get you back!!!!
i m surprised lazos tacos didnt rush to capture the deer!
they used to shoot them at o'hare.
i feel that is terrible.......deer are people too !
Officers would have to pass IL Dept of Conservation Hunter Safety course before shooting game animals.
I will be handling the contract for that.
I remember in the early 80's, a deer was hit by a car during the day shift on LaGrange Road a couple of miles south of I-55 in the forest preserve area. The deer was still alive when one of our troopers from District 4 was sent to put it out of it's misery, which was standard protocol. When the trooper got there, he found a group of people around the injured deer and a woman sitting on the ground cradling the deers head in her lap. A photographer snapped a picture of the deer on the womans lap with the trooper standing in the background holding his shotgun. Of course, the photo went international over the AP and UPI wire services and we got all kinds of hate mail and phone calls from as far away as Australia. Goofy tree huggers don't realize how dangerous an injured deer actually is.
Retired ISP
They're like rats with antlers.
but they taste oh so better....yum yum
Coyote last night in 003 by 63/state,
not our usual flora.........
I meant fauna....
dont be fooled its a new deer gang that is trying to establish its turf her in chicago
Did anybody do a contact card on the deer?
"They hauled it back to the crib on Maypole, dressed it, marintated it overnight in malt liquor and hot sauce."
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That actually sounds delicious.
Who else has seen more then 0ne coyote in town with their own eyes?
We really can't shoot deer?
Since when?
HHMM!
Venison, I could have a barbecue with that deer as the guest of honor!
I would have killed that deer!
What the hell is going on in that district? Chickens loose on Armitage, sheep running around Humboldt Park and now a deer eating bushes. Next is going to be a gorilla panhandling outside the Double Door.
SCC,
Hunting is so inhumane and cruel,it is so much better to let the herd starve to death.
This is why I quit eating altogether,I think killing poor innocent plants is inhumane too.
Signed PETA
Boys this is good news,when the citywide anarchy takes place we will have something to eat.
What did the deer say when she came running out of the woods?
That's the last time I'll do that for Five bucks!
"Kill it! Maybe the animal activists will torch the right house this time.
6/04/2008 08:44:00 AM"
Precisely.
That wasn't a deer. That was Jody Weiss in the middle of the street staring, wondering what the hell he got into.
6/04/2008 09:20:00 AM
hahahhahahhahha
tht is too phucking phunny
There was a deer in Wilson Park a cuople weeks ago, 4600 N. Milwaukee. People called 911, no police showed up. Animal control showed up several hours later. The deer was still there since it was cornered by fences. Animal control has a Tranq. gun and it takes 3 shots before they hit it. As soon as ot got hit it bolted over a fence and thru yards and they lost it. I don't know what eventually happened or if they ever found it again. Now picture a pissed off cougar running thru your yard where your kids are playing.
"my kid was malled because you shot a wild predator with a dart gun instead of with bullets? Oh that's O.K."
BBQ !!!!!
Whada think they serve on Maxwell Street.
Like rats with antlers, except that deer are good to eat.
W/C said that the animals figured out that Chicago is a sanctuary city and that raccoons have started an underground railroad of sorts to bring in large game from the 'burbs. Seems that because Roscoe Village is still "too hot" they could only get the deer to Logan Square!
"i m surprised lazos tacos didnt rush to capture the deer!"
Cause it was a deer...not a dog.
Deers are a serious matter. 150 motorists a killed every year in traffic collisions related to deers.
Leave Bambi alone!!
It was about 3 AM. I was driving S/B on Caldwell between Touhy and Devon at 35 mph when I saw a deer paralyzed in my headlights. I braked and Maria Maher darted into the Forest Preserve.
That deer ran over at lake and pulaski was just 11dubs, oh wait that was just a dream!
"Anonymous Anonymous said...
They're like rats with antlers.
but they taste oh so better....yum yum"
6/04/2008 12:26:00 PM
Well, that depends on how you cook them....rat cooked on a wood spit over hickory wood chips lightly basted with a honey-mustard sauce...2 or three of them and a 6-pack of Special Export (bottles)...mmmmmm
Gee, could the reason be that Darwin has already taken care of it for you. Deer in the city and near suburbs have learned to stay out of the way of cars.
People dying when they hit deer are doing so in rural areas where the deer aren't as scared of traffic.
When you see an epidemic of deer-accident deaths in Cook County, come back and write some more. Till then, go back to fighting real crime and stop whining about how you're not allowed to kill things.
There was a deer in 019 today, running around the Lane Tech campus in front of the school on the grass on Western and Addison. Of course passers by screamed "don't kill it!" and whipped out their cameras.
It was a female and likely had some little ones nearby. Animal control says there is a population near the river. They would do nothing unless the animal was injured.
So we all went back to work and it was a 19-P. Some of the high school kids ran away screaming, must be all those killer deer movies. It was a big hit with everyone with classes on the north side of the school.
So if there is a ready supply of deer (food) there also might be predators?
As someone who has had close misses with deer on my motorcycle I don't like seeing the deer population exploding like this. I expect we'll be getting more citizen calls of deer and we'll have to go and tell them there's nothing we can do. we don't trap, don't tranquilize and can't shoot. They need to learn what a 19-Paul is.
CPD officers will be required to carry a deer tag at all times,this will be deducted from your paycheck.
anonymous said...
There was a deer in 019 today, running around the Lane Tech campus in front of the school on the grass on Western and Addison. Of course passers by screamed "don't kill it!" and whipped out their cameras.
It was a female and likely had some little ones nearby. Animal control says there is a population near the river. They would do nothing unless the animal was injured.
So we all went back to work and it was a 19-P. Some of the high school kids ran away screaming, must be all those killer deer movies. It was a big hit with everyone with classes on the north side of the school.
So if there is a ready supply of deer (food) there also might be predators?
As someone who has had close misses with deer on my motorcycle I don't like seeing the deer population exploding like this. I expect we'll be getting more citizen calls of deer and we'll have to go and tell them there's nothing we can do. we don't trap, don't tranquilize and can't shoot. They need to learn what a 19-Paul is.
6/06/2008 08:30:00 PM
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Deer is dead, killed by overdose of tranquilizer gun used by Animal Control. They had to kill the deer in an attempt to save it. It wasn't a female after all but a young buck, just starting on buds of antlers.
At least the murderous police didn't shoot i! This time it was the incompetent Animal Control folks.
>As someone who has had close misses with deer on my motorcycle I don't like seeing the deer population exploding like this.
Well, as someone who has had near misses with motorcycles, I hate to see the motorcycle riding population expand, but we all have to put up with something.
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