Vt. hunter busted for bolting antlers on dead doe

[cali]

1 day ago

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A man who bolted antlers to the head of a dead doe and posed for a photograph with the deer was fined $400 and jailed for game violations.

Marcel Fournier, 19, shot the deer the evening of Nov. 22 and used lag bolts and epoxy to attach a 10-point rack, officials said. He then checked in the kill as lawful game at Barnie's Market.

It's illegal to kill an antlerless deer, and it's also illegal to hunt at night.

The Concord resident admitted to the killing and led a game warden to the deer's remains after an anonymous caller alerted authorities. Fournier said he had "quite a time" drilling and fastening the antlers, authorities said.

Game warden David Gregory said the antlers didn't look or feel right.

"When you grabbed them, you'd feel movement," he said.

Col. David LeCours, chief warden of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the size of the antlers relative to the size of the deer seemed off.

"Something wasn't natural about them, in addition to the fact that they weren't natural," he said.

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[Mari333]

1. you just cannot make this stuff up. i swear to god. nt

[hobbit709]

2. The difference between a stag and a doe is not just antlers.

[liberal N proud]

3. This guy didn't know that

Or so it might appear.

:rofl:

[zabet]

5. On occassion....

a doe will grow antlers.....so you really need to check the other end to be sure.

As a rule, only male deer grow antlers. But one female (doe) in several thousand whitetail does will grow antlers because of a hormone imbalance.

http://www.pabucks.com/deerantlers.html

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Maybe TruckNutz were sold out at the time.

What a funny story.

[Belial]

4. Gorilla Glue is awesome..

[ET Awful]

8. Maybe if he'd used Deer Glue

Everybody knows Gorilla Glue only works on gorillas :).

[surrealAmerican]

11. Gorillas would look awesome with antlers.

They would, however, make it more difficult to climb trees.

[lumberjack_jeff]

13. Heh. Badass. n/t

[Lost in CT]

6. So Springfield is in Vermont? cause that is a Homer Simpson

move if I ever saw one.


"Something wasn't natural about them, in addition to the fact that they weren't natural," he said.

I love this quote... Sounds like chief Wiggams.

[cali]

7. Actually, Springfield Vermont won the contest a couple of years ago

in which Springfields across the country competed to be the "home of the Simpsons" and host the premiere of the then new Simpson's movie.

And yeah, you gotta love that ditzy quote.

[kristopher]

9. Should of used Duct Tape. nt

[Javaman]

12. See what drinking lots of beer and hunting does?

"I gots me some extra antlers. A little glue and some bolts, I'll be all set up! Got anymore beer?"