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Published Monday, November 05, 2007 Conservation officers share deer opener encounters Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Department of Natural Resources conservation officers shared the following stories from the opening weekend of Minnesota’s 2007 firearms deer season: CO Joel Heyn (Rochester) reports one hunter was lucky he didn’t get shot since he left his blaze orange in the truck. To make things worse, he was using a deer decoy and carrying the decoy across an open field with other hunters nearby. CO Scott Fritz (LaCrescent) received a report of a cougar sighting. A hunter had the cougar 30 yards away on a tree limb. She watched the cat for about 10 minutes. When a buck came toward her deer stand, the cat attempted to take it. The incident has shaken her nerves enough that she will not go back out hunting. CO Chad Thesing (Albany) and CO Rob Haberman (Little Falls) made a case in the Swanville area, where one man shot three bucks on opening day and called separate people in to tag each of the deer. On the second day, the man shot a doe and only tagged it because the officers encountered him before he could call other hunters. Five deer were seized and the shotgun was taken. The deer will be donated to the venison donation program to help feed needy families. Five people face charges in the case. CO Paul Kuske (Pierz) investigated several properties for deer baiting. On a 160-acre piece of property, officers found 14 stands with corn piles by them plus additional corn placed on trails leading to the stands for a total of more than two dozen piles. CO Jeff Koehn (Region 2 off-highway vehicle specialist) assisted the Itasca County Sheriff’s Office with a lost 73-year-old hunter. At about midnight, with assistance from other COs and the use of his ATV, officer Koehn located the hunter in a wooded area more than a mile from the hunter’s tree stand. The hunter was so happy when found he said, “Now I suppose I have to kiss you.” The kiss was declined but a ride by ATV back through the woods to his waiting family was agreed upon. With some food, water and dry clothes, the incident had a good outcome. CO Jim Tischler (Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area) came upon a hunter standing in the middle of a road/trail, facing toward a hill. Another member of her party was about 300 feet away in the trail facing the same hill. Tischler asked if they had someone doing a drive for them; she said they did. Tischler did a quick check of her license, as not to interfere with the drive, when down the hill and over a berm came a four-wheel-drive pickup! At Cuyuna, when you do a drive, it means deer drive; the area is closed to OHV use. CO Ed Picht (Montevideo) observed three deer hunters standing in the middle of a road. As he drove toward the hunters, one of them pulled up their shotgun and pointed it toward the patrol vehicle. When he questioned the hunters on their actions, the response was “I wanted to see who you were.” There was a scope mounted on the shotgun. The hunter was charged with negligent handling of a firearm and asked to remember the basics of firearm safety: “Never point a firearm at another person.” While patrolling for deer shiners, CO Dan Baumbarger (Wheaton) encountered two South Dakota residents who were starting an abandoned house on fire. After putting out the fire, Baumbarger stopped the two suspects and found that both were intoxicated, had open containers of alcohol, a loaded rifle and two other firearms that were loaded and uncased. CO Mike Martin (International Falls) found an individual sitting along the road, in his truck with both widows open and parked on the wrong side of the road facing oncoming traffic the opening day of rifle deer season. Martin approached the truck and found a loaded 7mm Mauser in the front seat. The man did not have a deer-hunting license, so he was issued a summons after admitting to “watching the trail” for deer. The suspect also had his 11-year-old grandson in the truck with him and called the boy his “apprentice hunter.” CO Mark Fredin (Aurora) reports a hunter wasn’t being too careful in his illegal activities when a bag of fresh whole corn appeared to open up and spill out as he drove down a Forest Service road on his ATV. Fredin was able to follow the corn trail from a group of campers, down the road and up to a ladder stand, where a label identified as “Whole Corn” was found on the ground. CO Mike Lee (Isle) reports the nicest deer he saw all weekend was one that was hit by a car. The individual that struck the deer stated, “Do you think my wife will be as excited about this 12-pointer as I am?” Officer Lee said he didn’t know. The individual then stated, “Well, I suppose I won’t be able to have it mounted now.” When Officer Lee asked, “Why is that?” The individual stated, “Because I’ll have to use that money to have her car repaired.”
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