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Deer hunter shoots llama by mistake
   Associated Press
  November 8, 2004 LLAMA1109

  AUSTIN, Minn. -- A llama had to be destroyed after a hunter in 
southern Minnesota mistook the animal for a deer and shot it.

  Police said the man was hunting south of Austin Saturday morning when 
he saw a deer run into a cornfield.

  The hunter trailed the animal, but mistakenly shot a llama on private 
property next to the property where the man had been given permission 
to hunt.

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Anyone know any good llama recipes?

Bob
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On Nov 12, 2004, at 1:27 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:

>
> Not electronic but:
>
> Years ago we strung gill net across the back of the field.  That's
> monofilament net about 8' high by 200' wide, 2" or so mesh.  Just
> haphazardly strung it up on sticks, bushes, young spruce or poplar
> trees.  And we netted a deer who squealed and thrashed quite a lot
> before getting loose and bouncing off into the woods.
>
> No I dunno if deer pass the word or hand tales down to younger
> generations or just pass on the habit of avoiding a certain spot, but
> ever since, the deer come out of the woods and walk along the north
> side of the field, turn south and graze along the east side of the
> field and then go back into the woods.  They haven't hit the gardens
> for years.
>
> But then there's also the coffee cans full of stale piss we set out
> near the back corners of the gardens, too.
>
> Here, porcupines and (in some years) coons do more harm than deer.
> People just a couple or so miles away, however, simple can't have a
> garden unless it's copletely surrounded by a 10' fence.
>
> Back to the original question:  How about a carbide cannon connected
> to infrared sensors?  Don't tell me deer will get used to *that*.
> There was a Japanese company selling ines meant for rice paddies that,
> IIRC, was called a "Scarer Boom" in the catalog.
>
> FWIW,
> - Mike
>
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