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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 9, 2008 - 08:42pm PT
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A loud gunshot behind our house woke us up Saturday morning. Jack barked
and growled, as he should. But hearing nothing further, we fell back asleep.
A bit later, I went into the woods with Jack. "What do you suppose happened?"
I asked him.
"I think I know! Follow me," he answered. So I followed him as he followed
his nose, and we soon found a steaming heap of deer guts. About a hundred
feet from a NO HUNTING sign.
"It's not the crime of the century," I said apologetically, when I phoned Fish
and Game. To my surprise two helpful officers showed up, explored the scene
carefully, and came up with a scenario and some deductions about the perp.
Meanwhile, I'd gone on to my own work, cutting down an apple tree that had
become a nuisance, and sawing it into wood for next winter. A beech, a white
pine and a phone line all told me they were glad to see the apple tree go.
After dark, Leslie and I went to a post-election dinner party hosted by the
state director of Veterans for Obama. Eventually there was singing of that
Woody Guthrie tune.
On Sunday, I put on my approach shoes and climbed up on the roof to ream
creosote out of our chimney. This ought to be a yearly ritual but I hadn't
done it in four; in truth, the roof work is a little bit scary. The job involves
dismantling messy stovepipes as well.
As I was washing up at day's end, Jack became violently ill.
"You went back out in the woods, didn't you?" I asked him, with sympathy
because he looked so pathetic.
"I know I shouldn't, but it's my nature," he sighed.
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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I call bullsh#t. Everyone knows that no actual veterans vote for Democrats.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 9, 2008 - 08:53pm PT
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Hah, fooled me! Photos in uniform on the walls, 'n all.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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nice TR - I enjoyed it
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KlimbIn
climber
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Nice TR.
I always liked taking old stove pipe down and firing the creosote -- it's amazing how it goes.
Where are the gut pictures?
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enjoimx
Big Wall climber
SLO Cal
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I went to nude beach and then slacklined at another beach
I got a lot of sun this weekend
Ill be climbing tuesday
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 10, 2008 - 11:38am PT
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Klimbln:
Where are the gut pictures?
Felt no urge to take any. It's fine with me if the next time Jack and I walk out
there, the crows and the foxes or coyotes have made all those guts go away.
enjoimx:
I went to nude beach and then slacklined at another beach
Now that sounds more photo-worthy.
I'm sure we're not the only ones who were not-climbing this weekend.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 11, 2008 - 11:35pm PT
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Believe it or not, the humble story that I started this thread with now has a sequel
written by others. The sequel is more dramatic than my original story, and has been
picked up by dozens of news outlets around the country, and at least as far away
as Britain.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 11, 2008 - 11:49pm PT
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Hunter nabbed by card in deer belly
By Elizabeth Dinan
edinan@seacoastonline.com
December 05, 2008 6:00 AM
PORTSMOUTH University of New Hampshire public works supervisor David Howard
shot and killed a deer on posted property in Lee, hauled it away from a UNH
gravel pit, lied about the kill on a registration form in Greenland, then
moved the deer's "gut pile" to Stratham in an attempt to avoid prosecution,
according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.
A business card placed in the belly of the gut pile by Fish and Game Officer
William Boudreau unraveled the scheme, leading to Howard's arrest on a Class B
misdemeanor count of making a false report to the state Fish and Game
Department, according to court records. That charge will be prosecuted in
Portsmouth District Court, while violation-level charges of trespassing and
improper tagging will be heard in Durham District Court, according to
Conservation Officer Lt. John Wimsatt.
An investigation began Nov. 8 when a Lee property owner reported hearing a gun
shot at 7 a.m., then later finding "gut pile remains" of a deer in the Maud
Jones Memorial Forest, according to an affidavit by Boudreau. From the gut
pile, the Fish and Game officer found drag marks leading to a locked UNH-owned
gravel pit that is surrounded by the Maud Jones Forest, Boudreau reported.
An udder and reproductive organs in the gut pile led to the determination that
the remains came from a female whitetail deer, said Boudreau, while the drag
marks showed the gutted animal had been placed into a vehicle in the
university-owned gravel pit.
Noting hunters are required to register kills within 24 hours at the closest
open registration station, Boudreau's investigation took him to stations in
the Lee area, where he found no female whitetail deer registered, he said.
According to court documents, Boudreau and Wimsatt later met Howard at a UNH
facilities building, where Howard reported having a key to the gravel pit gate
and that he'd killed two deer that fall, one in Durham and another in
Greenland. A registration form filed and signed by Howard at Greenland's Suds
N Soda on Nov. 8 stated he killed a deer in that town, but when asked later by
Boudreau where he shot the deer, Howard was unable to find the location on a
map, Boudreau reported.
On Nov. 12, Boudreau called Howard and arranged a meeting at the "kill site,"
which Howard then said was in Newfields. After the meeting was scheduled,
Boudreau went back to the Lee forest, found the gut pile and put his business
card with the date and time written on the back into the deer's stomach,
according to Fish and Game.
The following afternoon, Boudreau met Howard at the Newfields location where
he said he shot the deer, but Howard then reported it was a spot in Stratham.
The pair drove to that location, where the officer was led into some woods off
Chisholm Farm Road and Howard pointed to a gut pile he said he left after
killing the deer on Nov. 8, according to court records.
Boudreau then cut open the stomach and found the business card he placed there
when it was in the Lee forest on Nov. 12.
"At this time, Howard handed CO Boudreau a typed confession that he had typed
up that morning," according to court records. "Howard also admitted to hunting
on the posted property."
Wimsatt said Thursday that "the case had a lot of twists," but it is not
uncommon for a hunter under investigation to create "a mock kill site." The
conservation officer described the plan to place the business card in the deer
belly was "taking a chance on the off-chance" that Howard would move it.
Howard is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 8 in Portsmouth District Court.
UNH spokewoman Erika Mantz declined to say whether the charges would affect
Howard's employment, noting "personnel records are confidential."
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Jim E
climber
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Dec 12, 2008 - 12:43am PT
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Wow, Larry, that's amazing! Very clever trick with the business card the warden pulled.
Don't sell the movie rights too soon.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Dec 12, 2008 - 02:25am PT
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I look forward to hearing more from Jack!
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Dec 12, 2008 - 09:40am PT
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I think Jack already yakked!
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troutboy
Trad climber
Newark, DE
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Dec 12, 2008 - 09:41am PT
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Cool. I'm sure the law enforcement folks on the forum can attest to this, but it's amazing how often a citizen reporting what seems to be an insignificant event turns out to be a key clue.
If something seems out of the ordinary, it probably is. If you are not sure if it is worth reporting, do it anyway. You never know.
TS
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cowpoke
climber
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Dec 12, 2008 - 10:08am PT
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That's a fabulous story, Chiloe!
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Dec 12, 2008 - 11:47am PT
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Good thing they found the card in the cow and not in the Jack Yak.
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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Dec 12, 2008 - 12:05pm PT
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Cool story.
GO
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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Dec 12, 2008 - 01:46pm PT
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what a wild story, bump for my favorite north easter......
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Double D
climber
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Dec 12, 2008 - 02:58pm PT
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Cool story with an interesting twist. Thanks.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 13, 2008 - 05:05pm PT
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After Thursday night's ice storm, 390,000 households in New Hampshire had no
power today. We're one of 'em. Things are kind of a mess, with power lines
all over our road.
On the bright side, we've got plenty of firewood, and we moved the refrigerator's contents
outdoors. No chance of things thawing out there. It was silvery today in the sun.
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Dec 15, 2008 - 10:58am PT
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Wow Chiloe what a way to morph from a story with a fateful twist to a chilly story of modern survival. Keep us posted on how you all doing in the dark.
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