On Friday, troopers from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife headed to the Shady Cove area, about 295 miles south of Portland, in response to reports of a deer, still alive, who had an arrow protruding from its body.
Someone in southwestern Oregon is either an exceptionally terrible shot or intentionally maiming wild deer with arrows.
Either way, state wildlife officials and law enforcement are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of whoever has been responsible for a curious sight in the Oregon wilderness: live deer roaming around with arrows stuck in them.
On Friday, troopers from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife headed to the Shady Cove area, about 295 miles south of Portland, in response to reports of a deer, still alive, who had an arrow protruding from its body.
Though the deer was reportedly still able to eat and walk around, officials hoped to tranquilize the animal to be able to remove the arrow.
"They were unable to locate the deer," Oregon State Police said in a statement Saturday. "A trooper responded later that evening and found not one, but two deer that had arrows protruding from them. The injuries to the deer did not appear to be life threatening."
Later, officials received reports of a possible third deer with an arrow stuck in it.
Pictures released by police showed one deer, upright and gazing straight ahead, with an arrow shot almost all the way through the base of its neck.