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WAUSAU, Wis. (Map, News) - A group of snowmobilers in central Wisconsin herded and killed four deer and severely injured a fifth in what a warden called a senseless act of cruelty on Monday.No arrests have been made in the Saturday morning incident about five miles south of Waupaca, said Ted Dremel, a state Department of Natural Resources warden.There's talk of closing all snowmobile trails in Waupaca County until the "rogue snowmobilers" are caught, he said."It is senseless. I don't know how else to describe it," Dremel said. "It is probably something they thought was fun or humorous at the time. They did purposely run over these deer. The tracks in the snow were in a circular manner, almost looking like they were chasing the deer back to other snowmobile partners."Randy Yorkson, who farms the land, said people cannot believe what happened."I am going to guess it is somebody who left a bar. They probably had been using that trail before, knowing the deer were out there," he said. "This is just some yahoos who don't have any common sense."Landowner Virginia Niemuth, 80, immediately shut off access to her property, closing five miles of the main snowmobile trail across Waupaca County."There's sick people out there," Niemuth said. "I used to love to snowmobile, but this is too much."Dremel believes three or four snowmobiles were involved in a roundup of deer in a moonlit alfalfa field where 30 to 40 animals were known to feed. Witnesses reported hearing snowmobiles in the area about 3:30 a.m., he said.Three deer were found dead in the field. A snowmobile stopped atop one and ripped open its stomach, Dremel said. A fourth deer with broken legs was euthanized.The fifth deer was dragged from the field and tied to a tree about 25 feet from a road. Investigators think someone may have planned to return for that deer, Dremel said."It looked like the deer wrapped itself around the tree and choked itself to death," he said.Dremel said he has never heard of this kind of "cowboy-style" attack on deer with snowmobiles."Usually, it is an accident - a deer standing in a trail and a snowmobiler can't avoid it," he said.The dead deer included two bucks and three does. One was a fawn.Investigators have no suspects. Some snowmobile clubs have offered $4,000 in rewards for information leading to arrests, Dremel said. Information can be phoned into the DNR's tip line at 1-800-TIP-WDNR."This is not characteristic of the snowmobile community in Wisconsin," DNR Chief Warden Randy Stark said in Madison. "Obviously, we are looking to get any public assistance we can in identifying who is responsible for this
Confiscate their snowmobiles, fine them $1000000, punch them in the face a dozen times, run them over with a snowmobile and then throw them in jail. Cheese
DNR: Snowmobilers Ran Over 57 Mallard DucksPOSTED: 4:34 pm CST January 14, 2009FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- Investigators are trying to find a snowmobiler who ran over and killed 57 mallard ducks on a river near Fond du Lac.The Department of Natural Resources said the ducks were killed Tuesday and found in a hole in the ice and on both sides of it in the Fond du Lac River.Warden Supervisor George Protogere said it appears a single snowmobiler performed two passes of water skipping over the ice hole and hit the ducks. The warden calls the killer a person with no concern for life.The incident comes as public outrage grows about another thrill killing near Waupaca. A group of snowmobilers herded and ran over five deer last weekend. Four were killed, and one was euthanized
I read about this this afternoon. Absolutely horrible.They'll catch them easy enough. At least one of the idiots blabbed to someone about it...proudly I'm sure
Yep, that is sick.
