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Bow-shot deer raises worries over poaching
Animals common in city, DNR says, but illegal hunting concerns residents
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This area next to Caroline Alday’s Valley Road property is where a deer recently was found shot dead. - photo by Tom Reed
A Gainesville woman got an unwanted surprise last Friday after smelling something foul coming from her backyard. The smell, as it turned out, came from a decaying deer carcass less than 100 yards from her house. Caroline Alday, a homeowner on Valley Road whose backyard backs up to Riverside Military Academy, said her son discovered the deer Friday evening.