Who owns this arrow?

[JW_Halverson]

Anyone you know own this arrow?  The National Park Service would like to know, seeing how you left it sticking out of an antelope's neck in Wind Cave National Park.  If this is your arrow, or if it belongs to someone you know, please call Ranger Miles McCall at 605-745-1184.

[bubby]

I'm not sure you will get a lot of takers JW

[DC]

Do you have a link to the whole story, or is there just the arrow picture? Did the antelope survive? They can run real fast, is it possible it came in from the national forest where it might have been shot legally?
Inquiring minds want to know

[JW_Halverson]

Do you have a link to the whole story, or is there just the arrow picture? Did the antelope survive? They can run real fast, is it possible it came in from the national forest where it might have been shot legally?
Inquiring minds want to know

The antelope was shot inside Wind Cave National Park.  Wind Cave has a buffalo fence surrounding the entire park in order to maintain the genetic purity of their bison herd, antelope are notoriously poor at negotiating fences.  Further, there really are no antelope inside the Black Hills National Forest.  This is a captive herd, in reality. 

For the full story, search Wind Cave National Park on Facebook.  The news has not picked up the story yet.

[Urufu_Shinjiro]

That's a pretty distinctive arrow. I'd also imagine there a good chance there's a fingerprint on it.

[DC]

Do you have a link to the whole story, or is there just the arrow picture? Did the antelope survive? They can run real fast, is it possible it came in from the national forest where it might have been shot legally?
Inquiring minds want to know

The antelope was shot inside Wind Cave National Park.  Wind Cave has a buffalo fence surrounding the entire park in order to maintain the genetic purity of their bison herd, antelope are notoriously poor at negotiating fences.  Further, there really are no antelope inside the Black Hills National Forest.  This is a captive herd, in reality. 

For the full story, search Wind Cave National Park on Facebook.  The news has not picked up the story yet.

Thanks JW, answers all my questions.

[Chippintuff]

I do not have a Facebook account. Can you post a little more about it?

WA

[JW_Halverson]

Not much of a story, someone tried poaching a trophy antelope buck from the small herd in Wind Cave National Park, here in the Black Hills of South Dakota.  I am sickened that someone would choose "hunting the hard way", but then have so little respect for the game and the rules of play that they had to cheat.  The arrow was stuck in the neck and apparently took several days to kill the animal.

[Chippintuff]

Personally, that kind of deed is what can be expected from people who feel too inadequate to do anything notable on their own. Two thumbs down on him. Maybe they will catch him.

WA

[loon]

Too inadequate to do anything notable morally?
I don't get what you mean by "on their own".. playing by the rules, not cheating?
I think, it would be someone who feels too entitled and doesn't care about preservation or law..

[Chippintuff]

Points well taken Loon. I think of bagging a trophy animal as an accomplishment if it is done without violating the rules (do it on their own). In my opinion, cheating indicates a feeling of inadequacy, in other words, he wants the credit, but won't put in the effort to get it the right way. In this case, it is a litttle like shooting the neighbor's cow.

WA

[aaron]

 here it is for those that can't view facebook.

[bubby]

Definitely somebody into primitive arrows

[Chippintuff]

Crossbow?

WA

[bubby]

things like this make it harder on us that hunt the right way😳