my reaction this morning when I read it was disbelief. I worked in law enforcement and corrections for 7 years and saw lots of crazy stuff. I live outside of Richmond VA. IT's no big deal for people to kill each other in cities for a handful of drugs, clothes, shoes, hubcaps, some perceived insult. I guess the reason this is so crazy to us is that most of us embrace hunting as part of something more. Something that gets us in touch with the less crowded and "civilized" parts of the world. I know it gives me a sense of being different from the cockroaches that infest the city. I hunted with an SKS for a couple years. It was all I had and I knew I could take a deer up to 100 yards. It's also a pretty formidable weapon in a gunfight. That guy was obviously insane. There really is no point trying to make sense of it because you never will. I think it's a shame they don't have the death penalty in that state ( or so a previous post stated). I just can't even begin to understand killing someone over a deer. I have to wonder what the heck this guy was doing out there.

David