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-----Original Message----- From: Michael Butler [mailto:mabutler@conservetn.com] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:03 AM To: Greer Tidwell; David E. Jackson; Bruce Newport Subject: enjoy <http://www.bowsite.org/bowsite/menu/NEWS/GETNEWS.CFM?ID=227<; Oh Deer Bowsite.com, a specialty Web site for bow-hunting aficionados, reports on how a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals stunt backfired: For safety's sake, hunters in Ohio are required by law to display at least 400 square inches of hunter's blaze orange on their person when in the woods. Capitalizing on the fact that hunters do not usually shoot orange, PETA recently bulk purchased blaze orange vests and have been affixing them to live-trapped deer in Youngstown suburbs. According to PETA spokesperson Katie Reese, a total of 405 vests were successfully put into circulation prior to this week, with additional specimens still being caught and vested. Youngtown entrepreneur Guy Lockey, of Guy's Outdoors has spit in the face of PETA by offering rewards for the returned vests this week. Hunters who can successfully bag a vested deer can pay $5 for random and biggest animal awards. As of Tuesday, 308 of the vests had already been recorded as bagged with most of the hunters registering for Mr. Lockey's drawing. It's so easy, you can see them coming a mile away" said one first year hunter after checking in his first spike buck. Michael Butler Director of Conservation Tennessee Conservation League w. 615.353.1133 f. 615-353-0083 c. 615-390-6332
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