It reminded me a little of the Steve Martin gag with the arrow through his head, only this was really and arrow through the back ridge of a 600 pound 1 year old Holstein steer. The animal probably had the arrow in his back for more than a day when its owners finally saw what was going on. Strange enough right, finding a steer walking around with an arrow in its back. Well it got stranger when the owners tried to report it and found out that no one was sure who needed to take of this. The game commission didn't think it looked or seemed like a hunting accident so they deferred to the State Police who finally agreed to send a trooper out to investigate. The owners left the arrow in the animal until the authorities got a chance to see it for their reports. The owner did take the arrow out and got medicine into the animal as quickly as they could after that.
I was thinking as I rode away from this story, how many people will be able to say they saw what I did today and to see a part of life that goes on, like a farmer having to care for their animal and know what to do to clean the wound and be sure the animal has the best shot at recovery he can. Also the hardships they have to encounter because of either an accident or purposeful wrong doing. Meadville Tribune photos by Richard Sayer
I was thinking as I rode away from this story, how many people will be able to say they saw what I did today and to see a part of life that goes on, like a farmer having to care for their animal and know what to do to clean the wound and be sure the animal has the best shot at recovery he can. Also the hardships they have to encounter because of either an accident or purposeful wrong doing. Meadville Tribune photos by Richard Sayer