SamOwens park of the Past

Sharing.....1995


SamOwens park of the Past


In the past we use to take friends and
family to SamOwen's park to see the
deer. As you can see the deer were really
friendly. And I guess they still are. But
because of abuse by people, there is a
new deal up there.
DO NOT FEEDING THE DEER signs
everywhere. I guess there were people
who feed the deer apples and such, but
there were also people who feed the deer
marshmallows, chips, and what ever
junk food they happen to have. And it
took its toll on the deer. So the Fish and
Game were well in their ream to take action.

But it is sad that people don't use
common sense. As it ruin it for all of
us, and that included the deer. And
maybe our family was almost as bad
as the rest. We gave them apples only.
We would take a bag of apples with us
and quarter them up and hand feed
them. The deer were tame way before
we ever started to come up there. But
from the picture that my husband took
of my grandson above, you can see we
also forgot these are wild animals.

We did use common sense on warning
friends and family who came from far
and wide, that these were wild deer, but
they had became tame because of all the
attention people had paid to them. So we
snap pictures for them to take home to
show others they fed the wild deer up
and personal.

Our last time up there was about 2 or
3 years ago when we took some long
time friends up there. The man use to
hunt, and was feeling good because
this time he was shooting with a camera
instead of a gun. But what struck me
with sadness, was how people were
treating the deer.

In the past, people would feed them
from their cars, or stand beside their
cars (perhaps incase the deer decided
to act like the wild deer they were) and
that was it. This time, people were as
good as chasing the deer in hopes to
feed them. Our friends were happy with
just putting apple bits on a stump and
taking pictures. But there were adults as
well as children walking up to the deer
and after them thru the woods chasing
them in the attempt to pat them. That
seem sad to me. So when I heard the
Fish and Game Dept. took action, I was
secretly glad. It means we can't feed them
apples anymore. But it was getting out of hand.