By Patric Hedlund

An unusual mist hung over Pine Mountain Club’s neighborhoods the morning of Sunday, Oct. 26. There was excitement at Dan Combs’ cabin. He’d brought neighbors up from Oxnard to enjoy the mountains for the weekend. Susan Eveler and friends were on the front deck when they saw a young forked-horn buck trotting down Nadelhorn Court.

Lynn and Edie Stafford’s neighbor saw it too. They’d all been noticing the handsome two-year-old sampling the apples on two neighborhood trees recently.

Last Sunday, the buck turned near Basil Court, just below Mil Potrero Highway. That was at about 8:35 a.m.

“We were all excited to see the deer,” Combs said. “Just about five minutes later we heard a vehicle hit the brakes up on Mil Potrero, and then, within three seconds…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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This young buck died about 68 yards from a home in Pine Mountain, allegedly killed by hunters shooting from a green Jeep Cherokee traveling west on Mil Potrero Highway. Neighbors confronted two men at the pullout where officers are standing. The arrow points to the house right next to the road, one of many in the neighborhood.

With Google Earth, Lynn Stafford was able to judge that the distance from the truck, and of the shot, to the nearby house was about 35 yards. The deer died about 33 yards from the road.

This deer was still 33 yards from the road on Wednesday morning.

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This is part of the October 31, 2014 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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