Source: www.tennessean.com





CLARKSVILLE — Police had received several calls this week about a deer wandering near Hawkins Road neighborhoods with a plastic jack-o'-lantern stuck on its head.

We started receiving calls on Monday about this deer, but responding officers couldn’t get close to it,” said Deputy Chief Frankie Gray.

“We were hoping that we wouldn’t have to destroy it,” Gray added.

But leprechauns were watching over this particular Bambi when another call came in Tuesday.

Police Sgt. Johnny Ferguson responded to the call, but the young buck, partly blinded by the plastic container, was elusive.

Gray and Capt. Rick Stalder decided to “go and have a look before making the decision to shoot the animal.”

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