100 yards or so when I saw the buck. Just like the caller stated. No tag, and it was gutted. I called Jeff on the radio and told him I found the deer. He said he was parked across the lake and had a good view of the parking area. I settled in behind a large oak tree about 40 yards from the deer. It was dark now, and I started planning on what to do if no one came to retrieve the deer until later that night. What if they didn't come back until tomorrow morning? But as luck would have it, I had to wait only 20 minutes or so until my portable radio crackled. "A truck just pulled into the parking lot and dropped two guys off. They are on foot heading your way." I told Deputy Eisaman to wait for my signal and then make his way toward the parking lot. It didn't take long before 24 I could hear the rustling of the leaves getting louder and louder as the duo made their way toward the deer. I was tempted to watch their approach to the deer, but was afraid they would see me. I decided with all the noise from the leaves I would be able to tell when they had possession of the deer and started dragging it out. When I heard the deer being dragged away, I whispered on the radio, "start toward the parking lot. I came out from behind the large oak and started toward the men. It surprised me at first how far they had dragged the deer before I could make them out in the now very dark woods. As I hit them with the beam of my flashlight, I yelled, "State officer, let me see your hands." The two men dropped the drag rope they had attached to the deer instantly. The look on their faces was WWW.PENNGAMENEWS.COMhttp://WWW.PENNGAMENEWS.COM