The deer are actively sought after by the police in the southwest of the country. – Vaclav Pancer / SIPA
Funny call for witnesses launched by the Czech police on Tuesday 24 November. Authorities said they were looking for a rifle “fortunately unloaded” and stolen from a hunter by a deer last week. The animal fled with a gun stuck in its woods during a hunt near the town of Horni Plana in the southwest of the country.
“The deer was surprised by a dog. He got up and rushed at the hunter, walking past him and tearing the left sleeve of his jacket, ”regional police said on their website.
Research that gave nothing
“The rifle hanging from the hunter’s left shoulder, fortunately unloaded, slipped on the antlers of the deer and disappeared with the animal,” added the police. A little later, another hunter saw the deer with the rifle still stuck in its antlers about a mile from where it was stolen. Research carried out by hunters in the forest has so far yielded nothing.
