Wild Game Running Past Our House

One of the big excitements yesterday was seeing a deer that came running right up to our house here
in the community. In the middle of the afternoon Koleman and I happened to be standing on the steps
right outside our house when we heard this animal kind of snorting and running down the trail toward
our house. I thought at first it was a pig and kept looking and then all of a sudden this very
exhausted-looking deer appeared on the trail and came right up close to our house and stopped.
It was obviously very tired and even though Blackie, our dog, was right there, it didn't seem to
care. Blackie did then start to bark a bit and chased it and the deer ran up toward our neighbor's.
Koleman and I ran after it as well. I kept wondering if this really was a wild deer or maybe
somebody's pet. Well, we ended up going up toward Eduardo's and here he came running out of his
house with his shotgun asking us in which direction the deer went. I told him and he went after it.
He actually almost had a shot and raised his gun but then the deer jumped down an embankment and
disappeared into the jungle. We came back to our house and saw more men heading out down the trail
with guns to try to get the critter. I don't think anybody did, though, so that deer escaped death
yesterday. Venison is a prized meat here and can provide food for a family for many days. Goodness,
if I had had my gun here in the house it would have been one of the easier shots ever taken. ha.

-Brad