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Wisconsin police say priest is being harassed for hunting deer on abbey grounds
Fox News ^ | Janine Puhak

Posted on 12/03/2020 12:13:48 PM PST by SJackson

The priest who has been heckled and vandalized for hunting deer to help feed the hungry

This holy hunter probably never expected to need police protection.

Police in Wisconsin have spoken out to stop the criminal harassment of a priest who has been heckled and vandalized for hunting deer, to help feed the hungry, on the private grounds of the 160-acre abbey where he resides.

The De Pere Police Department says that the harassment toward Father Jordan Neeck has stopped since the Norbertine priest filed a police report and authorities shared the story with local media last week, WBAY reports. However, the threat is still concerning.

Neeck enjoys bow hunting, and has harvested four deer on the sprawling property of St. Norbert Abbey so far this fall, donating the deer to a local food bank to help feed families in need. The priest is a licensed hunter with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR,) and has had the abbey’s permission to hunt on its grounds since 2016, as the Green Bay area has an overpopulation of deer.

Though the clergyman has never been criticized for his passion for the outdoor sport in years past, he summed up the 2020 season as “a year of many problems.” The trouble reportedly began as soon as he started hunting this fall.

“First hint was probably opening weekend of bow hunting in which people have approached me and said, ‘Shame on you’ and I’m thinking I’m on my own private property, given permission to do this and following all the regulations provided by the Wisconsin DNR,” Neeck told WBAY last week. “I’ve checked the City of De Pere regulations and ordinances, and Village Allouez ordinances, everything I’m doing is legal.”


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To: ClearCase_guy

One of my great great grandfathers was named Nimrod (early 1800’s).


21 posted on 12/03/2020 12:52:22 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Reading comprehension is wasted on some I see.


22 posted on 12/03/2020 12:54:30 PM PST by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: curdogmen

rats with antlers ...this year you could kill all the doe rats you could shoot.


23 posted on 12/03/2020 12:58:09 PM PST by curdogmen (we got a dog in this hunt)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Huge sport in Pheasants in our state.

My old farm was near a Prison Farm and one of the things they raised were Pheasants for release prior to the hunting season. Numerous farm operations raising them throughout the state; we have Elk farms, too.

Ring Neck Pheasants weren’t native to Wisconsin, but introduced in 1800 for sport. Only a few parts of our state have the natural habitat they need to thrive, hence the reason so many are raised here and released for hunting.

I usually see three or four males each year; escapees, LOL! They’re very pretty and very vocal. :)

http://www.onwisconsinoutdoors.com/TravelWisconsin/pheasantHunting


24 posted on 12/03/2020 1:06:57 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Little Ray

There is no sadder sight than seeing deer stumbling around, kicking at ice and snow trying to find corn stubble to eat during a hard winter. Or the carcasses laying in the field. So the deer struggled to find food until they collapsed.


25 posted on 12/03/2020 1:07:26 PM PST by fastrock ( )
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To: SJackson; All

I’m in the camp that says he probably shouldn’t have posted it all over FakeBook. He invited trouble.

I have a good friend that is an amazing Black Bear hunter (as well as Beau being one, of course) and he was literally ‘shamed’ off of FB for sharing videos of hunts with his dogs. He finally just deleted everything. A shame, really. So many sports are DYING due to self-appointed PC Nazis.

Shoot, Butcher, Share (the meat) and Shut up! ;)


26 posted on 12/03/2020 1:11:09 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: SJackson

as the Green Bay area has an overpopulation of deer.


Deer overpopulation is a serious environmental issue through much of the country. For decades, studies have shown that they reduce the populations of small mammals and songbirds up to 90% in those areas.


27 posted on 12/03/2020 1:11:20 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: SJackson

The anti-hunters and the eco-terrorists are some of the lowest lowlifes on the planet.


28 posted on 12/03/2020 1:12:41 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: Hot Tabasco
Maybe at check in...

Here in OK...we don't have check in anymore....It's all on-line.

FWIW-

29 posted on 12/03/2020 1:16:06 PM PST by Osage Orange (TRUMP!!!)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Understanding the Liturgical Colors

White – Christmas Time and Easter Time; celebrations of the Lord (except of his Passion), of Mary, of the Angels, and of Saints who were not Martyrs; solemnities of the Most Holy Trinity (Sun. after Pentecost), of All Saints (Nov. 1), and of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24); feasts of the Conversion of St. Paul (Jan. 25), of the Chair of St. Peter (Feb. 22), and of St. John (Dec. 27); also permitted in the United States at Masses for the Dead

Red – Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Pentecost Sunday; celebrations of the Lord's Passion, of Apostles, and of Evangelists; celebrations of Martyrs

Green – Ordinary Time

Violet – Advent and Lent; Masses for the Dead

Other liturgical colors not represented on this calendar include rose (Third Sun. of Advent and Fourth Sun. of Lent), black (Masses for the Dead), and gold or silver (permitted in the United States for more solemn occasions).

I don't see camouflage or blaze orange. :-)
30 posted on 12/03/2020 1:19:30 PM PST by KarlInOhio (The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
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To: Osage Orange

Genesis 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”


31 posted on 12/03/2020 1:21:21 PM PST by KarlInOhio (The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
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To: SJackson

Haters should just write letters to Deer Abbey.


32 posted on 12/03/2020 1:21:59 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: SJackson

I hope they mistake the heathen enviro-twinkie for a ten point buck when they locate him. *blam*


33 posted on 12/03/2020 1:51:27 PM PST by Viking2002 (When aliens fly past Earth, they probably lock their doors.)
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To: fastrock

I dunno.
Personally, I get sad when somebody’s orchard dies ‘cuz the bloody deer ate the fruit trees’ bark.
Or when you have one come through your windshield late at night.


34 posted on 12/03/2020 1:54:23 PM PST by Little Ray (The Left and Right no longer have anything in common. A House divided against itself cannot stand.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I’m in the camp that says he probably shouldn’t have posted it all over FakeBook. He invited trouble.

Not the first person to make that mistake.

35 posted on 12/03/2020 2:11:10 PM PST by SJackson (We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns. Joseph Stalin)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Yes, a lot of them stocked, but they are native. From the DNR site, During the 2017-18 season, an estimated 42,450 hunters pursued pheasants, spending 418,890 days afield and harvesting 301,490 pheasants.


36 posted on 12/03/2020 2:14:02 PM PST by SJackson (We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns. Joseph Stalin)
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To: SJackson

Some tragic hunting “accidents” are not uncommon...mistook him for a deer, etc!😎


37 posted on 12/03/2020 2:27:40 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Hot Tabasco

“...greenies go out searching for hunters......”

569,203 licensed deer hunters in WI this year. Go harass them...pilgrim!😎


38 posted on 12/03/2020 2:41:15 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: KarlInOhio

And when it comes to observing tradition what are the 12 days of Christmas ? It’s this;

On This “Little Christmas”
January 6th from my The First Book Of Moses poetry page

On This “Little Christmas”
January 6th

Once Upon a Time and not too long ago
The Twelfth Night Of Christmas
was celebrated with a ball
From the Day of Babes Birth
and the 11 thereafter
kith and kin were paid a visit
and friends from far and near
once were paid a call
So on this day I pray in the spirit that this date recalls
Let the gift of homage of kings gain
in the spirit of the days this season yet remain
ere it wane
Be thine Blessings Great
and misfortunes thee none befall

This poem is an abbreviated version from my websites poetry page which shows how the Christmas season was observed by Catholics in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood during depression times and WWII.The page also lists the differences from traditional Roman Catholic Christmas observance and the present after Vatican 2.Which eliminated a period of mortification during the advent period of fast and abstinence or reducing emphasis on observing feast days such as Immaculate Conception December 8th and the 12th day of Christmas known as the Epiphany January 6th.Resulting in listing Epiphany no longer on most calendars because of the decision to observe Epiphany to a Sunday following Christmas the 25th and New Years which was then known as the feast of Circumcision later named The Presentation when Jesus was presented in the Temple .
http://www.theusmat.com/natdesk.htm


39 posted on 12/03/2020 2:55:25 PM PST by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin posting here for the record hoping somebody might read and pass around)
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To: PeteB570
Reading comprehension is wasted on some I see.

Not on me but you knew that.........

40 posted on 12/03/2020 3:50:13 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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