I am not in favor of "executing" (Daily Camera, Jan. 8) the
Boulder policeman who killed our "elk," but I believe jail time
would be warranted.  This killing of our "elk" brings to my mind
an incident that occurred to me and my wife, Elfriede, some 15
years ago. We live at the mouth of Boulder Canyon and one
morning we found a badly injured doe in our front yard. She was
unable to stand because her rear legs were not working. It
appeared to us that she must have been hit by a car but she did
somehow manage to get across Boulder Creek into our yard. I
called the sheriff's office and a young deputy arrived, at my
age all policeman appear young to me.  He did kill her with one
pistol shot and then started back to his petrol car. I called
out to him about him taking the deer away and he answered that
this was not a police issue, and drove away. I then called my
friend, who I knew did some deer hunting, and he told me, that
he would be right over. He dressed the carcass and he generously
shared with us the meat.