Floating deer removed

HAYDEN — A deer carcass which was floating in Hayden Lake near Honeysuckle Beach for nearly two weeks was reportedly removed.

Tim Williams, a Hayden resident, said the decomposing deer was gone Tuesday morning. Williams made phone calls Sept. 24 to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office and Idaho Fish and Game, but he said they wouldn't pursue the issue.

It's not known who removed the deer, which had its hind legs and behind sticking out of the water. A rope was tied around its neck to a cinder block, an effort by someone who tried to sink it.

A jet-skier collided with the deer carcass Sept. 31, but was uninjured.