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Officer investigates dead deer with bullet hole on road, Old Fields WV

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Weapons

Reported: 12/4/2025 05:25 PM

US-220 & Reynolds Gap Rd, Old Fields, WV 26845

An officer responded to reports of a dead deer on the road near Reynolds Gap Road and Route 220. The deer was initially thought hit by a vehicle but was found to have a bullet hole, indicating it had been shot.

Audio|Heard on: Hardy County Public Safety

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01:35

Transcript:

00:00

Any of the state or county unit in the old fields area for ARAF SOS ping?

00:07

2-34, county.

00:11

10-4[1] call pinged at the intersection of Reynolds Gap Road and 2.20 north, the northernmost entrance.

00:20

Attempted callback did not get any response.

00:24

10-4[1], I'll check it out.

00:32

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

00:40

He advised he was driving by the entrance to rentals gap just before Earl Stein's drive.

00:48

He advised he saw a deer that was laying in the middle of the roadway right at that intersection where it meets 220.

00:55

And there was a bullet hole when he was trying to harvest the deer.

01:00

Go ahead.

01:04

You said there was a bullet hole when he was trying to what?

01:09

The caller said he was going to try and harvest the deer.

01:12

He thought it had been hit by a car.

01:15

Then he was cleaning it and everything and he saw a bullet hole.

01:25

10-4[1]. I'm close there.

01:27

I'll talk to him if he's still there.

01:32

10-4[1]. I advise him if he wants to hang out.

01:35

That'd be great.

Police codes explained

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[1]

10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received

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Location mentioned:

US-220 & Reynolds Gap Rd, Old Fields, WV 26845

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