Robot deer nabs hunter
PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
A look at the mechanical deer used by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office to charge a Punta Gorda man with hunting deer on private property.
Alex Grantham
Tina King
It was roughly 6:30 p.m. on Friday when Punta Gorda resident Alex Grantham allegedly got out of his work truck on State Road 72 in Eastern Sarasota County and shot a deer with a bow and arrow. The problem was, he did so on private property.
The other problem was, the deer was a robot.