'Bow Tie' Comes Home

WAUWATOSA — "Bow Tie" an 11-point buck with the unusual “bowtie” marking is finally coming back home.

A 29-year-old Brookfield business owner had been accused of poaching the 12-point buck with a crossbow in the Menomonee River Parkway in Wauwatosa in December 2015. The unusual-looking deer had been a common and welcome site in the area and had been featured in wildlife magazines and calendars for his unique appearance.

Because the deer was illegally harvested, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confiscated it. With support from the donors, the Parks Department requested that the deer be released to the taxidermist on behalf of Milwaukee County. The mount will be returned for display at Milwaukee County’s primary environmental education center, Wehr Nature Center, where staff will use Bow Tie in interpretive educational programs for schoolchildren.

How to go:

Wehr Nature Center, 9701 W. College Ave. (in Whitnall Park)

Tuesday, May 10, 2016, 4 p.m.

Presentation to the Parks Department of the shoulder mount of Bow Tie, the whitetail deer that was poached on the Menomonee River Parkway in December with Milwaukee County Parks Director John Dargle, Jr., donors Jim Bagley and Randy Crawford, and taxidermist: Robert Lemanczyk.

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