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.

The killing of the deer was a terrible tragedy and a bit spooky. I must admit it was a bit uncomfortable to eat the meat from a deer that was killed on our property, but it did have as happy an ending as possible under the given circumstances in sharp contrast to the killing of the beloved "elk."