Mar 09, 2022

Mounted deer head takes a beating from disgruntled tavern patron

Posted Mar 09, 2022 4:29 PM

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post

A patron who apparently was disgruntled with a mounted deer head caused an estimated $1,000 damage in a Salina tavern.

Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning that sometime between 12:30-1:30 a.m. Saturday, an apparently intoxicated man who was leaving Hank's Tavern, 116 S. Broadway, started punching a deer head that was mounted on the wall. The one-sided bashing knocked the deer head off the wall, causing an antler to break.

Damage was estimated at $1,000.

Forrester said police had identified a possible suspect. An arrest had not yet been made.

It is unknown what provoked the deer drubbing.