Telephones at Pennsylvania Game Commission offices blew up Saturday evening and all day Sunday with calls from hunters and others who reported seeing a video posted on Facebook showing two young men kicking an injured white-tailed deer.

“This is not Pennsylvania hunting. Pennsylvania hunters are appalled by this,” said Chip Brunst, information and education supervisor for the game commission's Northwest regional office.

Phone calls began streaming into regional offices and the commission's Operation Game Thief tip hotline Saturday evening after the video was posted.

“We were inundated with people calling us Saturday evening and all day Sunday,” Brunst said Monday. “On Sunday we posted on Facebook that we were investigating. We still got some calls today. Most people are very much supporting us in our investigation.”

Game commission wardens have identified two possible suspects, but didn't file any charges as of Monday evening, he said.

The video shows two young men repeatedly kicking a buck in the face and then ripping off one of its antlers. The location of the incident hasn't been identified.

“We're still in the middle of our investigation. We'll get to the bottom of it.” Brunst said.

State police from Punxsutawney is assisting the game commission in the investigation, and the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office has offered assistance, he said.

In its Facebook post, the game commission said it is aware of the video purporting to show individuals assaulting an injured deer and called the conduct portrayed in the video “reprehensible and potentially a violation of law.”

The commission is asking anyone with information about the video to call the hotline at 1-888-PGC-8001 or the Northwest regional office at 814-432-3187.

“Youthful mischievousness,” is how Brunst summed up the actions of the young men in the video. “I think they'll regret it.”

Ralph Charles Scherder, of Scherder Taxidermy in Clearfield Township, called the video “very disturbing” said the young men in it do not exemplify hunters.

“Those kids that did that don't represent the sportsmen of Pennsylvania,” Scherder said.

A hunter since 1967 and a taxidermist since 1988, Scherder said he talks to many hunters who, like him, respect the game they hunt.

“I feel a little remorse for anything I take — pheasants, rabbits, grouse. I think all hunters feel a little remorse,” Scherder said. “People wonder what would make people do this.”