Paul campaign in better shape than deer

BATH, N.H. -- It is the first day for deer hunting season in New Hampshire (for those not using arrows) and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul marked the day with a stop at a gun store in Whitefield.

On the way to the next event in the North Country, he made an impromptu stop at a general store in Bath to get a closer look at a doe shot and killed this morning by his New Hampshire campaign manager's wife .

For the cameras, Dr. Paul checked for a pulse before declaring the deer officially dead.

His campaign in New Hampshire is definitely alive and well. He was fourth in the New York Times/CBS News Poll published this morning, confirming his fourth-place standing in the Boston Globe poll published on Sunday. And he is using some of the campaign cash he collected online to air TV ads in the Granite State.