West Virginia Man Caught Living With Deer in His House for a Year

[Liberal_in_LA]

The deer will not be commenting.

West Virginia Natural Resources Police

West Virginia police nabbed this blurry-faced man recently because the local fuzz were tipped off that he had been keeping live deer in his home for more than a year. You are not allowed to keep a deer in your home for more than a year, or any amount of time, apparently. It’s against the law. It seems like you wouldn’t need a law to tell you how not to keep a deer in your house, but America’s a funny place sometimes. We like to push the envelope.

Let’s try to set aside the absurdity of the picture for a moment and concentrate on the facts of the case. You can have a caption contest with your friends on your own time. When police officers arrived at the man’s West Virginia home, they saw a deer standing in the middle of the house, according to the Washington Post. The man knew how this looked. “While [the officers] were interviewing the subject, they could hear the commotion in the back part of the house, and the man tried to explain it away as a dog,” a police spokesman told the Post. “He finally confessed it was a second buck.”

The spokesman said the inside of the house was covered in straw, soaked in urine, and blanketed in feces. Deer ownership is not as glamorous as it seems. The deer, which the man had raised since they were fawns thinking they were injured, were released back into the wild and the man was charged with two misdemeanors that carry a fine and possible jail time.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/07/07/west_virginia_man_caught_living_with_deer_in_his_house.html

[luvspeas]

1. poor deers...

I think that man might not be at all well.

[Human101948]

27. I knew gay marriage would come this!

Next thing he'll want to marry his toaster!

[Eleanors38]

74. That's dangerous! Esp. on the dark setting.

[pinboy3niner]

77. That certainly takes this thread in a new erection

"I was in the toaster!"

[Human101948]

80. As Johnny used to say: "Now that is funny!"

Sausage served with toast--linkage!

[pinboy3niner]

82. If the guy was smart, he'd have a business on the side...

...selling deer piss to hunters.

[Human101948]

86. I bathed in it last time I went hunting...

I won't go into details but I now have a six point buck in my bedroom.

[pinboy3niner]

87. Dude, I think you got the doe pheromones by mistake

[pinboy3niner]

105. ^^^^^ The posts above say it all! ^^^^^

[Eleanors38]

84. Only a new element in the discussion.

[pinboy3niner]

85. This subthread theme surely will pop up again in the future

[Eleanors38]

111. By then it will be pretty crummy.

[NightWatcher]

2. Rent is expensive and that deer might've had a job.

Not all my roommates were ideal either.

[FSogol]

15. Straw on the floor might have helped....

[chknltl]

3. Releasing them back into the wild seem a bit cruel

If they had been raised from fawns in that house, it seems to me that they'd be sorely lacking in skills needed to survive in the wilds. Doubtful they'd survive hunting season if they managed to not starve before then.

[jwirr]

5. I wondered about that also. We have laws against keeping deers in MN as well. This law has

nothing to do with them living in the house. Often a fawn will be rescued after its mother has been killed by hunters. The DNR has designated shelter that can take care of the fawns until they are old enough to be let go into the woods again. But individuals are discouraged from doing it on their own.

These two deer are no doubt too familiar with people and have no preservation skills. They needed to be put in a petting zoo somewhere.

[RKP5637]

26. Definitely! I doubt they have the skills to survive in the wild either! n/t

[Eleanors38]

76. Please see: The Yearling by Marjorie Kinan Rawlings. The deer will come back until...nt

[HassleCat]

4. Ah thought they 'us Great Danes with horns. (eom)

[Jamastiene]

6. I don't even want to think why he had two deer in his house.

When I read the headline, I thought it was just the deer answering the door there. I had no clue there was a second buck in the back.

[pinboy3niner]

81. Deer always answer the door--unless it's Jehoova's Witnesses

[Jamastiene]

107. Lol!

[herding cats]

7. That's a really skinny deer.

Poor thing. I hope they're going to be able to survive their first season the the wild. The one in the pic looks like it would be weak and subject to either getting his butt handed to him by a bigger deer, or the first hunter who sees a buck walking up to him.

[Bigmack]

9. Line from "Jeremiah Johnson"...

"..Hatchet Jack was a wild one. He was livin' two years up in in a cave on the Musselshell with a female panther. She never did get used to him."

A panther, I could see. A doe, maybe.... but a buck??? That's just sick.

[Starry Messenger]

10. Anything to make a buck.

[Orrex]

12. Who can blame him for trying to save some doe?

[Starry Messenger]

18. You have to hoof it to compete in this economy.

[KamaAina]

32. Quit fawning over this guy!

[pinboy3niner]

33. I suspect an antlerior motive. nt

[Orrex]

34. That's the worst thing I've herd all day.

[Arugula Latte]

38. Well, try not to take it to hart.

[Orrex]

41. Doe! You beat me to it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6952331

[pinboy3niner]

42. You mean you've been upstagged?

[Orrex]

43. No, but I was attacked from be-hind.

[Arugula Latte]

45. Sorry. I don't mean to offend -- I do caribou your feelings.

[Orrex]

46. I'm glad to hear it--otherwise I might have to vam-moose.

[Arugula Latte]

48. Well, if you do leave, alpaca lunch for you to take on the road.

[Orrex]

49. Como se llama?

[Arugula Latte]

50. Well, if you muskox me that, I guess I will tell you.

I am the one they call Punning Deer.

[Orrex]

52. On your 200th birthday, will they call you bisontennial?

[Arugula Latte]

58. I hope so. If they do, kudu make it to the celebration?

[pinboy3niner]

47. The downside of having a wide tail, deer...

Not to mention...

[Starry Messenger]

71. And a tiny dik-dik.

[pinboy3niner]

97. He was in the pool!!!

[Starry Messenger]

101. You do have eight point.

[olddots]

36. # 10 Duzy winner

Ding ding ding .

[3catwoman3]

11. Don't tell...

...Rick Santorum.

[Orrex]

13. According to the man, "the buck stops here."

[B Calm]

14. Rest of the story. . Tame deer released back to the wild, shot first day of hunting season.

[GreatGazoo]

16. Obviously he believed they were injured and thought: "The buck stops here." n/t

[Orrex]

22. That's the worst pun ever. What kind of fool would make such a pun?

Not me, that's for damn sure.

[pinboy3niner]

23. Let me ruminant on that for a bit. nt

[Orrex]

24. You're such a rascal!

[madinmaryland]

30. Deer Orrex, you need to lighten up!!!

[Orrex]

35. We seem to have fallen into a rut.

[pinboy3niner]

37. That's okay, we'll recover. We're Bambidextrous.

[Orrex]

39. I feel like I've been stabbed in the hart.

[pinboy3niner]

61. Naw, when one gets to know you you're really not such a bad fallow

[Orrex]

62. Ibex you'd be fun to hang out with.

[pinboy3niner]

66. You play innocent but I know 'hang out' means you're picturing my head over your mantel

[Orrex]

67. Busted!

[pinboy3niner]

99. That's okay. I'm picturing you over mine...

[lovemydog]

17. I'm hoping for some threads on how the Supreme Court

has now opened the door to marrying a deer.

[Omaha Steve]

19. ...

[snooper2]

20. ROFL, found a much better article and video with him, deer come and go as they want

It's really just a Furry thing-


Remember Furries! He is part deer




video at link

http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/police-cite-wv-man-having-pet-deer/nmtLp/

[BainsBane]

65. Aw. They are buddies

The deer likes him. It's the urine and feces on the floor that is a bit much though.

[Eleanors38]

78. They are fairly ripe without the emit. When hunting, sometimes you can smell THEM first.

[pinboy3niner]

83. See #82 near the top

[aikoaiko]

21. It doesn't really look like the deer wants to leave. Deer says, "Thanks for nothing, officer."

[RKP5637]

55. My thought too. I also watched the video at the link. The deer seemed very happy and

certainly more of a pet than a restrained wild animal. At most, I could see them saying he needed to provide an outdoor shelter, but a fine and perhaps a prison term for this IMO is outrageous. Looking at the area, it seems rural, not in the middle of some prissy neighborhood.

[City Lights]

25. I saw this on the news this AM.

They said one of the deer had already come back to his house after being released.

[TDale313]

28. Of course it did.

These animals had been raised by a human, fed and sheltered for most of their lives. This is what they know.

[RobinA]

29. Why Am I

not allowed to have a deer in my house? Isn't that my business? As long as I am caring for it. Deer poop is a lot less objectionable than dog poop, and DAMN less objectionable than cat poop. Not that any poop should be in the house, but it does get there sometimes where you have animals. I fail to see the problem.

[Orrex]

56. You can, but only if it's a roe home.

[edgineered]

31. My friend Bruce had a pet doe.

Bruce was a taxidermist and owned a mountain in the Berkshires. During season every year she wore a red ribbon around her neck and everyone knew not to shoot her. She was free to come and go, and as the years went by she spent less time around his house.

As evidenced by the video in this case the deer were not captives. It is no surprise that many cannot believe what the man says but I've seen it and I believe him.

[bullwinkle428]

40. How long before some wing-nut blames this on marriage equality?

[pinboy3niner]

44. They're just cohabiting; they never said their I-Does. nt

[Orrex]

51. If they don't want a big wedding, they can sneak away antelope.

[pinboy3niner]

53. That's exactly the reaction I expected from you and your elk

[Orrex]

54. That's your antler for everything.

Leaves me on the horn of a dilemma, in fact.

[pinboy3niner]

59. It would behoove you to respect my haunches...

[Arugula Latte]

70. I see you're a bit discouraged by the thread's discourse, but I hope you can springbok.

[pinboy3niner]

75. The thread isn't discourteous; it's all 'deer' this and 'deer' that and a lot of fawning!

[bigwillq]

95. Best. Subthread. Ever.

[betsuni]

108. I heard that the guy was afraid of being stood up at the antler.

[pinboy3niner]

109. Somehow he sensed that something was prong

[Jamastiene]

106. They probably already have. n/t

[Sunlei]

57. aww, I hope the wildlife police didn't kill them like they did to last years rescue fawn.

the capture, restraint and transport is very difficult with deer.

[lame54]

60. Santorum was right

[pinboy3niner]

63. Isn't that what the French call a 'ménagerie à trois'?

[betsuni]

110. There was at least a little fawndling going on...

[Tarheel_Dem]

64. This thread is a riot. But seriously, isn't there a way he could keep the deer for their own safety?

[Sunlei]

68. They were loose when outside. In the video the man said soon as old enough & breeding season...

(the fall) male deer will run off to the wild.

Most State laws its a crime to 'contain' wildlife, and a 'concerned citizen' called the wildlife police on him.

[pinboy3niner]

69. Nice rack!

Somebody had to say it.

[pinboy3niner]

72. The cost of his venison just went up by a factor of three or forage. nt

[Eleanors38]

73. The Yearling was Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction, not a DIY manual. Sheesh.

[pinboy3niner]

79. K&R! This thread definitely deserves more Kicks & Racks!

[TheKentuckian]

88. If he is caring for them and it is his house then it should be fine.

None of our business.

[pinboy3niner]

89. As long as he can show his long-form adoption certificate. nt

[PoliticAverse]

90. "Deer ownership is not as glamorous as it seems."- Sadly, few things are. n/t

[Brickbat]

91. Dude, you need a deep freeze for that.

[Buns_of_Fire]

92. I think the Man family needs a serious intervention.

Florida Man gets himself eaten by an alligator, Maine Man blows himself up, and now West V. Man is caught cohabitating with a cute woodland creature. Self-destructive? Perhaps. I think the entire family is literally screaming for help.

[pinboy3niner]

93. Frankly, my deer...

[Catherine Vincent]

94. Buck and the Preacher

[pinboy3niner]

96. How can we not love this deer man?

[Quayblue]

98. i literally was crying laughing at this pic at work today

The deer is looking like, "Who are these people and what do they need?"

[pinboy3niner]

100. The deer was quoted as saying, "Have I heard the Good Word?"

"Indeed I have herd it! But can you please stop with the 'cloven hooves' crap already?!!!"

[Quayblue]

102. lol!!!! *tears* nt

[asjr]

103. I have laughed so hard I ache all over. I think

I will go to bed deer ones. Goodnight.

[pinboy3niner]

104. Some say counting deer helps with going to sleep

But in my experience, they can't count for shit.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

112. At least he wasn't painting one of their noses red.