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nolabear

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29. I was attacked by a buck once. FORTUNATELY it was very small and I was eventually rescued!
Wed Jan 7, 2015, 05:54 PM
Jan 2015

Back in the wildlife rehab days of my past, we had a number of deer who we had to keep for one reason or another (Usually one of those "abandoned" fawns some well-meaning soul brought in). It wasn't uncommon for the local yahoos to cut the fences and "free" the deer, which of course were then in terrible danger as it was in a semi-residential area.

One morning I walked over to the acreage where they were kept to find one of the bucks coming straight at me. For some unknown reason he was really small as bucks go but he had a full rack, and all I could do was grab hold and hang on, trying to keep away from those front hooves, which can do real damage. We danced around, me screaming for help at the top of my lungs, for probably five minutes before someone heard me and came running, and together we muscled him back and fixed the enclosure. He was sweet as a lamb when there was a fence between him and people but I wasn't the only one who had to defend myself when he got a chance!

We loved him anyway.

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Poor Deer Politicalboi Jan 2015 #1
"While Big Jim gets his brains bashed out, I'll stay here with the video crew..." nolabear Jan 2015 #28
! Adsos Letter Jan 2015 #36
Wild Kingdom was a favorite of mine. Scuba Jan 2015 #46
About time deers start fighting back Hutzpa Jan 2015 #2
GO Deer! Triana Jan 2015 #3
Here's hoping the guy's OK. Brickbat Jan 2015 #4
Here's hoping he's not. HERVEPA Jan 2015 #10
When you say that, what are you hoping for? Brickbat Jan 2015 #11
Really? HappyMe Jan 2015 #13
So he can't wound more deer? upaloopa Jan 2015 #14
Buy meat at the store? Seriously? NickB79 Jan 2015 #16
well that should change too but that's no excuse for "hunting" belzabubba333 Jan 2015 #21
Tell that to the 99% of meat-eating Americans NickB79 Jan 2015 #23
I don't eat meat so it isn't something upaloopa Jan 2015 #22
I don't know why this matters but I am having lamb tonight yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #34
Well said!!!! onecent Jan 2015 #37
Just what we need, more motorists killed on yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #32
OK. He can recover. And for the rest of his life suffer the pain he inflicted on the deer. HERVEPA Jan 2015 #15
Really, there may not be that much pain at all, especially if the arrow passed through its leg. Brickbat Jan 2015 #18
Yes. I'm sure the arrow caused little pain. HERVEPA Jan 2015 #41
It didn't go after the hunter. It ran off. Brickbat Jan 2015 #44
And eat store-bought meat, which inflicts 10X the suffering on livestock as hunting does NickB79 Jan 2015 #19
I'm a vegetarian. I eat no animals ans wear no animal products. HERVEPA Jan 2015 #40
I've hunted and killed deer Quackers Jan 2015 #43
Hes physically OK Go Vols Jan 2015 #17
No he's not. Ms. Toad Jan 2015 #35
Was it Ted Nugent? Oh please, oh please! Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #5
They were using a bow. Xyzse Jan 2015 #6
Nugent uses bowhunting equipment. Paladin Jan 2015 #7
Thanks. Xyzse Jan 2015 #12
Nugent is a bowhunter. n/t RebelOne Jan 2015 #8
... Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #9
sitting on your ass hiding in bushes dowsed in deer piss isnt hunting it's just killing belzabubba333 Jan 2015 #20
What does real hunting look like to you? Brickbat Jan 2015 #24
Why not man with knife vs. deer? Fair fight! nt Logical Jan 2015 #27
Because that's not how predation works. Brickbat Jan 2015 #30
Cave men did it. Duh! nt Logical Jan 2015 #38
Sort of funny, man with gun vs. beast, beast gets some shots in! How nature intended! nt Logical Jan 2015 #25
I hope the doe gets some help! nt WhiteTara Jan 2015 #26
I was attacked by a buck once. FORTUNATELY it was very small and I was eventually rescued! nolabear Jan 2015 #29
The hunter became the hunted! muntrv Jan 2015 #31
once again olddots Jan 2015 #33
HURRAY for the deer!!! nt Raine Jan 2015 #39
you don't eat meat? is factory farming more compassionate than shooting a deer? La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2015 #42
I love it when justice prevails. Vattel Jan 2015 #45
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