Big Cat Kills Deer

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:00 am

I tried to check this out on snopes but couldn't find it
I got it in e mail

This is true. News of it flew thru here quickly because of all the farmers that work here that know each other.

This buck just couldn't figure out what to do and in his confusion got caught. The farm was running 4 combines just like that at the same time so it didn't know where to go. He had to be euthanized before removal. If you've ever seen what's going on right there in a "corn head" you'll understand how he got caught and how nasty that had to be!

charlie4 · Post by **charlie4** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:06 am

wow that must have hurt, where did this happen?

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:20 am

charlie4 wrote:wow that must have hurt, where did this happen?

It doesn't say in the e mail

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:30 am

Ouch!

It's not all that rare for deer to get caught up in combine heads around here, but it seldom happens to a big old buck like that.

I don't think it ever would have happened without the multiple combines in that field.

Poor fella. Wow.

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:34 am

Very sad.

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:41 am

Looks to me like they cut his throat.
I hope thats not the way he was put down.

dutchhunter · Post by **dutchhunter** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:42 am

that is a big one to get cought like that you would thing maby a young one DUTCH

honker · Post by **honker** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:42 pm

Not sure if I quite agree with the smile on that guy.

Farmer · Post by **Farmer** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:05 pm

That would have been a terrible way to be caught up ,the way that machine works .

There is a set of ( 2 ) gathering chains that run horizontally that has a metal finger of sorts that feeds the corn stalk back towards the combine . Just under the gathering chains there is a set of ( 2 ) pinch or snap rolls that grab the stalk and pull it down to a set of stripper plates that pop the cob off the stalk .
At an idle these machines it can rip a man's arm off with ease . There were a number of older farmers I know that lost an arm working around " acorn picker ".

That buck was probably trying to stay bedded till the combine passed by . Or he could have been crouched down trying to sneek down the row.

whateverworks · Post by **whateverworks** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:30 am

nice of the guy to be smiling like a tard. real proud, good hunting. ,,,sorry for the rant, accidents happen but that would be like gettin a picture of a buck with your crumpled up car in the background??

Kelley · Post by **Kelley** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:38 pm

A lot of 'NON-Hunting' farmers in my area consider deer vermin along with mice, rats, rabbits, racoons, opossum, ect, ect. The only exception are the ones that have leased 'Hunting Rights' to Outfitters and Out of State hunters. Either way deer are just Dollar Sign(with thr $s either comming in or going out).

Kelley

roland · Post by **roland** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:00 pm

I know some guys that got a doe like that in a combine head also.