hunting accident

[W.Miguire]

just heard on the Green Bay news , that a 72 yr. old man shot a doe and hit it in the leg and was tracking it and when he found the deer it jumped up and attack him and put him in the hospital . did not hear the out come. hope he will be ok.
W.M.

[vixenmaster]

I tell ya them deer be tuff n a handful even when wounded. My great Unc shot a Buck many yrs ago with buckshot. Now he had both arms but one hand. He grabbed the Bucks antlers & it come up n the fight was on. He hung on til the Buck finally died but he was in the hospital fer several weeks. They can be Dangerous!

[Deerstalker]

I had to put a doe down that my son shot with a ML and she kicked me several times before I could finish her off with a knife. I was sore for a couple of weeks after that.

[robertyb]

That reminds me of my first deer, I shot a button head and my older brother heard me shoot and hurried over to where I was on stand. He ran down to where I told him the deer was laying and it was in a bush so he grabbed it by the hind legs to pull it out. It was not yet dead and it kicked him in the chest and sat him back about 5 feet on his butt. He was hollering shoot it again but I was laughing so hard I could not shoot it. It expired a minute or so later on it's own.


I hope the 72 year old hunter is OK.

[bubba]

I was coming in from a hunt in Ky, had my rifle slung on my shoulder,and was also carrying my 45 colt pistol when a fork horn came running out of the bush and stopped 30 yards or so. Decided to shoot it with my pistol, fired the deer went down I walked up to it. un shouldered my rifle and was taking my back pack off to get to my knife to field dress him. when up he came! But before he done any thing he just looked, giving me time to put another in his head. That's when I seen my first shot had just grazed his head, and must have just knocked him out! Talk about getting shook up I was!! From then on I always make sure they an'it getting up. I've heard some tails of deer putting a hurting on hunters, I can say I came close once of finding out..........

[frisky]

He was transported by ambulance to hospital.......condition unknown. Deer was shot with crossbow.

[bubba]

Sure hope he's gonna be alright..............

[retrieverman]

I hate to hear of any hunting accident. Prayers sent for the old man.

[SEW]

He was transported by ambulance to hospital.......condition unknown. Deer was shot with crossbow.

I hope he recovers well. Maybe he'll use FOCs from here on out.

[one shot scott]

If ya walk up to a deer and it's eyes are closed, be aware.

[bubba]

That's a very good point one shot..... I was told that years ago and I do mean years ago..... smile..

[Queso Cabeza]

I did a quick search for the story and I'm wondering if they got the info correct or if the guy was poaching? The stories I found said he was hunting at 7:30pm on January 2nd. While the season ran until the 4th, it closes 20 minutes after sunset or at 4:40pm that day.

Here is a link to the story.
http://fox6now.com/2015/01/04/yikes-bow ... ac-county/

[Waif]

I did a quick search for the story and I'm wondering if they got the info correct or if the guy was poaching? The stories I found said he was hunting at 7:30pm on January 2nd. While the season ran until the 4th, it closes 20 minutes after sunset or at 4:40pm that day.

Here is a link to the story.
http://fox6now.com/2015/01/04/yikes-bow ... ac-county/

Possible some mischief ;but more likely gave it time after the shot before tracking and may have been unarmed even, if returning to site after giving deer time to expire. An iffy hit requires leaving deer for some time depending on extent of injury and would explain a lively deer at end of trail....

[Pydpiper]

I have had 3 "hands on" experiences with live deer, none were injured.
First was a small doe in my backyard, a late drop and very weak. Looked out the patio door and seen my son, young at the time, approaching something in his sandbox. It was a small deer that was very weak. It jumped my fence and hung out eating my cedar trees until it was too weak to jump back over. Mild snow on the ground is what told me it was a late pregnancy. Like any responsable parent, I went for my camera before my kid. Got there just in time to see this frail deer stand up and deliver about 20 kicks to my kid in about 10 seconds. He was in a snowmobile suit and grinned through the while ordeal.
Next time was a full sized doe. I got a work call to go look after a deer that wouldn't leave the road in Long Point Ontario. I showed up 45 minutes later and the deer was still standing there, traffic stopped in both directions. I walked towards it thinking it would run away, it didn't. Under pressure to fulfill my contract with the township and sheer excitement I decided to grab it and move it off the road. I put an arm around the deers neck to pull it away, thinking my 170 pounds would easily navigate the doe off the road and she would leave.
Wrong.
When I got my arm around her neck she broke out in to a full run, my body flailing along beside it like a rag doll. I managed to hold on for about 20 yards, the deer not even breaking a sweat.
Got up, wiped the dirt off my clothes and got my paycheck.
I learned that a deers size have nothing to do with their ability to make a person bleed.
Third one was stuck in a pool, I pulled it out and it was significantly more grateful than the one I put in a headlock.
The guy in the artical probably had rhe same surreal feelings most do when they realize that deer are not just cute, fragile animals in Disney films.

[flightattendant100]

Wait till you get one caught in a pig trap!!!! RO- D-O!! After sbout an hour we got it out unharmed tho.