There was a guy attacked by an 8 point in Michigan a couple years ago. I belive it was Manistee. It's not Manistee, I just can't think of the name right now. N E WAY. He was fishing by a river when the he turned when he heard a noise and there was the buck. It charged him and he just crabbed the horns and went for a ride. They ended up in the water together and he somehow got his belt off and around the bucks neck. He started to choke it.....MUSKEGEN...thats it. N E WAY AGAIN. They ended up out of the water where he eventually killed the deer by choking it to death. He called his wife and told her to go get a hunting tag for him. She got it, and he brought it home.

Somehow, word got to the DNR and he was PROMPTLY ticketed and the deer was confiscated. He told his story, and they did not believe it. The deer had a broken hip as well, thats what they didn't believe him. Well, the deer also had really bad markings around it's neck...hence the belt!!!! Well, turns out there was a motorist who called in a deer/auto collision, and they never found the deer. HENSE THE BROKEN HIP. So, in the end he got the ticket removed, and the deer back. I think this happened two years ago or so. They think the deer attacked him because it was injured and just felt threatened.

I read this article first had in the paper...not on the internet while I was in School up in Michigan.

So...if you get attacked by a deer...grab your belt.

J