RE: every build a bond with a deer
One time, while I was driving my Nissan around the corner from my house, this young deer ran across the street and then turned in the direction I was going. I hit her in the rear leggs and broke one. She broke my head light and took off limping. I was glad I did not kill this deer.
Several years later, while hunting my woods, 3 deer ran in and I shot my first big doe with the ML. When I got to her, she had a curved rear hoof and broken leg that healed. I believe it was the same doe I hit several years before. She was also nursing earlier that year.
I told a friend who lives around the corner, what happened and he told me she was in his yard every night feeding. I said, not any more and he was a little sadden by this, but after he had some meat, he wasn't sad anymore.
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