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NORTH VERNON — Sometimes you get the deer, and sometimes, as avid hunter Jim Mick can attest, the deer gets you.

Mick’s most recent hunt went awry when a large and angry buck challenged him to a hand-to-antler duel.

The deer won.

The 69-year-old North Vernon man was bow hunting alone in Decatur County Monday morning, when he drew the ire of a concealed buck after straying into his territory.

“He came out of the tall grass and briars, when I realized it, he was on me already,” the Center Township assessor said.

The 150-pound deer rushed headlong into Mick’s chest, scratching him and knocking him to the ground. The animal bored its antlers about 3 inches into his upper thigh, missing a major artery by a fraction of an inch.

Then the fight was on.

“All I had time to do was throw my hands up and grab his antlers,” Mick said.

The combatants wrestled in a briar patch for about 10 minutes, which felt like an eternity for Mick.

During the impromptu wrestling match, Mick tried to put a nearby tree between him and the disgruntled deer, where he was finally able to push the animal away.

When man and beast were exhausted, the deer decided that he had had enough and retreated.

“We were both beat when it was over,” Mick said.

“It was probably a draw, but I think I got the worst of it. I don’t think he had any gouge marks on him,” he quipped.

The hunter estimated that the buck had 10 to 12 points, but couldn’t say for sure.

“I wasn’t taking too much time to count,” he said.

Suffering cuts, scrapes, bruises and a deep gash in his leg, Mick fashioned a make-shift bandage and trekked back to his vehicle, where he called his son-in-law, Scott Clark, and his wife, Anna.

Clark took Mick to Greensburg Hospital, where he drew a lot of attention.

“They apparently hadn’t seen many accidents like that at the hospital,” Mick said.

Doctors treated the battered hunter’s wounds, put him on pain medication and sent him home for some rest and relaxation.

Mick will have to take it easy for a few weeks and will miss out on the remainder of the bow hunting season.

However, the hunter hopes to recover in time for muzzleloader season.

“I’ve hunted for years; I thoroughly enjoy it,” he said “I’m going hunting some more; that ain’t gonna stop me.”

Deer attacks, while not unheard of, are rare. The usually timid animals typically run from humans.

But, for whatever reason, the buck that Mick met was in the mood for a scrap.

“I had heard about (deer attacks) and seen it on TV before, but didn’t think it’d ever be me,” Mick said.