Deer can bite!
 

Roping A Deer. BAD IDEA!


I hadthis idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall,[/align]feed it up on cornfor a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it.The first[/align]step in this adventure was getting a deer.I figured thatsince they[/align]congregated at my cattle feeder and do not seem to have much fear ofme[/align]when we are there(a bold one will sometimes come right up and sniff at the[/align]bags of feed while I am in the back of the truck not 4 feet away) that it[/align]shouldnot be difficult to rope one, get up to it and toss a bag over its[/align]head (to calmit down) then hog tie it and transport it home.[/align][/align]Ifilled the cattle feeder then hid down at the end with my rope.[/align]The cattle, who had seen the roping thing before, stayed wellback.[/align]They were not having any of it.After about 20 minutes my deer showed up*3[/align]of them. Ipicked out a likely looking one, stepped out from the end of the[/align]feeder, and threw my rope.The deer just stood there and stared atme.I[/align]wrapped the rope around my waist and twisted the end soI would have a good[/align]hold.

[/align]The deer still just stood andstared at me, but you could tell it was[/align]mildly concerned about the whole ropesituation.I took a step towards it.[/align]Ittook a step away.I put a little tension on the rope andreceived an[/align]education.

[/align]Thefirst thing that I learned is that while a deer may just stand[/align]there looking atyou funny while you rope it, they are spurred to action[/align]when you start pullingon that rope.That deer EXPLODED.

[/align]Thesecond thing I learned is that pound for pound, a deer is a LOT[/align]stronger than acow or a colt.A cow or a colt in that weight range I[/align]could fight down with a rope with some dignity.A deer, nochance.That[/align]thing ran and bucked and twisted andpulled.There was no controlling it[/align]and certainly no getting close to it.As it jerked meoff my feet and[/align]started dragging me across the ground, it occurred to me thathaving a deer[/align]on a rope was not nearly as good an idea as I originallyimagined.The[/align]only up side is that they do not have as muchstamina as many animals.A[/align]brief 10 minutes later, it wastired and not nearly as quick to jerk me off[/align]my feet and drag me whenI managedto get up.It took me a few minutes to[/align]realize this, since Iwas mostly blinded by the blood flowing out of the[/align]big gash in my head.

[/align]At thatpoint I had lost my taste for corn fed venison.I just wanted[/align]to get that devil creature off the end of that rope.Ifigured if I just[/align]let it go with the rope hanging around its neck, it wouldlikely die slow[/align]and painfully somewhere.At the time, therewas no love at all between me[/align]and that deer.At that moment,I hated the thing and I would venture a[/align]guess that the feeling wasmutual.Despite the gash in my head and the[/align]several large knots where I had cleverly arrested the deer's momentum by[/align]bracing my head against various large rocks as it dragged me across the[/align]ground, I could still think clearly enough to recognize that there was a[/align]small chance that I shared some tiny amount of responsibility for the[/align]situation we were in, so I didn't want the deer to have to suffer a slow[/align]death.I managed toget it lined up to back in between my truck and the[/align]feeder*a little trap I hadset beforehand.

[/align]Kind of like a squeeze chute.I got it to back in there and started moving[/align]up so Icould get my ropeback.

[/align]Did youknow that deer bite?They do!I never in amillion years[/align]would have thought that a deer would bite somebody so I was verysurprised[/align]when I reached up there to grab that rope and the deer grabbed hold ofmy[/align]wrist.Now, when a deer bites you, it is not like beingbit by a horse[/align]where they just bite you and then let go.Adeer bites you and shakes its[/align]head*almost like a pit bull.They bite HARD and it hurts.The proper thing[/align]to dowhen a deerbites you is probably to freeze and draw back slowly.I[/align]tried screaming and shaking instead.My method wasineffective.It seems[/align]like the deer was biting and shakingfor several minutes, but it was likely[/align]only several seconds.I, being smarter than a deer (though you may be[/align]questioning that claim by

[/align]now) tricked it.While I kept it busy tearing the bejesus outof my right[/align]arm, I reached up with my left hand and pulled that rope loose.[/align]Thatwas when I got my final lesson in deer behavior for the day.[/align]Deer will strike at you with their front feet.Theyrear right up on their[/align]back feet and strike right about head and shoulder level,and their hooves[/align]are surprisingly sharp.I learned a longtime ago that when an animal like[/align]a horse strikes at you with their hooves andyou can't get away easily, the[/align]best thing to do is try to make a loud noise andmake an aggressive move[/align]towards the animal.This will usuallycause them to back down a bit so you[/align]can escape.This was nota horse.This was a deer, so obviously such[/align]trickery would not work.

[/align] In the course of a millisecond I devised adifferent strategy.I[/align]screamed like woman and tried to turnand run.The reason I had always[/align]been told NOT to try to turnand run from a horse that paws at you is that[/align]there is a good chance that itwill hit you in the back of the head.Deer[/align]may not be sodifferent from horses after all, besides being twice as[/align]strong and three timesas evil, because the second I turned to run, it hit[/align]me right in the back of thehead and knocked me down.

[/align]Nowwhen a deer paws at you and knocks you down it does not[/align]immediately leave.I suspect it does not recognize that thedanger has[/align]passed. What they do instead is paw your back andjump up and down on you[/align]while you are laying there crying like a little girl and covering your head.[/align]I finally managed to crawl under the truck and the deer went away.

[/align]Now forthe local legend.I was pretty beat up.Myscalp was split[/align]open, I had several large goose eggs, my wrist was bleedingpretty good and[/align]felt broken (it turned out to be just badly bruised) and my backwas[/align]bleeding in a few places, though my insulated canvas jacket had protected me[/align]from most of the worst of it.I drove to the nearest place,which was the[/align]co-op. I got out of the truck, covered in bloodand dust and looking like[/align]hell.The guy who ran the place sawme through the window and came running[/align]out yelling "what happened"

[/align]I havenever seen any law in the state of Texas that would prohibit an[/align]individual fromroping a deer.I suspect that this is an area that[/align]they haveoverlooked entirely.Knowing, as I do, the lengths to whichlaw[/align]enforcement personnel will go to exercise their power, I was concerned that[/align]they may find a way to twist the existing laws to paint my actions as[/align]criminal.I swear*.not wanting to admit that I had donesomething[/align]monumentally stupid played no part in my response.I told him "I was[/align]attacked by a deer."I did not mention that at the time I had a rope on it.[/align]The evidence wasall over my body.Deer prints on the back of my jacket[/align]whereit had stomped all over me and a large deer print on myface where[/align]it had struck me there.I askedhim to call somebody to come get me*I[/align]didn't think I could make it home on myown.He did.

[/align]Laterthat afternoon, a game warden showed up at my house and wanted to[/align]know about thedeer attack.Surprisingly, deer attacks are a rare thing[/align]and wildlife and parks was interested in the event.I tried todescribe[/align]the attack as completely and accurately as I could*I was filling thegrain[/align]hopper and this deer came out of nowhere and just started kicking the hell[/align]out of me and BIT me.It was obviously rabid or insane orsomething.[/align]EVERYBODY for miles around knows about the deerattack (the guy at the[/align]co-op has a big mouth).

[/align]For severalweeks people dragged their kids in the house when they saw[/align]deer around and thelocal ranchers carried rifles when they filled their[/align]feeders.Ihave told several people the story, but NEVER anybody around[/align]here.

[/align]I have to see these people every day and as anoutsider*a "city folk"*I[/align]have enough trouble fitting in without them snickeringbehind my back and[/align]whispering "there is the dumb-ass that tried to rope thedeer.[/align][/align]This story was cut and pasted from an email by MV.[/align]

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Hilarious story, very stupid idea and horrible result, but a hilarious read!

I really hope this was truly copy and pasted from an e-mail from a friend.

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wow.......:eek:

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Its really hard to where to begin....dumb ... if you want corn fed deer grow some corn and keep the sport in it. Hilarious story though..

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hahaha wow good story

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Very amusing story! If he wanted deer meat, he should have just shot the darn thing while it was 4 feet in front of him!

I have to admit I was almost attacked by a ferocious squirrel while bow hunting. Atleast I wasnt trying to rope him though!He ended up messing up my hunt but atleast I escaped without injury!

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lol funny story

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Firts of all to get a deer and hold it "hostage" im pretty sure is illegal... Secondly I cant imagine what this poor guy went through.. those deer are strong lol./... thirdly.. never tie a rope around your wasit.. that is the dumbest thing to do.. this guy found out why..

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hahahahaha

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makes me laugh anyway..

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Now that's funny right there. I don't care who you are.

Not a smart thing to do. Pretty sure an illegal thing to do. But, I would've loved to have seen it on video. Just good to know no one got hurt too bad.
-- B

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Sounds like a McManus article from Outdoor Life magazine.

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i agree... dumbass... but good read

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that is a funny story :D i laugh just thinking about that dummy trying to rope a deer and the deer beating him up
I once heard a story of a person that shot a deer and when he got up to it and grabbed its head it got up so he put it in a head lock and held on as it jumped and tried to run away before finally collapsing .







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That story was so freekin stupid I read it twice to make sure it sunk in and wasn't a joke. What a complete Idiot.

If that happened around here the guy would need a 2nd mortgage to pay the fines.

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I can't stop laughing. My coworkers think I have finally gone over 'the edge'.

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It's to bad someone didn't tape the episode! I would have loved to see it.

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That was one of the funniest things I've read in a long time, joke or not.;)

Good story tellin'

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That has to be one of the funniest things I have read in a while. Good luck on the next deer roping. I would suggest trying something a little different.

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You can't fix stupid....

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I agree ,,,Hilarious!:D

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At first i was getting pissed off while reading that, but the end was funny. i dont know what would possess a person to capture a wild animal, pen it up, feed it, then kill it. the amount of stress put on the animal would probably kill it before he had a chance to fatten it up. more ammo for the antis, but its still funny.

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man that's hilarious

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haha. that was a good story.

i normally wouldnt read that much for class.... but i was glad i read that one.

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That was funny.:D
I bull dogged a couple deer in my life and each time I've had the liveing crapolakicked out of me. I never had a deer actually bite, but I was driving back from a hunting trip and the lady in front of me had a deer run broadside and had knocked it out.I was behind her so I pulled off at the deer and sliced it throat andwe all thought it was dead and they left so I grabbed the deer by the legs and when I did that deer came to life and I was on a ride for my life as it was dragging me down the embankment and I thought for sure this deer was going to go through my grasp and go in the swamps. It had its mouth around my wrist a few times but no actual biteing and after what felt like forever it bleed to death and expelled its last breath in my clutches. I just laid there for a moment and couldn't even move but it was the most unusal hunting trip I had ever been on and I didn't even fire a shot after a 4 day hunt.[&:]


Bobby

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:D:D:D

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I don't even know what to say!

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I think it is funny that the deer is probably still alive and experienced in such matters. As if the deer needed any experience.:D

I know a guy who got a badly broken nose from a deer he that wasn't completely dead. After he shot the deer, he got the bright idea to take the last little bit of life from the deer, and cut it's throat with his knife. He straddled the deer, and when he grabbed the deers ear, the deer bucked its head and smashed him squarely in the face not once but twice. He said that he didn't hold on much longer, and just laid by a tree wondering if he would die before the deer did. The deer finally bled out from the gun shot and died. Not from a cut to the throat since that didn't happen. He said it was a good thing it wasn't a spike buck.

C. Davis

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Thats good...... i'll make sure i never try that because it sounds like something i would try to be honest!!!:D

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That is probably the funniest thing I have ever heard. I will definitely keep that story in mind the next time I get close to a live deer.

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He's lucky to have lived through that to say the least!
Not a well thought through plan.
There's a reason their call "WILD" game.