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I just heard my first eyewitness report of a buck wearing a hunter orange vest here in Arkansas. I guy I know was trout fishing over the weekend and saw one in the woods along side the river. I would never have believed it if I hadnt heard about it here first.

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Urban legend alert! Urban legend alert! Watch out there's Big Foot behind you.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

I'll give any member on this board $1000 who can catch a wild buck and put an orange vest on him!
SCRIDER, I think you've been had. Think about it.

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Shorthair does he still have to be breathing I could use the money?<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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I know of a few people that have taken in fawns from car-killed does and nursed them til they grew. They kept the deer in the house as a pet at times and during deer season they put a orange vest or a orange bandanna around it's neck. In a few years it grew into a nice 8 point buck and they couldn't keep it in the house because it got rammy and mean. A neighbor shot it across the road in a field chasing some does with the orange vest on it knowing that it was their pet (which I think is illegal, The pet part) And there ended up being a huge feud over it. These people have nursed many wild animals back to health. This is what could have happened in your case.

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hey shorthair how about just a orange collar?i could put 1000 to good use.

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I'VE ALSO HEARDOF PEOPLING DO THAT DEER SLAYER.

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I think if I ever saw that happen I would keep my mouth shut, because without pictures I know everyone would laugh there A$$ off.

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Scrider1,I think it is just another trick those bucks are starting to use to throw us hunters off.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Why do we as hunters where orange?
If you guessed, &quot;so other hunters can see us in the woods&quot;, you win.
Now with that said why would somebody put an orange vest on a deer that they didn't want a hunter to shoot?

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I just heard my first eyewitness report of a buck wearing a hunter orange vest here in Arkansas. I guy I know was trout fishing over the weekend and saw one in the woods along side the river. I would never have believed it if I hadnt heard about it here first.
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Deer are actively hunting nowadays! They just started to hunt humans and do not want to get shot by other deer!

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Years ago the same thing happened to my dad and his friends.

At this place they &quot;used&quot; to hunt at, this woman told them she had a pet deer and to look out for it and not shoot it. Well opening day comes, they walk in the woods about 50 yards, and here comes this deer with a red ribbon around its neck. It practically walks up to them, until this guy Timmy pulls his .44 magnum out and blows it away. The guys were pretty disgusted he did that at first, but then they all laughed about it.

I mean how stupid do you have to be to have a pet deer?

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I had heard from a friend of mine this past weekend that PETA has something to do with that. Anyone else hear the story on this?

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Hey Mikey,
Wanna pet my pet deer? <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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I beleive the guy who told me he saw it. I was assuming it was a pet, but the PETA folks could be behind it. We've had a lot of trouble with them in Little Rock, lately. I wonder if they have a plan for getting the vests off? Seems to me they could get tangled up and cause a deer to get hurt or die slowly....

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The vest story is a hoax. PETA has it up on their website making fun of hunters reactions to it!

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man if they could do it . in arkansas we would all just wear chartuese green vest (which are legal) and have a bright target that resembles them little orange targets we shoot at the range!

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yeah, i know it now. the deer are monitoring our computers and theyre running out disguised as humans to buy realtree camo and vests. hope none of them get there hands on a federal firearms id card. lol.

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Shedmanpyro- please don't be offended but these people should have let the deer out when it was weened. That is if this story is even true.
Hmmmm, lets see an eight point buck in the house. I'm sure he was potty trained, he probably used the komode and wiped his rear.

Wild animals belong in the wild. In fact in Geogia you have to get a permit from the DNR to keep a wild animal. In other words it's not legal to have a pet deer without permission from the Gov't.

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Shorthair, it is true. I saw it with my own eyes. The deer was not house trained, they had to clean up after it all the time. But it did go in and out of the house when it wanted to. I agree that it should have been let go once it was weaned. There are many people that have kept deer as pets for various periods of time. Ask around. I bet in your area you will hear of at least one story of someone keeping a deer.

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Greets,
Hmmm interesting story. As fopr the PETA thing I just read, AND WE WONDER WHY HUNTERS ARE SHOOTING EACH OTHER!! Sounds awfully dangerous to me, I mean first they cloth deer this way and advertise it.. Then someone puts out a reward for returned vests. So now you got a bunch of otherwise responsible hunters ( we hope ) deliberately gunning for orange vests.
A recipe for disaster for certain.
( maybe thats what PETA wanted??)

Just my uneducated opinion!
Terry

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I want to clarify. In my last post I said I had seen it with my own eyes. I DID see a deer with a orange vest on but It didn't have anything to do with PETA. It was a family that nurses animals back to health and they kept the deer as a pet.

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are u serious, it would be something to see!

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That's about the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Next they'll be hanging bells on their antlers, and wearing those little lighted sneakers that they make for kids.

Now if you want to hear a true story, I know a guy who tagged a deer with a glowing red nose and...

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My uncle found a fawn thats mother had been hit by a car and they raised it they had put a orange collar on its neck they said it loved to eat bread. So somebody probally raised this one to.

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This is a true scenario. They have run tests to see how effective hunter orange really is and to see how much attention hunters pay to it. If a hunter sees orange far off in the distance he will be much safer and not take bad shots until he is sure it is in fact a deer. Of course if they get close enough the orange is irrelevent.