If a deer attacks you what do you do??
 

Recently i was asked the question if a deer attacks what are you supposed to do, and since i have no idea i just figured the best thing to do is ask you all, so any answers?????

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While hunting? Can't get to my gun for some reason? Have a Knife?

Off season? No gun?

Rabid carniverous deer?;)

I think, stay away from antlers/hooves. Try to get up a tree...I just can't see this happening...deer are so afraid of people...

How about making predator sounds to try to avoid an "aggressive" deer?

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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

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i really can't imagine this happening. But if it did i'd utalize a few fighting tactics. #1--Hog tie em, #2--Play dead, #3--Go for the jugular, #4--Stone Cold Stunner, #5 just take my dirty lickin' from the deer. them animals have been tryin to get even with me for years now. I might as well get it out of the way........

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Actually 5 years ago somewhere in Colorado a buck deer killed a 5 year old child who was feeding the deer junior mints. couldn't give him the mints fast enough and used his hooves as knives into the boy's chest.

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If a deer attacks you... I would laugh my a%$ off. :D

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I would just call the game warden. They can take care of everything-all the time. They are always the ones who can sort everything out involving animals and people, right ? Let them handle it. Probobly single-handedly apprehend the deer and issue him some serious citations for....oh......say, "TAKING MAN OUT OF SEASON", "HUNTING MAN WITHOUT A PERMIT", "ATTEMTING TO TAKE MAN WITHOUT A VALID HUNTING LICENSE/STAMP" or even (Heaven forbid!) "TAKING MAN OVER THE LEGAL DAILY LIMIT".

But seriously-I wouldn't have a choice but to take whatever licking the animal was going to give and return the same to the best of my ability. I won't lie down.


Uncle Matt (in IL)

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Jump? Run? Scream at the deer like a loonie? Tell him to knock it off? Hmmm

Probably kick him in the snout.

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How about this...

Gouge out an eye, push your finger straight through the eye socket into the brain, and wiggle your finger around like crazy. Ain't much can survive a scrambled brain!

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I would jump on its back, slap his hind, and say giddy-up.:D

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LMAO!!:D:D:D

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shoot it

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I agree, just shoot it and be over with it.

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First I would have to clean the crap out of my pants and then when I am standing there butt a$$ naked (at which point my huntin' buddies would show up to check out the comotion) I would just wait for the deer to die of laughter:D

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A couple years ago a guy small game hunting in Potter Co. Pa. was attacked by a whitetail buck. He grabbed it by the rack and had to hang on for hours with the deer pushing and shoving him around. He was reported missing when he did not return home. The searchers found him still holding on to the deer hours later. They killed the deer. He had severe lacerations to the groin(ouch). He healed and survived. This happened during the rut.

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drop into the fetal position put my thumb in my mouth and cry out for my mommy

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LOLOLOL.....fell outa the chair on that one!!!!!!!!

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So did I LOL!!!!:D:D

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my uncle shout a buck.and when he walk up on it it poped up and attacked him. it charged him and he grabed it 's horn's and stabed it in the neck till it was nicer too him :)

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Must of got the Tinks mixed up with the can of whoop a$$. They tell you not to spray that stuff on you.:D

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DITTO THAT! HAHAHAHAHA

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Years ago in the 70's when I was just a kid.My dad and a bunch of his hunting buddies and I were riding around the back roads of Bath county V.a. with the local Game Warden scouting for bear.Well during the prosess of doing this the Warden gets a message that a bow hunter arrowed a deer and when the hunter got outta his stand to retrieve the deer the deer attacked him.So being that we were with him in his vehicle we got to respond to the call with him.The guys story went like this.He was in a tree stand on public land and he arrowed a 6 point buck.The arrow passed thru the deer .So the guy goes to follow up on the deer and as he is picking up the arrow the deer comes out of nowhere and starts chasing him so he drops the bow and arrow and runs like heck.He manages to get back up in his stand and the deer is under his stand raising heck but the guy has left his bow on the ground and cant do anything except stay in the tree and try to out wait the buck.After awhile the deer leaves and bleeds to death but the guy is scared outta his wits and when he gets down he calls the game warden to help him get his deer.Turns out there was nothing wrong with the deer as far as rabies or anything like that he was just pissed that the guy arrowed him.Just goes to show though that just because there deer they are still wild animals and are dangerous and unpredictable.

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Well , first I plan to soil myself ...
Austin Powers

Seriously , this almost happened to me . I just froze , and the buck eventually wandered off after giving me a thorough punking .

Hey ! It's funny now ...

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Thats why i have hand to hand combat books.

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yell and stand tall act bigger then it and it will spook.

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I once had a rutted-up muley buck standing at 25 feet, acting like he was going to take me. I had grunted at him, and even though I was standing in the middle of an old logging road, he just didn't seem to get it. I had my rifle off safe and ready to shoot (this was in a special tag only zone), then the wind switched and his nose told him what his eyes apparently hadn't, and he took off.

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I think I'd spend more time learning how to avoid lightning. You're much more likely to be struck by lightning or breaking your neck in the bathtub.......then you are of being attacked by a deer!

A person probably could live 1000 lifetimes.....or two.....before needing to know what to do....if a deer attacks!

On the other hand if it's a real concern to you.....don't go in the woods unarmed. Problem solved!

Dave

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hey deerslayer357 dont learn hand to hand --- learn hand to hoof!

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Does anyone remember that video that came out a few years ago? Where that guy was just trying to get close to a deer, while someone was video taping it, and the deer suddenly stood up on two legs and just started hoofing that poor guy?

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lmao @ everyone, but 2 more stories for you.. a few years ago, a close friend of mine was hunting, when he heard a noise behind him. turns around( rifle hunting, by the way) and sees a big bull moose on the ridge above him. so, marty turns around, not paying him no mind, untill he hears it running. t he g.d. thing is charging him! told me he was so scared, he just stood there no moving while it came at him. the bull stopped at 10 feet, my buddy never drew his gun. bull turns, walks away a bit, charges again! still, my friend hasn't recovered from the first charge, doesn't move. bull moose finally moves off. more noise. marty still checking his pants.. yep,. moose coming back for more, this time the gun is ready for use, but the moose edoesn't come closer. turns out what was supposed to be doe lure had moose urine too, moose was just looking for love, and marty just wasn't going to give it up.
now, i wounded a doe w/bow, two december's ago. followed her from 6-11 that night, got up at 5 the next morning, back on the trail. about 7 in the morning, coyote's howling around me, i finally catch up to her, laying down. all i could think of was it's about time, i'm tired. shot had taken out the front leg, nothing else. so, i firuge it's all over but the fun part, the eating. WRONG. as i get closer, the b$%^& stands up! away goes the swiss army knife, out comes the fixed blade. no bow, season ended the evening i hit her. so i figure, maybe since it is still dusky out, she will follow my flashlight, i can try to stab her in the spine, she did, i tried, and missed, though still drove her deep w/6inch blade. she is not happy. try again, miss spine again, drove herr, she really unhappy w/me. third time i try,, as i am moving away, i slip in the snow on my wool pants cuffs, AND SHE IS ALL OVER ME, GRUNTING, FLAILNG HER FRONT LEGS. l;et me tell ya, glad i hit the front leg with the arrow, i would have been in a lot more trouble. never dropped my knife or flashlite, just rolled on my stomach, got to my knees, and crawled like hell out of there! after rethinking the situation, we had a very pointed discussion, she saw things my way, after 3 more hand to hand combat sessions, and eneded up visiting the inside of my freezer. so, just like w/fire, STOP, DROP, ROLL, THEN STAB LIKE MAD! never did hit the spine.

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Hi gman1969,

I've seen people, particularly with cameras, do some pretty ignorant things. The family and I were in Yellowstone National Park and observed people approaching both Bison and Elk so close......it was nothing short of amazing that they weren't attacked! In one case a couple approached a herd of Elk which were bedded......and the couple walked in so close the animals had to get to their feet....and move. I actually saw the guard hairs standing up on several of them. Idiots!

All I could think......is "such good candidates they'd have been....to be removed from the gene pool"! Stupidity like that....shouldn't be allowed to procreate.

Hi vtbuckrulrss,

Moose are an entirely different animal tempermentally. Especially bulls in rut....and cows with calves....are certainly not to be trifled with. When we lived in Alaska they caught on film a cow moose attack on an elderly gentleman, that proved to be fatal. The cow and calf had been "prodded and provoked" all day by University of Alaska, Anchorage, students....with snowballs. After hours of this and the normal "jostling associated with wild animals in a metro environment"......the cow was agitated. When an older man attempted to go around the cow, (deep snow channeled both people and the moose), she charged, knocked the man to the ground, and stomped the man to death. All on film. And I believe it made the national TV reports.

And as to "wounded animals".......that's a given to be careful around them. Even wounded mice and rats will "attack and bite" when cornered. I read some pretty interesting accounts of incidents with previously wounded animals. (And have even had wounded deer "hiss" at me as I approached. Which is another reason I believe in delivering a quick "finisher"......as opposed to cutting the throat.)

But unwounded deer attacks are probably about as likely.......as being swallowed up by a sudden earth quake fissure. It happens.....but not very often!

Dave

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I would grab my nife and go to cutting so fast O.J SIMPSON would be proud of me!

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I love it, the Stone Cold Stunner!! That made me laugh so loud!

The odds of having a deer attack you is really low.

However, if a deer attacked me I would a) try to climb a tree, B) try to dodge the deer by running around a tree if it was too small to climb, or c) hit it with whatever I had in my hands.

Matt

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HEY!! Yikes!!

I posted the same thing in the bowhunting forum awhile ago. It happened to me this season. I was stalking a buck through a half arsed grown corn field. I got to about 40 yards or so and he decided I was either looking fine (doe) or he wanted to scrap (buck). Either way it was rather disturbing. Hey grunted and stomped his feet about 4 or 5 times and started heading my way like he was on a mission.
I admit I kind of froze saying to myself what the *&^% am I going to do. Really no shot, he was among the stalks and his head was dead straight on to me. The only shot I could have taken was at his skull. In retrospect that's what I'll do next time. It's strange until you're in that position. The easy thing is to say just shoot him, but it happens too quick and takes you by surprise.
I ended up trotting up a little hill into the hardwoods to get some elevation to possibly get an angle to shoot him. He was one irritated buck!! I ended up acting like a looney like someone else while drawing at the same time. The thing that sucked is I never really had any form of a clean shot, but got to the point where I was about to take ANY shot to give him the hint. The strange thing is on one hand you're still trying to figure out how to kill this buck on the other hand you're saying holy crap is he going to maul me??

Anyway, someone told me the best thing to do aside from killing him is to find a big tree and run around in circles and he won't be able to get you. He'll either think you're retarded and give up or realize he is retarded and come to his senses and take off.

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Is he attacking you out of lust or anger. Grab him by the horns
or brace yourself. Either way it shouldnt last long.[:o]

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lmao:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

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Here is a newspaper story on a deer attack...

http://www.freep.com/sports/outdoors...2_20011102.htm

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Here is another article......wow!!

http://www.outdoorlife.com/outdoor/a...336316,00.html

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and yet another........

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/...96/detail.html

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Good stories vt buck, your deer story sounds like one that happened to my brother. He was loading a "dead" deer into the trunk of his car when it woke up. My brother was astraddle the deer with only his knife to hand. They had a real nice rodeo before he finally got its throat cut.