Hunter Attacked, Badly Beaten By Angry Buck

[matcom]

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NORTH VERNON, Ind. -- When hunter Jim Mick went into the forest to bag himself a deer, he never expected to come out empty-handed -- and badly bruised.

The 69-year-old bowhunter was treated for injuries he said he suffered during a wrestling match with an angry buck. Mick, of North Vernon, said the deer attacked him Monday while he was hunting alone in south-central Indiana.

"He came out of the tall grass and briars," said Mick. "When I realized it, he was on me already."

Mick said the animal, which weighed about 150 pounds, struck him in the chest and knocked him to the ground, goring him in the thigh. "All I had time to do was throw my hands up and grab his antlers," he said.

After about a 10-minute struggle, Mick said he managed to put a tree between himself and the deer, and the animal retreated. Mick put a makeshift bandage on his leg and returned to his vehicle to call family members for help, he said.

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3909589/detail.html

[Deja Q]

1. Well, that's part of the risk of the sport known as hunting.

Though it's fun to entertain the idea that the buck was doing a pre-emptive strike...

[MountainLaurel]

11. LOL.

Apparently, the buck was reading Bush's Iraq strategy. Although the buck had more change of being attacked by the hunter than the U.S. did by Iraq.

[DebJ]

2. whoa! a revolution is coming! Wildlife fight NRA!

[GOPisEvil]

3. Sounds about right...

...now if we could teach the deer to shoot firearms, hunting would be a REAL fun sport. :P

[Deja Q]

4. Then it would be a REAL sport!

Why can't hunters just go to a carnival and shoot the plastic ducks?

[GOPisEvil]

5. Plastic ducks melt in the oven.

x(

[Donkeyboy75]

6. LOL!

[Shoeempress]

7. Now that is what hunting should be, a fair fight.

[Branjor]

8. Go Deer!

:bounce:

[NJ_Lib]

9. I feel so much better now...

I woke up kind of grouchy this morning... Until I read this story... I didn't think ANYTHING could make me laugh out loud today...

God, I love this story... It's almost as if the deer was waiting for this guy, with payback on his mind... AAAHAAAHAAA

[SemiCharmedQuark]

10. If a cow got the chance, he'd eat you and everyone you cared about

Perhaps the deer was trying to cull the human population? Being in large groups makes us scared and confused.

[Gothic Sponge]

12. Good for the deer!

I detest hunting.

[da_chimperor]

15. But why? Deer is yummy!

I don't like people who go trophy hunting, but if you're going to kill it and eat it, it's just fine by me.

[Gothic Sponge]

20. Sorry, it's how i feel.

I'm a vegetarian.

[da_chimperor]

21. No worries.

I'm a carnivore.

[niwi]

25. I'm with you - go deer!!

veg here, too :)

[Elidor]

13. It's not so fun when the rabbit has the gun, is it, Jim?

Somewhere out in the woods is an increasingly cocky buck thinking: "Fuck with ME!"

[da_chimperor]

14. He's actually a bow hunter

That shit is hard to do. It's the way I'd go hunting. You're actually giving the animal a much fairer chance.

[Elidor]

16. It's a line from Training Day

And the sentiment still applies. :)

[da_chimperor]

18. Oh . . . yeah. Okay.

That's okay, one more cute critter for me to kill and eat then! :)

[flvegan]

17. Hand to head combat...the deer will likely always win

Though I wouldn't wish harm on anyone, this sorta brings a smile to my face. Kinda like clicking through the channels and seeing an ad for the rodeo, and there's some bull stomping the Skoal outta some dipshit cowboy...

[Cerridwen]

19. The wildlife is fighting back!

Mt. St. Helen's, the hurricanes, earthquakes.

Looks like Mother Nature is telling her children it's time to "bring it on."

:evilgrin:

[DelawareValleyDem]

22. I think you're right

Don't mess with goats, either

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/animals/snowball.htm

[Cerridwen]

24. Interesting story. Thanks for sharing.

Well, the guy WANTED the goat to be more aggressive. He got what he wished for.

[TX-RAT]

23. When good bucks go bad.

[Aiptasia]

26. Good for bambi

Should have goured him in the nuts to keep him from polluting the gene pool.