I almost passed right over this story in a list of today’s headlines, but I thought I would check it out.
After all, "Man Bites Dog" is one thing, but "Man Kills Deer in House with Bare Hands" is another.
So I followed the link to ABC News and was interested to read that it was an Arkansas man… dateline Bentonville! This was a hometown boy!
Apparently, the deer (a buck) crashed through a window into a bedroom of the man’s house, where it proceeded to freak out, kick alot and bleed all over.
Until the man, Wayne Goldsberry, broke it’s neck.
Ugghh.
Of course, he had the right to handle it however he thought best, but I do wish he could have just shooed the animal out the back door. I’m thinking I also might have just closed the bedroom door and called animal control.
In fact, I KNOW that’s what I would do.
I wasn’t there, however, and if the deer was going nuts and doing alot of damage… well, a man might hafta crack some vertebrae. I’m just glad it wasn’t me in there with the beast. They do have antlers, and those bucks can be murderous during mating season. One of the deputies at the scene observed of Mr. Goldsberry,
"He got kicked several times. He was walking bowlegged for awhile.".
According to the article, bucks will sometimes charge at their own reflection, which is probably what happened in this case. It’s too bad the deer had to die, though.
To make us all feel better, I have posted a Far Side cartoon of deer who are just playing dead.
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Thanks for the funny Far Side, but I don’t feel bad at all! Nature is not a Walt Disney movie waiting to happen. Animals can be vicious and crazed in certain situations especially when they are trapped and injured. If he had a tranquilizer gun with him he might have used it, but most people don’t have one lying around. Closed the bedroom door and called animal control? Do you have any idea how quickly that buck could have dismantled the door between the antlers and hooves with at least 200 pounds of muscle and force behind them? Sorry, but I’m not crying any tears.
I’ve worked with crazy big animals- and if one crashes into the room with you, chances are you won’t have the time and room to run out the door. Easiest thing probably was to grab it and break it’s neck or whatever.
I’ve worked with crazy big animals- and if one crashes into the room with you, chances are you won’t have the time and room to run out the door. Easiest thing probably was to grab it- which isn’t nearly as hard as it sounds when an animal’s gone crazy- and break it’s neck or whatever.
Smoked venison is good.
Well, the real tragic part of this story will be if they don’t eat it. All I can say is that guy musta been strong to grab and break a buck’s neck– I can’t see that having been easy.
Well, the real tragic part of this story will be if they don’t eat it.
I’m not sure. If one is intentionally hunting deer, there may be some obligation to eat it. But since it was an unintended incident, there would be no obligation and we could not really ascribe tragedy to it especially if you imagine if it was an animal that was generally inedible/unpalatable.
In the good ole days, deer were restricted to forests. Now they are everywhere crashing into cars, homes, and businesses and killing or injuring a lot of people in the process. When they are not doing this, they are eating expensive shrubbery and gardens. IMHO, deer are simply overgrown rodents and are presently out of control.
Realist:
I am going to assume you are being serious and not sarcastic so if I am wrong, I apologize. I would agree that their population is out of control and while most animal lovers are going to say that it is because we are encroaching on their territory leaving them no place else to go, I would argue that it is because we no longer pass down the skills of hunting. My father is an excellent hunter and even though he took both my brother and me, I haven’t hunted since I was in high school, many years ago! My children have not been yet, but I have hopes that they will when they are older.
“Rats with hooves” are what they’re called in this house….
Sorry, but I have to grin when I hear “because we no longer practice hunting” given as a reason for animal/people situations. The last few times my family has gone hunting, we’ve bagged only one deer among us – that being 1/2 of the deer we saw. Most of the areas that permit hunting are over-hunted, and many of the hunting spots of my father and grandfather are now off-limits due to the encroachment of houses. Of course, the deer are smart. I’ve seen more of them within the city limits since hunting season began – much safer for them!
“Rats with hooves” That is priceless.
Hey ! Quit the rat-bashing !
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How does one choose good hunting dogs without getting stung? Many dog breeders are like horse traders—you get what you get, and that isn’t what was listed. So a dog breeder’s reputation, letters of reputation or phone calls, and looking at siblings or mother and father of the dog means a lot when looking for good hunting dogs. Make sure they have some form of guarantee and for how long they guarantee the puppy or dog.
But what is good for one hunter may not mean the same for another, so make sure you know what you want before going out and looking. Do you want versatile good hunting dogs for all-purpose hunting, or one that is excellent at squirrel hunting or coon hunting? Look at where they will be living the remaining time—will it it he be a family member? Make sure the breed you want is one you have information on and have done your homework on. Just because grandpa had one doesn’t mean you know what you need to know regarding the purchase of good hunting dogs.
Good hunting dogs need to be disease from and have clean genetic lines, regardless the breed. Make sure routine worming has been done as a puppy—which has usually been done from two weeks. Also, look at their shot records—did they receive a two-week puppy shot series with only two weeks between them, beginning around five or six weeks? Once the puppy is weaned from its mother, its immune system becomes compromised, and it is up to the breeder to maintain that system up to eight weeks of age when it leaves the next. A breeder who sells before then is not worth his/her weight in salt. Good hunting dogs mean that—a good hunting dog, not one that is haphazardly bred to make a quick buck. Georgia is famous for good hunting dogs, as most Georgia hunters think more of their dogs than anywhere else, but make sure you don’t get a bad breeder anyway.
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