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Posted on 08/12/2021 4:47:31 AM PDT by servo1969
I don't even know what to say. That deer has seen some things, man. There's certainly some trauma in its past. Just a cold-blooded remorseless killer.
Either that or the bunny was the deer's lifelong homie and she just wasn't letting fluffy go out like that.
Or maybe the deer and hawk had a beef and the deer was just waiting for a moment like this to catch the hawk slippin?
Either way, that hawk was not getting away with its life. The deer made sure of that.
If you've seen anything crazier than this today, I don't even wanna know what it is.
Bambi saving Thumper?
A lost scene from Bambi?
Commenter-
“Simple explanation for the deer’s behavior - The deer is a doe. She probably has a fawn hidden in the area. The screaming a rabbit makes when it is frightened sounds very similar to the bleating a young fawn does when it is attacked or frightened. The doe heard the rabbit, assumed it was her fawn under attack, came to defend it and didn’t care that it was a rabbit. The doe was triggered and went for the cause of the attack - the hawk.”
Sounds plausible to me.
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. A hawk swooping down on a rabbit, which is then rescued by a deer. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die Mr. Hawk.”
Momma protecting her babies from the hawk. That’s normal behavior this time of year. The does will do that to your small family dog, too.
I like hawks. Rabbits not so much.
I mean, I love venison.
But deer are simply giant rats, sometimes with antlers.
When I lived outside of NYC, the deer would literally eat my bushes, trees, etc. I'd walk outside and those vermin wouldn't even run....they'd look at me with this "GFY...I'm eating, man" look.
If I was allowed to kill them, I'd have done so. Compound bow would do the trick and avoid the risk of killing my neighbor.
Deer on my dinner plate or my jerky bag, that's ok.
Otherwise, they're big rats.
Don’t see anything unusual here. I do feel sorry for he hawk, though. Just goes to show -— breakfast can be the most dangerous meal of the day.
Just a little side comment. About 25 years ago, while deer hunting with my dad, I saw an owl flying through the woods early one morning. It was just getting light and it was still very quiet. I watched the owl fly from my left to my right, disappearing in the thick trees about a hundred yards away. Suddenly, I heard the most horrendous and horrific "screaming". This went on for about 30 or 45 seconds until all fell quiet again. A few moments later I saw the owl flying back across the woods, holding a rabbit in his talons. I'll never forget the sound of that "screaming". Very unsettling.
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate ...”
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Were you on a Culture ship at the time? If that ‘s true, what was the ship’s name? Inquiring for a friend looking for a different sort of vacation.
A deer killed an old lady who was out tending her garden. Happened in a wealthy suburb of Pittsburgh. The township then started bow season. I haven’t heard of another attack.
Once in Nevada I had a good view of a golden eagle attacking a fawn. A doe charged down the hill and chased the eagle away. The fawn left with its mother.
If you’re looking for a good vacation spot, Consider Phlebas.
I saw a buck in a video act like that .... a “hunter” aka Darwin Award candidate, had sprayed doe urine on HIMSELF to attract a buck. He attracted one, all right - big boy knocked him down on his back and proceeded to try to gore him ... hunter grabbed antlers and was holding on for deer life (pun intended) and then the deer started stomping him - it would back off slightly, then start goring/stomping again. He was kicking at the deer with his legs - the deer was royally po’d.
The general public does not realize how a deer will use its legs/hooves for defense and the hooves are sharp!
I do a lot of varmint hunting, mostly coyotes and I can’t count the number of times I’ve had deer come running in using the jack rabbit or cottontail calls. If you’d like to see this on video check out CARNIVORE on the Pursuit channel we catch it on video quite often. New season just started.
Deer occasionally can contract rabies, also deer with CWD act very strange as well but she seemed way to coordinated to me for that.
I think the thing got triggered and decided to deal with the threat of a predator like most animals do when their young are involved, it’s the length of the attack that surprised me, she never let up even after the threat was removed.
Terrible. Poor hawk. That’s one bad-ass deer though, gotta admit.
Rabbits have the weirdest freeze up thing just like possums.
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