Posted on 11/10/2004 7:21:26 AM PST by Samwise
(North Vernon) -- You may think about bright eyes and bushy tails or even about Bambi. But a North Vernon man spent three hours in the emergency room after a 13-point-buck ran rampant.
You can tell an experienced hunter lives at Jim Mick’s house where the garage wall is lined with antlers and bones. Mick has been hunting for about 45 years, but his most recent experience out in the woods was almost his last. He had his eye out for deer, but apparently one had its eye on him.
"It just came out of a blind spot and hit me instantly,” said Mick. “It knocked me over backward onto the ground, with the deer on top of me.”
It left him with scrapes on his hands, scratches on his legs and bruises all over.
"[We] rolled and tossed on the ground for what seemed like a half hour, but it was probably ten minutes. I knew that if I let loose, it was going to hit me in the chest. It could've been fatal."
"I was shocked,” said Mick’s wife Anna Margaret. “You just don't think it's ever going to happen to you. But I guess anything can happen when you're out in the wilderness."
Mick usually hunts with a bow and arrow. But at the time he didn't have any weapons on him.
The deer pierced Mick's leg an 1/8 of an inch from a main artery. But if you think that will keep this long-time hunter tied down, think again.
“I just knew that no matter what happened he wasn't going to give up hunting or fishing. It's what he loves to do,” said his wife.
Mick has bruises on his chest, on the back of his arms and on his shoulder.
As for the deer, the two wrestled until they were both worn out and the deer ran off
oh my, the PETA fruitcakes will be cheering this story.
LOL
SOunds like he needs a "bambulance."
Ouch. :^)
What is that, a mug shot of the perp? :)
I had a raccoon jump on my head once. I don't know what hurt more, scrathes from the 'coon or the bumps on my head from my brother trying to knock him off my head with his rifle butt.
One more reason to ALWAYS be armed
I belong to PETA.
people eating tasty animals
This does happen, now and then. A friend of mine was attacked by a deer. Their hooves are sharp as knives and they lash out with their feet like a blow from a lance. He also got cut up pretty badly.
He was just trying to help...whack! :^)
My sweetie is going to love this story. He also cheers for the bull in a bullfight.
This is why politicians seeking a cheap photo-op should hunt geese.
"Can I get me a huntin' license here?"....John Deerey
Hey, what are brothers for? At least he used the butt of the rifle...
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