Coming soon to an old-growth forest near you...
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
That would be a funny video.
LMAO!! Was getting into my deerstand one morning and had a raccoon go out right over the top of my head. Took a little while for my heart to slow down.
I'm not a hunter, but even I know you don't go deer hunting unarmed.
Coming soon to an old-growth forest near you...
OMG _ LOL
“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.
Wrestling with a deer huh? OK. Sure. If his wife believes that why shouldn't I? ;^)
Check the latest issue of "Analog" sci-fi magazine. Almost this exact thing is written about in one short story...
LOL, Almost exactly what our Mom said.
LOL! That's right up there with sister-bighting mooses!
Nope, you're not a hunter at all. ;^)
Thanks for the link. :^) Now I get the reference.
If you are sitting in the woods making 'come hither' calls like a doe in heat, better watch your back ;~D
:^)
I once had a scary encounter with a very petulant squirrel. You never know with these cute little animals.
"Gentlemen, prepare to defend yourselves!"
where is North Vernon and was this a pissed off Blue state deer?
Me too, me too!
ROFL Your brother sounds almost as smart as my brother. We were in an aluminum flat boat in a bayou in SE Louisiana. A cottonmouth dropped into the boat from an over-hanging branch.
Yeah, you guessed it. My brother shot six holes in the bottom of the boat trying to "kill the snake." Luckily the boat had floatation.
Why are younger brothers always so stooopit?
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