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gordon21 said:
Dont lose any sleep over this
Deer Roping.
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Dont lose any sleep over this
texasjohn
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I believe that the first poster is sufficiently accurate that it COULD have happened just that way. And, I believe that the 2nd poster knows his deer capture methods. I got the same email some time ago.. may have even been last year.
Ive taught my sons to shoot deer in the head. Makes for a simple track down. Their last 15 or so deer have all been shot that way. When my youngest son was about 15 and had been hunting since age 8 or so, he had a memorable experience.
He was in a blind, a buck came into sight and he pulled down on the head and fired. The buck dropped in his tracks and my son went over to him. He got there and kicked the deer, which was flat on the ground and kinda stiff with one leg kicking. Having been trained to be frugal with his shots and humane to his prey, he laid down his rifle, pulled out his knife, approached from the rear, grabbed a horn to pull the neck back to cut its throat and let it bleed out.
The buck began struggling to get up and my son observed that the other antler was freshly busted. His shot had hit the antler and rattled the deers brains quite completely Well, the rifle was too far away to reach and he had a handful of antler attached to a deer that was rapidly regaining his sense of balance. What ensued must have been a sight to behold. He did succeed in cutting the deers throat, but not before the deer pulled him off balance on to the ground. Thus, the throat was cut with the deer standing over him alternatively trying to get away, pawing and trying to ram him. Cutting the throat in this position guarantees that copious amounts of blood will be spilled from the cuttee onto the cutter.
When I drove up to pick him up, all I saw was my completely bloody boy standing beside a dead deer. Of course, I knew from his vertical position that the blood could not be his, but I had to hear the story to understand where it had come from... It just never occured to me that a person could get so bloody while hunting He made a dramatic entrance back at the house... all the women folk screamed and exclaimed while he and I just grinned
Ive taught my sons to shoot deer in the head. Makes for a simple track down. Their last 15 or so deer have all been shot that way. When my youngest son was about 15 and had been hunting since age 8 or so, he had a memorable experience.
He was in a blind, a buck came into sight and he pulled down on the head and fired. The buck dropped in his tracks and my son went over to him. He got there and kicked the deer, which was flat on the ground and kinda stiff with one leg kicking. Having been trained to be frugal with his shots and humane to his prey, he laid down his rifle, pulled out his knife, approached from the rear, grabbed a horn to pull the neck back to cut its throat and let it bleed out.
The buck began struggling to get up and my son observed that the other antler was freshly busted. His shot had hit the antler and rattled the deers brains quite completely
Well, the rifle was too far away to reach and he had a handful of antler attached to a deer that was rapidly regaining his sense of balance. What ensued must have been a sight to behold. He did succeed in cutting the deers throat, but not before the deer pulled him off balance on to the ground. Thus, the throat was cut with the deer standing over him alternatively trying to get away, pawing and trying to ram him. Cutting the throat in this position guarantees that copious amounts of blood will be spilled from the cuttee onto the cutter. When I drove up to pick him up, all I saw was my completely bloody boy standing beside a dead deer. Of course, I knew from his vertical position that the blood could not be his, but I had to hear the story to understand where it had come from... It just never occured to me that a person could get so bloody while hunting
He made a dramatic entrance back at the house... all the women folk screamed and exclaimed while he and I just grinned
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texasjohn said:I believe that the first poster is sufficiently accurate that it COULD have happened just that way. And, I believe that the 2nd poster knows his deer capture methods. I got the same email some time ago.. may have even been last year.
Ive taught my sons to shoot deer in the head. Makes for a simple track down. Their last 15 or so deer have all been shot that way. When my youngest son was about 15 and had been hunting since age 8 or so, he had a memorable experience.
He was in a blind, a buck came into sight and he pulled down on the head and fired. The buck dropped in his tracks and my son went over to him. He got there and kicked the deer, which was flat on the ground and kinda stiff with one leg kicking. Having been trained to be frugal with his shots and humane to his prey, he laid down his rifle, pulled out his knife, approached from the rear, grabbed a horn to pull the neck back to cut its throat and let it bleed out.
The buck began struggling to get up and my son observed that the other antler was freshly busted. His shot had hit the antler and rattled the deers brains quite completely
When I drove up to pick him up, all I saw was my completely bloody boy standing beside a dead deer. Of course, I knew from his vertical position that the blood could not be his, but I had to hear the story to understand where it had come from... It just never occured to me that a person could get so bloody while hunting
Your sons story could have ended very differently. Trying to hold a knife and wrestle a deer at the same time he was lucky and I hope he realizes that. It makes an interesting story and I am glad he wasn't hurt by the deer or his own knife.
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Robert_in_NY...you are, of course, correct, and all life is dangerous. Accurate observation.
However, he's a 6th generation Texan, we're tough, and at the time he had lots of ranching experience wrestling calves to the ground.
This was one of numerous experiences he had growing up... he wasn't wild and reckless... but he did find himself in unique circumstances occasionally which, my opinion, could have turned out unfortunately. He has never had a broken bone or bloody accident (own blood). At some point, I mentally reviewed all his escapades and came to the studied conclusion that there was more going on than mere chance... there had to be some sort of judgement, preparation and skill that he was bringing to the situations that affected the outcome.
I am convinced he decides when to exit a situation using some 6th sense before damage occurs. An example is that he backpacked as an adult all thru Europe and South America. Never was robbed or injured although numerous of his temporary traveling companions were. The only time he got scared, turned and ran was on a very short visit to Morroco. This was pre 9/11. He got there, percieved that it was an extremely dangerous place and left as quickly as possible. I don't know if it was the Musulim influence or what... but if he considered it dangerous... it is DANGEROUS.
However, he's a 6th generation Texan, we're tough, and at the time he had lots of ranching experience wrestling calves to the ground.
This was one of numerous experiences he had growing up... he wasn't wild and reckless... but he did find himself in unique circumstances occasionally which, my opinion, could have turned out unfortunately. He has never had a broken bone or bloody accident (own blood). At some point, I mentally reviewed all his escapades and came to the studied conclusion that there was more going on than mere chance... there had to be some sort of judgement, preparation and skill that he was bringing to the situations that affected the outcome.
I am convinced he decides when to exit a situation using some 6th sense before damage occurs. An example is that he backpacked as an adult all thru Europe and South America. Never was robbed or injured although numerous of his temporary traveling companions were. The only time he got scared, turned and ran was on a very short visit to Morroco. This was pre 9/11. He got there, percieved that it was an extremely dangerous place and left as quickly as possible. I don't know if it was the Musulim influence or what... but if he considered it dangerous... it is DANGEROUS.
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Wrestling calves is what I let my 3 year old daughter do for fun. Us New Yorkers have a higher standard for toughness
Actually, Ava wrestles and plays with the doe deer. She roughs them up and sits on the ones head and when she gets up the doe (goofy) head butts her in Ava's back side and then runs around jumping with excitement.
I have a feeling your son is much like me. I did a lot of things that I was lucky I wasn't hurt in the process. I can usually get out of most situations without being hurt. Now that I am 29 I am still learning as I managed to be stupid and fall off a roof by pushing my limits. I was lucky in that I only broke my L1 vertebre and was walking again (with assistance) a week later.
I don't know how old your son is but please tell him to be careful as it only takes one mistake or slip and you will be paying for it dearly. Sometimes you don't really see the danger in the situation as I am sure he didn't see the danger when he grabbed that deers antler and went for a ride.
I have a couple clips but the are 3g2 files and I don't know how to share these type of movie clips so if anyone has any ideas please share as they are off my camera phone.
Actually, Ava wrestles and plays with the doe deer. She roughs them up and sits on the ones head and when she gets up the doe (goofy) head butts her in Ava's back side and then runs around jumping with excitement.
I have a feeling your son is much like me. I did a lot of things that I was lucky I wasn't hurt in the process. I can usually get out of most situations without being hurt. Now that I am 29 I am still learning as I managed to be stupid and fall off a roof by pushing my limits. I was lucky in that I only broke my L1 vertebre and was walking again (with assistance) a week later.
I don't know how old your son is but please tell him to be careful as it only takes one mistake or slip and you will be paying for it dearly. Sometimes you don't really see the danger in the situation as I am sure he didn't see the danger when he grabbed that deers antler and went for a ride.
I have a couple clips but the are 3g2 files and I don't know how to share these type of movie clips so if anyone has any ideas please share as they are off my camera phone.
