Why we SHOOT deer

[kevin37b]

Ihave a friend with a pet deer A BUCK. Nice 8 ' fences and a run in . He can be very pleasant or a total pain in the ***. These creatures are not pets . I watched that buck knock him down , and walk away . No doubt he could have done more damage .

 

[caps]

Reminds me of something that happened to me. I was driving down a back road on the way home (Northern Neck, VA) and as I came around the corner there was a buck standing in the middle of the road. I slowed down and stopped about 50 feet from him and he just stood there and looked at me. This was about 3 in the afternoon. I moved up a bit to scare him off and he put his head down and charged my jeep cherokee head-on. He was a big buck, a six pointer and his impact broke a couple of the plastic pieces above the bumper. That wasn't enough, he then backed off about 20 feet, turned and charged the drivers side door (me!) and hit the door, glass and mirror. Fortunately he didn't break the glass but he did crack the mirror and left a 2 foot white streak and a little crease down the side of the jeep. Scared the crap out of me. He then calmly walked off behind the jeep and into the woods. Wish I could have had a video of it. No one around here believes it except my son who was sitting in the passenger seat

 

[Travelover]

I wondered if this was authentic. Snopes says maybe.

snopes.com: Roped Deer

 

[Brad_Blazer]

Ihave a friend with a pet deer A BUCK. Nice 8 ' fences and a run in . He can be very pleasant or a total pain in the ***. These creatures are not pets . I watched that buck knock him down , and walk away . No doubt he could have done more damage .

This is what can happen if you have a "pet" buck deer.
East Texas man killed by pet deer. - YouTube
The Bulletin - Google News Archive Search
Elderly Man Killed by Deer - WAFF-TV: News, Weather and Sports for Huntsville, AL
Man dies 3 weeks after deer gores him | The San Diego Union-Tribune

From the instructions on Ultra 24 multi-species milk replacer:
FAWN OR ELK CALF*
Bucks & bulls that are bottle-raised can be dangerous. Minimize handling & consider castration for non-breeding animals.

 

[k0ua]

I wondered if this was authentic. Snopes says maybe.

snopes.com: Roped Deer

if you go over there and read the rest of the story, it lends a little more credence to it, in that he didn't really want to talk about doing it for a while at least locally, because of worry about running into trouble with the law, and also being though of of doing something pretty stupid.

 

[sam5570]

i belive that story over the years we have had some crazy stuff happen with people and deer, most time they would thank the deer was dead but find out the hard way it'ss not. these guys here i bet have intresting storys my wife says that will be me one of these day's if i don't leave them deer alone.

 

[Redneck in training]

European deer is much smaller than American white tale. It is more like a large dog size. Once I worked at a grain elevator and they had one of those little bucks there as a pet. It was so cute but in reality it was a mean little SOB. You wouldn't come inside of his run. He would hit you instantly. He was too small to knock you over but he could bruise you pretty bad. I know that because one of my colleague entered his run to pet him and give him a carrot and regretted the decision very shortly after.