Deer are Dangerous

A New Brunswick farmer was killed by one of his deer this past weekend.

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Yikes, not good news, both of my boys are deer farmers!!

My wife rolled her car 5 times and ended up on the other side of a fence last fall after just missing a deer, she has some terrible hed problems now and is in pain most of the time. On the road we live on ana average of 5 a day are hit.

Most deer will get aggresive at this time of year !The bucks grow those antlers for a reason and they are not pets !! This happens every year somewhere and people don't seem to understand that if a buck wants to attach you , you won't win ! they have incrediable strenght and are wired for fighting .There are people who get disimbowled ever year from deer that were calm ? and they can't understand why ???? Wild animals are just that , and they will defend what they feel is a threat! ....with the intent to kill that threat ! every year there are bucks who fight till one of them is dead .Survival is the name of the game , and although I do feel sorry for the family of the farmer that got killed , he learned the hard way and that is trully sad

I was charged by a female deer once and in it was just so bizarre I stood there with my mouth open, not believing what was happening.

Neighbours called to say they had found a baby deer without its mother and put the baby in their garage. I said to let it out, if the mom was anywhere around, she would find the baby, do not lock baby up. I drove over to have a look, they had released the fawn, but it was crying and crying, making a LOT of noise, which made me think there was something wrong.

THe fawn was wandering into the brush and I was following at a distance, eyes peeled for mom. The baby never quit crying and I could see its lower jaw was hanging at a weird angle, looked broken to me. The baby stopped in an opening, crying, and I had visions of coyotes also hearing this and closing in for a meal. So I advanced slowly hoping to push the baby into deeper bush when out of nowhere mom came charging straight at me! She was leaping and flinging her front legs out, slamming them onto the ground in an exaggerated way. I thought, I'm going to be killed by a deer, how embarrassing. AT the last second she veered off, circled around and went to the screaming baby. I backed away and watched the baby try to nurse, without any success, and the mom moved away from it again, leaving it trailing behind, bleating and stumbling. It was so sad and I have a whole new wariness of deer. It is very sad about the farmer.

Every spring I watch my dogs being chased by does, and in the fall by bucks. Not the bambi some city people imagine...

I hear in the Cranbrook area (I think it was?) they are going ahead with a deer cull. We need to do that in VIctoria as well but it was a big joke on the radio that there would be too many people protesting it, after all, we could hardly get rid of problem (HUGE problem) rabbits, never mind trying to cull a larger animal.
I say good on ya Cranbrook!

Holy hooves! I would have done the same thing uno, not really believing what was happening... I must say reading this has changed my perspective of deer as docile creatures aka Bambi. We have a small herb (a few does and a young buck) living in our backyard trees, so I will on my guard now.

Flicker Chick wrote:Holy hooves! I would have done the same thing uno, not really believing what was happening... I must say reading this has changed my perspective of deer as docile creatures aka Bambi. We have a small herb (a few does and a young buck) living in our backyard trees, so I will on my guard now.

No need to fear them , just give them the respect that they deserve.Just like a human mother a doe will protect her young , and just like a male , a buck will fight for his mate ......sort of .....or if you live your whole life just for the reproduction part of it then it's easy to understand why the bucks are the way that they are

I'm always surprised (well not really) when people underestimate an animals' actions.

Although I've spent most of my life around wildlife;
I've been stalked by cougars, charged by bears, almost stampeded by a herd of elf to name a few,
I try to be empathetic towards the non-experienced, but it's really just common sense that people seem to throw out the window when it comes to mother nature.

Mother nature gives animals defensive and offensive weapons for a reason. To survive, and protect themselves when threats arise.
These racks of giant pointed harpoons on their heads are not there to look cute.

An animals' will to survive is stronger than you think.

I agree with most of your post Hillbilly, but I have to admit the part about being stampeded by a herd of elf has me a wee tad skeptical!

You think this is humorous? leave these little critters alone 11 months of the year, and they can get out of hand!
I almost lost a kneecap!
Even the Travelocity Gnome gives me nightmares!

It's true, the elf at the North Pole are notorious for their stampeding tendencies. That's why they are required to wear bells on their boots. Good thing Santa's reindeer can fly.

Hillbilly wrote: I'm always surprised (well not really) when people underestimate an animals' actions.

Although I've spent most of my life around wildlife;
I've been stalked by cougars, charged by bears, almost stampeded by a herd of elf to name a few,
I try to be empathetic towards the non-experienced, but it's really just common sense that people seem to throw out the window when it comes to mother nature.

Mother nature gives animals defensive and offensive weapons for a reason. To survive, and protect themselves when threats arise.
These racks of giant pointed harpoons on their heads are not there to look cute.

An animals' will to survive is stronger than you think.

And here I thought those racks were created so we could hang them on the wall?!?!

'lilfarm wrote:It's true, the elf at the North Pole are notorious for their stampeding tendencies. That's why they are required to wear bells on their boots. Good thing Santa's reindeer can fly.

You think flying reindeer is good? Try cleaning your car off at the North Pole. There's a reason Santa wears a hat.

Fowler wrote:You think flying reindeer is good? Try cleaning your car off at the North Pole. There's a reason Santa wears a hat.

Without a doubt. And did you hear the tragic story of that poor old grandma getting run over by the reindeer? Horrible, horrible, horrible. They even wrote a song about it. If I were Santa, I'd wear a hat and padding too.

Santa only wears that get-up to throw everyone off her true identity.

Uh oh. Then who is Mrs. Santa? This thread is turning out to be a real eye opener.

samwise wrote:Uh oh. Then who is Mrs. Santa? This thread is turning out to be a real eye opener.

It's the same person.