Posted on 11/20/2012 7:57:33 AM PST by crusty old prospector
Whitehouse, Texas — Joseph Rose and Cole Kellis were leaving their home in Whitehouse on Friday morning when they noticed a deer in their front yard.
Rose approached the deer and he says the deer seemed friendly. But then Kellis and Rose say the deer then charged them and started to attack.
Rose and Kellis ran to Rose's pick-up truck to try to get away from the wild buck. The deer then "poked" Rose in his ribs, so Rose jumped out of his truck into the back-bed. Rose says he left his driver-side door open and the deer climbed in and took his pack of cigarettes that were sitting in his center console.
The deer starting eating Rose's smokes, and when Rose tried to get them back, Rose says the deer got more aggressive.
They then had to call Whitehouse police and the Game Warden. When police arrived they had to tase the deer and then Rose says it took more than 5 men to restrain the buck.
KETK spoke to Smith County Game Warden, Dustin Dockery, and he says, "Admire deer from a distance but do not approach them because they can be dangerous."
yep...when we stopped it ran right into the front of the car then darted headfirst into the stone fence 5 yards to the right
obviously very vision impaired
i felt awful
on hindsight I coulda brought it home..we have dogs, cats, horses, guinea pigs, dwarf frogs
and a decent dog kennel outside...a hard call
odds are it got eaten
strange to have a conscience after the scores of bucks and a few does I’ve shot in my half century huh
something very vulnerable about fawns
Every weekend here sounds like World War III. Lots of four wheelers in the back of pickups. People wearing camo in the stores, etc. I am sure it is similar across the South. Most of the guys I work with hunt. And some of the gals.
I want to try it like bowfishing where I shoot them with an arrow and then try to reel them in. I have seen the guy on Outdoor Channel who hunts hogs up in a tree with a spear.
had the deer just hung around a democrat enclave on Nov.6th, he could have got free smokes for voting for Obambi.
Yep, he must have flunked out of Animal Husbandry and had to become a game warden.
Warning: The Surgeon General has determined that allowing deer to smoke cigarettes may be considered animal cruelty, causing animal rights extremists to do something hazardous to your health.
In this day of LGBT perversity, I guess you could say that a buck is a little doe.
Ducking incoming flak ...
But what would he do for a Klondike Bar?
He must be a “citiot”. Everyone knows that you NEVER approach a buck, especially in rutting season. That’s asking for it.
Deer are cute. They are tough animals that are much stronger than people. Those hooves hurt. Those antlers aren’t there for decoration.
What county is that rascal from?
Any of you four know anything about this event and why it happened?
Wait until he starts hitting the hard stuff.
Rather than corn-kernels humblegunner puts out corn-squeezins.
Might be related, might not.
I normally carry when I leave the house, but not out in the yard. Good for you being able to take back your territory! Man, they could put a hurtin’ on someone (or a small dog)
She ran, took a jump and “landed” on the dog causing it to a roll a few times. It happened fast.
Maybe the deer thought he could quit cold turkey, and got in a rut and finally snapped when he discovered he couldn’t give it up.
“...some stupid girl texting woulda run right over it.”
No - she would have freaked and driven off the road and into a tree killing herself. Like I tell my wife and kids - if you see a deer in the middle of your lane while driving - aim for the deer. (Well - apply the brakes as much as you can unless there is a car right behind you....)
Anyway - a coyote has to eat too.
At least he didn’t give The Coffee to the deer during the rut.
Did he?
So, I wonder if all the deer that live in Tobacco Row along the Eastern Seaboard eat tobacco out of the fields?
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