Oddities: N.D. hunter shoots antlered doe in Unit 2B

Grand Forks Herald ^ | November 26, 2006 | Brad Dokken

[Dr. Zzyzx]

Man Shoots Doe With Rack of Antlers

MICHIGAN, N.D. (AP) -- When Carmen Erickson dropped a deer with a single shot in a cattail slough south of here, he thought he'd downed a nice buck. Unlike his shot, he was a little off. The deer was a doe.

"It's got no male utilities," said Erickson, who lives in Minot. "It has teats ... it was pretty unusual."

Six hunting partners with Erickson witnessed the doe with a 4-by-4 rack.

"I'm sure this story will be around for 10 years," he said. "At least in our group."

Erickson notified the state Game and Fish Department and received a voice mail from a biologist who said these types of deer often are bucks whose testicles haven't descended or for some reason are castrated. Erickson said that is not the case with his deer, however.

"We couldn't find any male genitals on the deer," he said.

"We turned it over, and I got a lot of heat over that. Like I was supposed to know," Erickson joked.

Gary Rankin, district game warden in Larimore, said he has seen a couple of antlered does over the years, but for a doe to have a well-developed rack is unusual.

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It is not the first antlered doe to be reported in the region this year. A conservation officer for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reported seeing a 10-point antlered doe shot near Robbin, Minn., during that state's firearms deer season. DNR conservation officers in other parts of Minnesota also reported a handful of antlered does.

Erickson said the antlered doe is a first for his crew, which has been hunting together for 25 years.

"It definitely was a keeper, he said.

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Information from: Grand Forks Herald, http://www.grandforksherald.com

[evets]

Bush's fault.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Nice rack.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

I would love to see the weapon that can fire a rack of antlers.

[Ancesthntr]

The ACLU will shortly be filing a class-action lawsuit on behalf of transgender deer.

[duckman]

"It's got no male utilities,"
An English teacher he's not.

[steveo]

male utilities.... male utilities.... that's something I didn't expect to read this week.

[ClearCase_guy]

Polish hunter is going through the forest. He sees a beautiful woman, naked, sitting on a tree stump. She has a great rack. He asks, "Are you game?"

She replies, "Yes, I am."

So he shot her.

[theDentist]

Must use general delivery.

[Ditto]

Transvestite?

[TC Rider]

I recall that when we hunted whitetail in Pennsylvania back in the 70s, there was a note on the license that the biologists wanted to know about any hermaphrodite deer.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Hermaphrodoe?

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

This one has five legs...........

http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/sports/16082336.htm

[knittnmom]

Man Shoots Doe With Rack of Antlers Such a poorly written headline (Don't most hunters use a gun or bow & arrow?)

[Unmarked Package]

"It's got no male utilities," said Erickson

What could a deer do with Microsoft Outlook anyway?! This guy is a moron. Oh, wait....nevermind.

[Fierce Allegiance]

I love does with a nice, well developed rack.

[RightWhale]

"It's got no male utilities," An English teacher he's not.

Right.
Don't be so sure. But, if he spoke correctly he would say 'It's no utilities,' or It got no utilities.' One or the other, but mixing expressions is a sign of a teacher. A Liberal teacher.

[GrandEagle]

would love to see the weapon that can fire a rack of antlers.
I was thinking the same thing. A rack of antlers is certainly not very aerodynamic. I was expecting some sort of sling-shot arrangement.

[absolootezer0]

this really isn't as rare as ya think. you'll hear about a couple of them every year.