Deer attacks two men, then takes man's cigarettes

KETK NBC 56 - Tyler, Texas ^ | November 19, 2012 | Nicole Vowell

[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."

[crusty old prospector]

I am sure that in this vulgar day and age that the first words out of their mouths were “WTB”.

[momtothree]

“I think it’s rutting season”.

Last week, my husband was driving home and in the neighborhood. He saw a rotty chasing three does... and behind the rottie was a huge buck chasing him. Unfortunately, they ran behind a neighbor’s house so we never knew the end of the story or who won. Rottie or buck? You decide!

[CodeToad]

The picture is fuzzy but that’s an 8 point buck and a doe to his right in the scrub oak. The rest of the herd came a few minutes later.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Heh! I’d imagine the buck. ;-)

[mmichaels1970]

[smokingfrog]

+1

[righttackle44]

The guy was a target until he tried to get his cigarettes back. Then he was an idiot.

[skinkinthegrass]

I will be on my stand all this weekend.
Latitude 31 45’29” N; Longitude 95 38’19” W.
Ya’ll come on by!yah..gotta admit the deer equipped w/ GPS WON'T be hangin' around..
unless he's Packing "something other" than just Horns & "his own equipment"

[Cicero]

Those two guys don’t sound like typical Texans. Maybe they moved there from California, driven out by taxes.

[WKUHilltopper]

I thought they had better sense in Texas to approach a buck—especially in rut season. I would expect this in California or Massachusetts, but not Texas.

Maybe I should start taping cigarettes to trees leading to my deer stand...and hang a pack from a string—in sure bow range.

[NEMDF]

GOOD ONE THANKS

(now my co-worker wonders what made me LOL)

[virginia lurker]

I had the same thing happen this year also. A doe with 2 fawns decided to take up residence in our backyard. So for about a month I would carry my pistol with me to take the dog out. One evening I got into a staring contest with the doe at about 30' and when she didn't back down I shot a nearby tree stump. She took off and wasn't a problem after that.

[crusty old prospector]

I looked at the video and it looked like there were houses in the area. But that doesn’t stop most people around here.

[wardaddy]

I can’t make it out but nice rack...a mulie no?

they are a bit less wary and aggressive than the proverbial whitetail

but yes...if not under hunting pressure year after year they will go wherever they want for food

when i lived in town they were more tame

out here in semi country...not so much

I hunt them...whiteys under hunter threat are extremely wary

not like garden deer

[skinkinthegrass]

I will be on my stand all this weekend.
Latitude 31 45’29” N; Longitude 95 38’19” W.
Ya’ll come on by!somewhere close to Wald, AL..
CAREFUL...Greenie Weenies ALERT!

[wardaddy]

I actually rescued a little fawn last year briefly wandering in the road falling down everywhere and running into stuff with that eye crap they get that their mom has to lick off constantly

we had it in the car...it had relaxed and I called around and nobody would take it

all these PC animal rescue nazis only want puppies and kittens or maybe an abused pony

so we went back and tried to scope it's herd and get it bleating to attract the mom

we could see the herd about 200 yards away across a field by the treeline and left it there bleating

i was worried about it...coyotes woulda heard that too and made it short life for that little girl

my boys got a animal world can be cruel lesson that nite

and for you namby pambies here...if i had left it in that sunken road (Wilson Pike...in Williamson county tn..to anyone who knows that road here) it woulda surely gotten run over...some stupid girl texting woulda run right over it

[crusty old prospector]

Nope, about three states to the west.

[CodeToad]

We get a mix of both. More mule than whitetail. For some reason when they get into this region they seem to be less careful. They migrate through here but with I think all the noise, cars, and people they seem to settle down and not be so quick to bolt. We’re not a suburb as everyone has at least an acre or so and there’s lots of open forest, so they tend to graze and ignore everyone. They’re part of the scenery here. Drive slow as they and bears are seen every day.

[crusty old prospector]

Around here, when they are born they have to get up immediately because the fire ants go after that mucus in their eyes and can blind them.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

LOL!