Posted on 04/21/2020 7:07:30 AM PDT by SJackson
MISHAWAKA, Ind. (WSBT) — When you think of blaze orange vests, you probably think of hunters. But there's a deer in the Mishawaka area rocking that same look.
The video was captured by WSBT. You can see the deer and his bright orange vest snacking in the woods with some other deer.
The yearling looks pretty cute in his vest. Cute enough that you might want to pet him. Department of Natural Resources Patrol Officer Matt Maher said that's probably how the deer got his fashionable look — someone adopted a fawn as a pet.
"Obviously a deer grows at a pretty rapid rate, so within the scope of about six to nine months, the deer will become so large that it's unmanageable," Officer Maher advised.
When that happens, Maher said people usually release their now-massive pet back into the wild. He thinks this deer's human family hoped to make him more visible.
"So that people would think, 'Oh, I don't want to shoot that deer or harvest this animal because it's someone's pet,'" explained Maher.
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Video at source
Trooper has an unconventional haircut.
UH, OH! Some game Nazi is going to track down this deer and euthanize it. For its own good, of course.
The old cartoon featuring the Mother-in-Law in a deer costume come to mind.
Hell of a birthmark you got, Hal.
DOH!
was it also carrying a hunting rifle? Maybe it’s going to turn the tables on us humans.
Better that than a man bun.
Although its funny to me as a hunter, its the prototypical Liberal Dumb-shit move as stated by the reporter at the end.
“this as done with the greatest intentions to protect the fawn but will only end up crippling the deer as an adult”
Pretty much the outcome of every high minded Marxist that has ever lived right there.
His pals probably all make fun of him.
Yep.
That was a cruel thing to do.
Some drunken hunter will mistake it for another hunter and accidentally shoot it.
Many years ago there was a cartoon which was carried in some Catholic publications called "Brother Juniper," featuring a kindhearted Franciscan "brother." I only saw a few of them, but one I remember had Brother Juniper painting on the side of a deer, "Don't Shoot--I am a cow." He's telling the deer that if the paint fades to come back for a touch-up job.
A yearling buck decided to be friends with an in-law. Glenn usually took six or seven deer a year. This yearling would follow Glen through the woods often approaching into petting range.
The far Side was great makes ribs hurt.
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