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Hunter shoots 14-point deer; discovers it's a doe
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| 12-19-05
Posted on 12/19/2005 3:49:02 PM PST by digger48
DES MOINES, Iowa A northeast Iowa hunter thought he might have shot a trophy buck when he shot a 14-point deer during Iowa's first shotgun season early this month.
25-year-old Eric Weymiller, of rural Harpers Ferry, started to field dress the animal when _ to his surprise _ he noticed it wasn't a buck at all.
He discovered that he was dressing a doe sporting antlers with 14 tines, a big rack even for a buck.
Weymiller says he stopped field dressing the doe and called a D-N-R biologist, who confirmed that the animal was a female.
More research will be required to determine whether Weymiller's deer's antlers are large enough to set a record for doe antlers.
He shot the animal December 7th in Allamakee Count
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: deerhunter; hermaphroditedeer; iowa
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
They must be very confused during puberty.
Not knowing whether to rut or slut
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posted on
12/19/2005 4:28:48 PM PST
by
digger48
To: digger48
I don't hunt deer, but I would buy a .3006 to shoot that!
42
posted on
12/19/2005 4:28:58 PM PST
by
Cvengr
(<;^))
To: digger48
43
posted on
12/19/2005 4:29:39 PM PST
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: verity
If it had only made it to Big Gay Al's Big Gay Home for Gay Animals.
44
posted on
12/19/2005 4:30:57 PM PST
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: Americanchild
This doe must have had a hormone imbalance. Or an encounter with a deer named Bobbit.
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posted on
12/19/2005 4:32:55 PM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(It is easy to call for a pi$$ing contest when you aren't going to be in the line of fire.)
To: Iowa Granny
46
posted on
12/19/2005 4:36:59 PM PST
by
kayak
(Praying for MozartLover's son, all our military, and our President every day!)
To: digger48; dighton; aculeus
Bummer of a birthmark, Hal.
47
posted on
12/19/2005 4:37:44 PM PST
by
Thinkin' Gal
(As it was in the days of NO...)
To: digger48
48
posted on
12/19/2005 4:38:37 PM PST
by
tioga
To: sit-rep
You guys ever hear about this?? There such a thing as tansvestite deers!! I ain't surprised.
Just about a month ago I had to spend a buck tag on what I thought
was a nice doe but who grew some little spike tines when I walked up on her (him).
OK, it was 188 yards and brushy.. but still.
Now I'm mad.
I'm almost mad enough to lobby for the non-discriminatory "any deer regardless" tagging system.
I'll get even come Wednesday afternoon through Monday.
49
posted on
12/19/2005 4:43:58 PM PST
by
humblegunner
(If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
To: digger48
That's not so unusual. Bill Clinton brought a "Hillary Dear" with him from Arkansas when he went to Washington although he never did mount it according to reliable witnesses.
50
posted on
12/19/2005 4:45:32 PM PST
by
WorkingClassFilth
(The problem with being a 'big tent' Party is that the clowns are seated with the paying customers.)
To: WorkingClassFilth
Bill Clinton brought a "Hillary Dear" Biggest hind-quarter I ever saw!
51
posted on
12/19/2005 4:54:07 PM PST
by
digger48
To: digger48
Somehow, I'm reminded of Rosie O'Donnell claiming on the O'Reilly Factor: "Well, you know Bill, ten percent of every animal species on earth is gay".
I threw my shoe at the TV, my teenagers left the house because "Dad was having one of his moments", and I ranted to no-one: "I'm pretty sure there's no evidence of sodomy in the Grizzly Bear or Sea Gull or, surprisingly Mule Deer communities".
The biggest problem I had was that O'Reilly never called her on it.
But now we have Does with world record racks (pun intended).
What's the world coming to?
I'll bet that deer went to public school.
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posted on
12/19/2005 4:57:13 PM PST
by
conservativeharleyguy
(Democracy can withstand almost anything, except Democrats!)
To: digger48
Weymiller says he stopped field dressing the doe....
Methinks it wasn't his job to be dressing the deer after it was dead. The deer was incorrectly dressed when it went out in the field to begin with.
Somebody need to mark (or dress) wild game before hunting season.
53
posted on
12/19/2005 4:58:10 PM PST
by
adorno
To: adorno
Some species know how to dress....
54
posted on
12/19/2005 5:05:33 PM PST
by
digger48
To: digger48
Some species know how to dress....
I've actually seen many back-ends at some beaches that actually look like that.
55
posted on
12/19/2005 5:14:37 PM PST
by
adorno
To: digger48
Still... better looking than Hillary from that angle...
56
posted on
12/19/2005 5:20:58 PM PST
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluaralistic statement.)
To: Cvengr
I would buy a .3006 to shoot that! Shouldn't you use a 30-30-30 instead?
57
posted on
12/19/2005 5:31:41 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
To: digger48
So that's why all of the other reindeer used to laugh and call "him" names.
To: ItsForTheChildren
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posted on
12/19/2005 5:54:02 PM PST
by
digger48
To: digger48
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