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Hunter shoots 14-point deer; discovers it's a doe
AP ^ | 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: digger48

A doevestite.


61 posted on 12/19/2005 5:57:00 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny (Base. All Yours = Mine.)
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To: digger48

gag.


62 posted on 12/19/2005 6:06:17 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (I've lost my tagline and don't know where to find it.)
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To: Americanchild

Oh. And there, you see? I've learned something else!


63 posted on 12/19/2005 6:19:35 PM PST by Fatuncle (If I were not ignorant, I would not come here to learn things from you.)
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To: sit-rep

Yeah...I've only "heard". Never seen one. It's something that's supposedly linked to pollutants that make their way into the water supplies.


64 posted on 12/19/2005 6:43:45 PM PST by hiredhand (My kitty disappeared. NOT the rifle!)
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To: Jet Jaguar; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; tiamat; ...
You gotta see this.

I see it, but I don't believe it. Did that hunter shoot the ungulate k. d. lang?


65 posted on 12/19/2005 7:20:36 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("MOO...BANG...MOOO!")
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To: digger48

That's not right. That gave me the heebie-jeebies.

 

66 posted on 12/19/2005 7:24:14 PM PST by Fintan (See??? Sometimes I do read the articles.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Since it has antlers, it's a little more butch than that..
*groan*


67 posted on 12/19/2005 7:28:31 PM PST by Darksheare ("Keep it just between us..." she said, and then she faded into the mist.)
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To: Beelzebubba

This is the predjudiced nonsense that I frequently receive in my email.


REMEMBER THIS AT CHRISTMAS TIME

According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid-December.

Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring.

Therefore, according to EVERY historical rendition depicting Santa's reindeer, EVERY single one of them, from Rudolph to Blitzen, had to be a girl.

We should've known... ONLY women would be able to drag a fat-old man in a red velvet suit all around the world in one night and not get lost.


68 posted on 12/19/2005 7:45:27 PM PST by B4Ranch (No expiration date is on the Oath to protect America from all enemies, foreign and domestic.)
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To: Dog Gone

How was your last hunting adventure?


69 posted on 12/19/2005 7:47:27 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (The redheaded spinster can hold a grudge, she just can't hold a man.)
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To: digger48

I once asked my mother if female deer had horns, and she laughed and answered, "No, they're not horny!" Then she added, "That's probably how the slang word developed."


70 posted on 12/19/2005 7:50:26 PM PST by MoochPooch (A righteous person worries about his or her behavior, an extremist about everyone else's.)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Well, I'm sad you asked. On the other hand, it was pretty funny. We flew directly to Tony Sanchez's ranch which was really cool. A ranch truck pulled out onto the runway as we were 15 feet from the tarmac, so we got a Disneyland ride as the jet tried to avoid the collision.

Then, Wednesday morning I had a trophy deer in my rifle scope. The ranch hand with me in the blind kept saying wait, wait, wait, because he wanted me to be clear of the other deer walking with him. Okay. Well, seven minutes later with this gigantic deer in my scope and me hyperventilating, he says GO.

My scope had been looking like a 6.7 Los Angeles earthquake for at least the previous five minutes.

I whiffed. I missed. I steenkin' shot a foot IN FRONT of the the buck's nose. ROFL. Had it been a doe, or a paper target, no problemo. Dog Gone got BUCK FEVER.

I scared the crap outta that deer, though.

71 posted on 12/19/2005 7:58:52 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
Surely there is some sort of credit for almost hitting a deer...... if so, add last year to the total.

Or I could be nice and say, "Dang that's a big deer you almost got"

72 posted on 12/19/2005 8:17:33 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (I was born again, but not yesterday.)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
This occurs in one to every 20 thousand deer.

Trust me, the gay lesbian coalition will get ahold of this article and use it as proof of a gay gene ... and imply that 20% of us have it!! ;-)

73 posted on 12/20/2005 6:15:22 AM PST by AgThorn (Bush is my president, but he needs to protect our borders. FIRST, before any talk of "Amnesty.")
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

That was about 210 lbs of deer I get credit for missing. Not everyone could do that!


74 posted on 12/20/2005 10:18:11 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone

You are the KING of unhit deer - I'll bet even your car can't hit a deer....that is some record!


75 posted on 12/20/2005 10:26:28 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Well, to be fair, one of those deer I failed to shoot was actually an elk.


76 posted on 12/20/2005 10:31:04 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone

That is true so you haven't hit and elk and you haven't hit a deer...... next year you could try for not hitting a moose!


77 posted on 12/20/2005 10:45:43 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

I feel confident in my abilities to not hit a moose. That's what women admire in me. My confidence.


78 posted on 12/20/2005 10:50:21 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
It was one of the first things my family noticed about you Dog - your confidence.

Think what a great addition to your trophy case not hitting that moose would be!!!

79 posted on 12/20/2005 10:53:44 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: digger48

That is just so wrong.


80 posted on 12/20/2005 10:55:52 AM PST by dfwgator
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