Posted on 02/02/2007 3:33:43 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
When Youngsville's Craig Lewis set out to hunt on an either-sex deer day at Tony's Ranch in Ringgold, he never knew it would literallly be an either-sex day.
Lewis set up in his stand at 5:30 a.m. and around 7 a.m. spotted a small deer near his feeder. As he battled through the mist and the rain to spot the deer in his scope, another deer moved into sight.
This one was much bigger than its companion.
"When I looked up, all I could see was the body," Lewis said. "It was big, like a horse. But its head was down, so I couldn't tell if it was a buck or not. But with it being an either-sex day, I knew I had to take the shot.
"I hit it and it ran maybe five feet, then jumped into the woods."
Lewis exited his stand in search of the deer. What he found stopped him in his tracks.
"I get to the deer and I call out to my friend Perry," Lewis said. "He gets there and the first thing he says is 'What the hell is that?'
"I noticed it had a rack, but it was really fat and covered with velvet. The first thing I could think of was 'My only buck has cancer in the head.'"
Upon further examination of the deer, Lewis realized his head wasn't the only problem.
"Well, he had male organs, but no testicles," Lewis said. "So, I knew he was a boy, but something wasn't adding up."
It wasn't until Lewis brought the head to a local taxidermist that his thoughts were confirmed.
He had killed a buck - and a doe.
"The taxidermist said it looked like the deer was born a buck, but developed doe features somewhere down the road," Lewis said. "It was just the weirdest thing, because from the eyes down, it looks like a doe. But it's got a rack and was built like a buck.
"To be honest, I still don't know what I killed."
The rack had only three developed points, but Lewis said the deer had approximately 50 tines.
"The antler was so big you could barely close your hand around it," Lewis said.
All told, the buck/doe weighed a robust 239 pounds.
"My friends are tripping out big-time," Lewis said. "They call it the 'Devil Deer.' Some of them don't even want any meat."
Lewis' deer's head will be on display at the Feb. 10 Beast Fest in Coushatta, an annual event held in the small North Louisiana town. The deer will also be featured in the March edition of Louisiana Sportsman's Magazine.
I'd pay a buck to see it. Followed the link. No pictures.
Would this be a case of queer deer bashing?
My husband speculates this buck was dipping into cattle feed, full of hormones, which could have caused the, er, discrepancy?
So deer have ladyboys, too? They should stuff he/she and make him/her an exhibit in a Museum of Gay Life in San Francisco.
I hope these guys were experienced in field cross-dressing.
That's a rather dear price...
Ladyboy deer?
Maybe a manly doe!
More Evidence of global warming.
/Sarc off
ehh hehehehe
I can already see the Gay-Agenda lobby citing this as an example of "gender confusion" being OK because it occurs in nature.
I shot one of these he/she deer 3 years ago. Very similar to the deer described in the story, only it was no where near 239 lbs. I was definitely a shocked when I got a close up look at this deer. I had my 8 year old son with me and it was a little hard to explain to him. On a related note, my boy killed his first deer this year - a nice normal 8 point buck. I sure was proud of him! I have since found out that he/she deer are not all that rare.
Things That Make You Go Hmmmm Ping
That's what he gets for hunting on the campaign trail.
Butch deer?
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