True tale: Deer pursued hunter

Chicago Tribune ^ | October 24, 2001 | Lew Freedman

[SJackson]

The World Wrestling Federation has not been in touch. Nobody composed a "Paul The Knife" song. Nor have friends nicknamed Paul Cheatham "Ginsu."

But any of those developments would be understandable given that Cheatham's resourcefulness employing a half nelson and a pocketknife saved him from an unpredictable fate in a bizarre man-versus-beast showdown last fall. This is a tale of the outdoors appreciated by Sports Afield that also might qualify for mention by "Ripley's Believe it or Not."

[SJackson]

bang

[RippleFire]

"I'll have a bigger knife," he said

Hopefully one hand opening and with a blade lock too.

[Frohickey]

The apparently adrenaline-fueled buck reacted with fury, heaving Cheatham around with flips of its head. Cheatham said he was tossed like a rag doll and knocked down. He was sure the deer was trying to kill him.

I think PETA folks have been training deer in terrorist deer training camps in Afghanistan. We need to find out who is funding PETA, and stop the money flow. You know what President Bush said about terrorist and their training camps. ;)

[Fixit]

I remember a case that happened near Syracuse, NY back in the fall of '93 where a deer injured a man. A hunter, using a compound bow, I think, hit a deer but then lost it in the woods as nightfall approached.

The next day he went searching for the deer. He came upon the young buck in a clearing. He approached the deer to check on its condition and just as he got close the deer jumped up and speared the hunter with its spiky antlers.

Immediately following the last jump the buck collapsed and died. The hunter crawled back to his house and called for assistance.

And no, this is not urban legend. My knowledge of the incident is first hand and based upon a very timely telling of the story by the injured party. The human party, or course ;-)

[monkey]

A friend had plans to hunt deer with just a knife. He was going to drop out of a tree.

I told him a story I read in the W. Post (some years ago) about a two-headed buck that someone had killed bowhunting. Apparently, the buck had killed another buck, been unable to unlock antlers, and cut the other buck's head off with its hoof. Then it walked around for a couple of weeks with its dead foes head as a hat.

Animals are tough. My friend never followed through on his plan

[ctdonath2]

A friend had plans to hunt deer with just a knife. He was going to drop out of a tree.

A friend did just that.

He was out in the forest, and climbed a tree just to annoy some birds. He saw a deer wander by and stop right under the branch he was on. He pulled out a knife, dropped out of the tree onto its back, and killed it (while getting thrashed around and mildly stabbed once in the foot by an antler).

[VRWCmember]

A Møøse once bit my sister...

[Stopspin]

A friend had plans to hunt deer with just a knife. He was going to drop out of a tree.

In SC acorns drop out of trees .

[Aurelius]

The planed freezing of terrorist funds may have an unexpected additional benefit - no more PETA.

[Mr. K]

"A Møøse once bit my sister..."

Too bad she didn't have a knife with her...

[green team 1999]

there was an article about 4 years ago on the wall street journal with the title "the day santa killed rudolph" or very near that saying,this guy have the santa looks and 3 deers,will dress like santa on december and make good money using the deer as props,until one time when he enter to feed the deer and was matting season and the male came after him,big fight for life ,sheriff arrived and killed the deer.

[VRWCmember]

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...

[jimtorr]

Oh, sure, a man can run down a deer, a horse, an elephant, or any other herbivore. All he needs is good conditioning and superb tracking skills.

You see, any herbivore has to spend a large amount of time simply eating, and grass, leaves, etc. don't provide a lot of nutrition. So it takes a lot of food, and the deer or horse has to spend a lot of time storing up the energy it takes to run away from the hunter.

All a person has to do is stay close enough to the animal to prevent it from having the time to eat as much as it needs, or peace enough to rest and digest. They only need to be disturbed once or twice a day, at first, while they are still strong.

Of course, the process might take a week!

For that matter, a person can outrun (stay ahead of) a horse with a rider, given really good conditioning and an 8 to 10 hour head start. A rider simply adds 200 pounds or more to the food and rest problems noted above.

[RJayneJ]

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[HP8753]

Maybe he mistaken grabbed the "Doe-in-Heat" instead of the "Old Spice" :-)

[VRWC_Member428]

This is why I always carry my .357 with me whenever I hike. Haven't had to use it, but I came close today!

While walking along a trail in state park land (hunting prohibited), I heard a dog, possibly two, howling like mad. They sounded like they were chasing/attacking something. I didn't think much of it at first, until the sound started getting closer and closer. I moved off the trail into a place hidden from the trail, thinking it could be somebody with some dogs who would just simply go by. The sounds got closer and closer, and I could tell that the dog(s) were going along the side of the wall of the valley I was in. At this point, I thought about the possibility of it being a mad dog that caught onto my scent. At one point, I even heard one panting as it went by, but I never saw anyting. They kept on going past my location, so I guess the dogs were chasing something they had wounded.

I am a little disappointed that I wasn't attacked. I would like to have seen what a .357 hollow point would have done to a living creature! [VRWC_Member428 thumbs his nose at PETA]

Unfortunately, I saw no deer despite what I thought to be good conditions. The ground was moist and quiet, and the wind I was walking into was making noise in the pine trees. I want to start hunting next year, so I wanted to practice still-hunting with a camera as my primary weapon. While I saw no deer, I did find a couple buck rubs and scrapes. (BTW, any tips on still-hunting?)

As an aside, this is the only hunting license I currently posess.

[Robert Lomax]

I love Americans!