Yeah it it would have been sporting antlers I never would have attempted a knife take down . Figure I already know what it feels like to be kicked by a horse figured how bad could a 120 lb deer kick ! Lol
Yeah it it would have been sporting antlers I never would have attempted a knife take down . Figure I already know what it feels like to be kicked by a horse figured how bad could a 120 lb deer kick ! Lol
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!
I about died laughing at these stories!! I look down on nobody for this sort of thing but I have to admit, if these were my experience, my self image would require that i take these tales to my grave.
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Many years ago...
I had a PE teacher in High School who shared (bravely shared) his crazy encounter. This teacher went out one day to a woods not far from his house as an after thought...wasn't prepared. Just grabbed his shotgun, threw on his hunting jacket (with slugs in pocket) and head in to the woods. Posted in a little clearing and saw a buck. Took the shot and knocked it down. (single shot break barrel shotgun). But in his haste to get out there did not check the pockets to see how many slugs he had...ONE! He shot his only round. Now the deer is laying needing to be finished off...was going to finish it with his knife...NO KNIFE (true story folks). Going through his pockets all he can find is a rope. So he starts to hog tie the still breathing deer when it decides to get up. Turns into a wrestling match. Teacher getting bruised up by the horns, hanging on. he actually got dragged by the deer and nearly hoofed. Finally wrestles the deer down and gets it hog tied...goes back home and gets more slugs, finishes off the deer and all is well ... only a few bruises. The story was even printed in the local paper. The teacher was also the wrestling coach and had a reputation as being a tough guy. Lot of smirks and chuckles when he went back to school after that.
This the way to do it. I never approach a deer from the "kicking" end or side, always from the back and the first thing I do is stand on an ear or horn and of there is any indication of life left the knife goes between a couple of ribs,into the chest not the neck, a deer's front feet can kick you at their throat faster than you can imagine and a deflected knife has a good chance of ending up in your leg or other wrist.
Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed that and got a good chuckle.
I'm glad we have a "safe space" here for stories like this, most other places you'd have someone taking issue by now.
I've delivered a coup-de-grace with my Buck 110 a few times. Amazing how well it works and seemingly painlessly to the animal.
For safety, eapecially with antlers, put your weight down in the antler and hold the animal down with your weight not just your arm, and cut the throat with the other hand. If you don't they can get a final wind and get up and poke you, but if they have set down they don't have the strength to go against 150 lbs+ of bodyweight.
Well...a Man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.....an' you done it!!
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Pro stalkers are allowed handguns for humane dispatch over here .always told to touch their eye to make sure they are dead .
Many years ago in the coast range of Oregon. Our local game warden.Ex WW2 vet. Stopped by and said old granny down the rd needed some meat. So if I found a good road kill drop it off to her. We helped our neihbors back then.So that weekend I had a spike buck tangled up in my woven wire fence. I thought I will cut him out and let him grow a couple of years. Went to the barn and got my wire cutters. Snuck up on him and proceeded to cut him out. That ungrateful little runt and I got into a battle that I looked like I insulted a NFL linebacker. He was cut up enough that I gave up went and got a gun and finished him off. Got him to the barn gutted and skinned him. I took him down to granny . She looked at me and said you must have been riding a motorcycle when you hit him.The gamewarden heard I brought granny some meat and that I looked like I hit the dear with my face so he wanted to hear the story. So I gave him the blow by blow details . He laughed so hard he bought my breakfast for me. Good old days.
Someone mentioned briars. I have always thought it was amazing how a deer could run through an east texas briar patch that would stop a small dozer.
When we were just kids, a friend shot a small buck with his single shot 20 gauge and a slug, he grabbed an antler to turn it's head and cut it's throat, when that little buck came alive. It kind of looked like ke was steer wrestling in a rodeo, with both hands turning his head and his heels dug in, but that little buck took him probably 20 yards into a briar patch, that you couldn't even think about walking upright in, he got the buck, but sure was some scratched up. lol
Never, I mean never jump on a big bucks back and attempt to pull his head back by the antlers while your buddy tries to cut his throat. Believe me it won't end good !
I had to finish an automobile hit and wounded one off with a ratchet strap once! Held her head and neck down with my foot until she quieted down.
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Driving semi through a part of Wyoming when a deer snuck out in front of me. Busted out my headlight. Backed up and found him way over by the fence line. Nice little buck. Decided to harvest the horns but didn't have a saw. So grabbed my 5 lb hammer to knock off the one horn as one was already loose. Swinging away on his skull and I paused, look up hammer high in the air and make eye contact with a van full of horrified kids slowly riding by.
A friend watched the car in front of him hit a two point buck and the young lady out crying at the sight of the broken backed deer trying to move. he had pulled over, grabbed a knife and proceded to stand on an ear and cut it's throat until the police arrived. When he got back to his truck his employee said "That was real nice Dave but most people would have put down their sandwich".
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A friend of mine shot a nice 8 point and put it in his truck to show off in town. As he was going down main street, he looked in the rear view mirror and the buck was staring at him. He stopped, the deer jumped out and ran off.
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