As Dangerous as Bears and Moose

[Wyo]

It isn’t just bears and moose you have to look out for around here. This gal in the southwest part of the state probably should have used something with more stopping power than her purse, but this guy was on the prod. He might well have killed her if her husband hadn’t stepped in.
Evanston Woman Hospitalized After Being Gored By Buck Outside Of House | Cowboy State Daily

 

[twodog max]

Dang! Got to be careful

 

[steelslaver]

Wait until the rut when they can really loose it.

Older couple I knew took in a fawn whose mom was hit by a car. Raise it up, plumb tame came in the house, you could pet it etc. Then late on Nov when it was about 4 years old it attacked the woman. Various puncture wounds from hooves and horns. Nearly killed her.

 

[Pisgah]

In the past 40 years or so we have had two locals killed by bucks. One was the owner of a buck he had raised from a fawn -- went out to pet it one day, it killed him. Second was a guy attacked in his own back yard by another "pet" deer who had escaped his pen.

Not saying a purely wild buck won't do it, but those accustomed to human interaction warrant special caution.

 

[OFT II]

Wait until the rut when they can really loose it.

I've known some people like that.

 

[NFrameFred]

Too many people are "Disney-fied" and even though intellectually they say they know these are wild animals, as the old saying goes, 'familiarity breeds contempt' (or in this case a lack of respect).

Feeding these deer and the fact that the animals have grown accustomed to hanging out in close proximity to dwellings, people and domestic pets sets the stage for such. The deer reacted naturally to the dog charging him and when 'attacked' by the woman he did what these animals do - he instinctively defended himself. Better that deer develop a healthy aversion to getting close to occupied dwellings.

I personally agree going armed is always a good idea for those who can but she reacted foolishly in defense of her ankle biter, especially without a real weapon in her hands. Striking the deer in the face just lit the fuse. Likely accustomed to seeing the animals run off when humans get close she made a bad generalization and paid the price.

They say she is 'traumatized'. My own take is she got an education the hard way.

 

[LVSteve]

Wildlife be wild.

 

[pawngal]

Wondering if she was a long time local resident or a recent transplant? I'd guess recent.

 

[NYlakesider]

I live in a area that has more deer than people. Needles to say we see deer often. (I have commented on it on here before).

Now I know the deer watch us , quite possibly more than we watch them, so after a while they for want of better words get sort of comfortable around us.

Driving down my long driveway many time the deer are within a few feet of my vechicle as long as we go straight down. Slow down, speed up or make a unexpected turn and they will run off about 50', turn around and see what is going on. This is common and has happened dozens of times but only to me or the wife. Rest assured they know us and what we drive, strangers do not get that kind of response, the deer disappear forthwith!

We know under the right circumstances the deer can get hostile but they do keep a longer distances when we are afoot. Basically its a live and let live kind of existence.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Perhaps Miss Evanston watched too many reruns of Gladys (Ruth Buzzi), using her purse to fend off Tyrone (Arte Johnson) on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" in the early '70s.

This ain't a petting zoo, and ya' can't fix stupid.

 

[Rudi]

That's why they call 'em wild animals.

 

[6518John]

My son commented “this is why you always should have a pistol on your hip whose caliber start’s with a “4.”

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

In two incidents separated by about 20 years. A school mate in the class ahead of me and the son of a classmate, both in the same location struck a deer with their pick-up trucks. Both deer came through the windshield and kicked them to death, then escaped the truck only to die within feet of the trucks!

Ivan

 

[Mule Packer]

Dang! I hate to see those things happen. I really do. I can see where the lady's emotions came into play when she tried to save little Beebee, but because of her ignorance of wild animals, she almost got herself killed.

It's a terribly tough lesson to learn the hard way, but perhaps both she and her husband know a little bit better now than to mess with wild animals...no matter what the situation may be.

 

[Onomea]

As the article notes:

“The lesson is, don’t piss off anything with antlers,” Ulrich said. “That’s been my motto ever since that incident with the damn moose back in ’98.”

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Doe deer and cow moose and elk don't have antlers, yet the same principle applies, even more so if there's a baby in the vicinity.

 

[GaryS]

A friend of mine is a paramedic in Louisiana. About 20 years ago he responded to a call where an ostrich which was being raised on an ostrich farm attacked and killed The elderly couple that owned the farm.

From his description it was a bloody Gory mess. The husband was dead on scene but they transported the wifeTo a local hospital where she died.

 

[Der Verminator]

Doe deer and cow moose and elk don't have antlers, yet the same principle applies, even more so if there's a baby in the vicinity.

Yes, a mama deer doesn't need antlers to rip up a human.

They come at you on their hind legs with front hooves slashing.

 

[Protocall_Design]

The dog was safe from the deer under the car. She did not need to attack it for any reason. They could have gone back in the house until the deer left, and everything, including the dog, would have been OK. The car got scuffed up a bit, but I'm thinking they would wish for just that at this point.

 

[Greyman50]

Where was their every day carry pistols/ revolvers?