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Old 12-25-2015, 02:55 PM
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> from someone who wants to remain anonymous, who farms,
> writes well and actually tried this)

>
> I had this idea that I could rope a
> deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of
> weeks, then kill it and eat it. The first step in this
> adventure was getting a deer. I figured that, since they
> congregate at my cattle
> feeder and do not seem to have much fear of me when we are
> there (a bold one will sometimes come right up and sniff at
> the bags of feed while I am in the back of the truck not 4
> feet away), it should not be difficult to rope one, get up
> to it and toss a bag
> over its head (to calm it down) then hog tie it and
> transport it home.
> I filled the cattle feeder then hid down
> at the end with my rope. The cattle, having seen the roping
> thing before, stayed well back. They were not having any of
> it. After about 20 minutes, my deer showed up-- 3 of them. I
> picked out
> a likely looking one, stepped out from the end of the
> feeder, and threw my rope. The deer just stood there and
> stared at me. I wrapped the rope around my waist and twisted
> the end so I would have a good hold.
> The deer still just stood and
> stared at me, but you could tell it was mildly concerned
> about the whole rope situation. I took a step towards it, it
> took a step away. I put a little tension on the rope, and
> then received an education.
> The first thing that I learned is that, while a deer may
> just stand there looking at you funny while you rope it,
> they are spurred to action when you start pulling on that
> rope.
> That deer EXPLODED. The second
> thing I learned is that pound for pound, a deer is a LOT
> stronger than a cow or a colt. A cow or a colt in that
> weight range I could fight down with a rope and with some
> dignity. A deer-- no Chance. That
> thing ran and bucked and twisted and pulled. There was no
> controlling it and certainly no getting close to it. As it
> jerked me off my feet and started dragging me across the
> ground, it occurred to me that having a deer on a rope was
> not nearly as good an idea
> as I had originally imagined. The only upside is that they
> do not have as much stamina as many other animals.
> A brief 10 minutes later, it was tired
> and not nearly as quick to jerk me off my feet and drag me
> when I managed to get up. It took me a few minutes to
> realize this, since I was mostly blinded by the blood
> flowing out of the big gash
> in my head. At that point, I had lost my taste for corn-fed
> venison. I just wanted to get that devil creature off the
> end of that rope.
> I figured if I just let it go with the
> rope hanging around its neck, it would likely die slow and
> painfully somewhere. At the time, there was no love at all
> between me and that deer. At that moment, I hated the thing,
> and I would venture
> a guess that the feeling was mutual. Despite the gash in my
> head and the several large knots where I had cleverly
> arrested the deer's momentum by bracing my head against
> various large rocks as it dragged me across the ground, I
> could still think clearly enough
> to recognize that there was a small chance that I shared
> some tiny amount of responsibility for the situation we were
> in. I didn't want the deer to have to suffer a slow
> death, so I managed to get it lined back up in between my
> truck and the feeder - a little
> trap I had set before hand...kind of like a squeeze chute.
> I got it to back in there and I started moving up so I could
> get my rope back.
> Did you know that deer bite? They
> do! I never in a million years would have thought that a
> deer would bite somebody, so I was very surprised when .....
> I reached up there to grab that rope and the deer grabbed
> hold of my wrist. Now,
> when a deer bites you, it is not like being bit by a horse
> where they just bite you and slide off to then let go. A
> deer bites you and shakes its head--almost like a pit bull.
> They bite HARD and it hurts.
> The proper thing to do when a deer
> bites you is probably to freeze and draw back slowly. I
> tried screaming and shaking instead. My method was
> ineffective.
> It seems like the deer was biting
> and shaking for several minutes, but it was likely only
> several seconds. I, being smarter than a deer (though you
> may be questioning that claim by now), tricked it. While I
> kept it busy tearing the
> tendons out of my right arm, I reached up with my left hand
> and pulled that rope loose.
> That was when I got my final lesson
> in deer behavior for the day.
> Deer will strike at you with their
> front feet. They rear right up on their back feet and strike
> right about head and shoulder level, and their hooves are
> surprisingly sharp... I learned a long time ago that, when
> an animal -like a
> horse --strikes at you with their hooves and you can't
> get away easily, the best thing to do is try to make a loud
> noise and make an aggressive move towards the animal. This
> will usually cause them to back down a bit so you can
> escape.
> This was not a horse. This was a
> deer, so obviously, such trickery would not work. In the
> course of a millisecond, I devised a different strategy. I
> screamed like a woman and tried to turn and run. The reason
> I had always been told
> NOT to try to turn and run from a horse that paws at you is
> that there is a good chance that it will hit you in the back
> of the head. Deer may not be so different from horses after
> all, besides being twice as strong and 3 times as evil,
> because the second
> I turned to run, it hit me right in the back of the head
> and knocked me down.
>
>
> Now, when a deer paws at you and knocks you down, it does
> not immediately leave. I suspect it does not recognize that
> the danger has passed. What they do instead is paw your back
> and jump up and down on you while you are laying there
> crying like a little girl
> and covering your head.
> I finally managed to crawl under
> the truck and the deer went away. So now I know why when
> people go deer hunting they bring a rifle with a
> scope......to sort of even the odds!!
> All these events are true
> so help me God...An Educated Farmer
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Old 12-25-2015, 05:35 PM
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That was a nice story Foxhunter, made me smile

Though probably not a comical moment for you it does translate into a very comical story none the less, lol....

Not sure what made you think that was a good idea in the first place?
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Old 12-25-2015, 09:06 PM
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wasn't me, i'm smarter than that. did see two guys that lasooed a elk one time near fossel ridge co. one lost the horn off his saddle and the other was ooking for his horse, he was all cut and brused up. they said they would never do that again
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Old 12-25-2015, 09:49 PM
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Now we know, do not rope a deer. Bill K
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Old 12-26-2015, 12:44 PM
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I'd like to see one of those badasses in UFC in the ring with one. They wouldn't stand a chance.
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Old 12-26-2015, 02:10 PM
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georgel might remember this , the ranch foreman on the turkey creek ranch and two old cowpokes in there 70's and 80's lassoed a black bear in the middle of one of their pastures. that's where this guy made his mistake, there was just one of him. the bear lasso made national news and fish and game relocated it away from the cattle back in the mountains.
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Old 12-26-2015, 04:30 PM
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I'm sure George will Remember that.
He could write a book about his life experiences!
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Old 12-27-2015, 05:27 PM
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My buddy shot a deer and when he tracked it down, it got up and run.
Early afternoon he asked if I would go with him to find it.
I had my bow but he went without.
We found it laying at the top of a swail almost out of sight, still alive.
I said what are you going to do now.
He said shoot it for me. I ain't going to shoot it but you can borrow my bow.
He said , I'll catch it and stick it. I said you better get your knife out, cause you ain't going to have enough hands to do it later.
I got about 20 yards in front of the deer and just walked around while he
come up behind and jumped on it.
That little deer brought him up out of that holler, he was trying to hang on as they went thru the brush.
The deer stumbled at the next gully and he lit on top of it.
He was setting on it's neck and trying to hold it feet.
I finally broke down and cut it in the lungs. Kenny
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anybody have a Banjo I can borrow?
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