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A 79 yr old guy I know shot a 7 point with his ml. It went down but he reloaded and went to get it. As he approached it stood up and he shot it again. It fell over into a ditch. He waited a bit and went to check it.

He climbed into the ditch leaving his ml up top. When he grabbed it all heck broke loose. The Buck was on his back legs pawing at him. He got his knife out and stabbed it in the neck until it was dead.

Today I talked to the processor he took it to. The processor said you got awfully bloody gutting that deer. The guy raised his pants leg and blood was running down his leg into his rubber boot. The processor took him to the ER and he got 37 stitches in his lower abdomen.

Make sure they're dead before you approach especially in confined locations.
 
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gatodoc said:
A 79 yr old guy I know shot a 7 point with his ml. It went down but he reloaded and went to get it. As he approached it stood up and he shot it again. It fell over into a ditch. He waited a bit and went to check it.

He climbed into the ditch leaving his ml up top. When he grabbed it all heck broke loose. The Buck was on his back legs pawing at him. He got his knife out and stabbed it in the neck until it was dead.

Today I talked to the processor he took it to. The processor said you got awfully bloody gutting that deer. The guy raised his pants leg and blood was running down his leg into his rubber boot. The processor took him to the ER and he got 37 stitches in his lower abdomen.

Make sure they're dead before you approach especially in confined locations.
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One tough old dude ! Hope he is ok!
 
gatodoc said:
A 79 yr old guy I know shot a 7 point with his ml. It went down but he reloaded and went to get it. As he approached it stood up and he shot it again. It fell over into a ditch. He waited a bit and went to check it.

He climbed into the ditch leaving his ml up top. When he grabbed it all heck broke loose. The Buck was on his back legs pawing at him. He got his knife out and stabbed it in the neck until it was dead.

Today I talked to the processor he took it to. The processor said you got awfully bloody gutting that deer. The guy raised his pants leg and blood was running down his leg into his rubber boot. The processor took him to the ER and he got 37 stitches in his lower abdomen.

Make sure they're dead before you approach especially in confined locations.
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Hopefully we can get back to being "men" soon.
 
Cousin shot an old scrub 5pt about 10 years ago in ML. Buck fell where it stood. It twitched and pawed around for about 10 mins then was dead. We were hunting together, so We waited and I ended up shooting a doe. We got down and decided to drag his first then come back and get mine. We each grabbed an antler and started dragging down the hill. About half way down it got really hard to drag and I said to stop so we could roll him on his back because his feet were digging into the ground. We let go and instead of collapsing onto the ground the dang thing stood up. It was like it was dead but reflexes were fighting us, initially digging into the ground to get us stopped then stood up. It didn't run or jump or maul, it fell over after a few seconds. We left it and went back and got my doe. When we got back to it, I guess it was dead for good. We call it the zombie deer.
 
gatodoc said:
A 79 yr old guy I know shot a 7 point with his ml. It went down but he reloaded and went to get it. As he approached it stood up and he shot it again. It fell over into a ditch. He waited a bit and went to check it.

He climbed into the ditch leaving his ml up top. When he grabbed it all heck broke loose. The Buck was on his back legs pawing at him. He got his knife out and stabbed it in the neck until it was dead.

Today I talked to the processor he took it to. The processor said you got awfully bloody gutting that deer. The guy raised his pants leg and blood was running down his leg into his rubber boot. The processor took him to the ER and he got 37 stitches in his lower abdomen.

Make sure they're dead before you approach especially in confined locations.
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Good advice .
 
A wounded or terrified deer can put you in a world of hurt. Had a biologist friend who walked up on a doe that had her back hooves caught up in a hog-wire fence. He cut her loose, and instead of running away she turned on him and kicked the crap out of him. Broke two of his ribs.

I made an uncharacteristically bad shot on a 3 1/2 year-old buck. Hit him in the hip as he was chasing a doe. We blood trailed him cross-country for some time. Blood trail went into a small patch of brush. I went around the brush to catch the blood trail on the other side. Buck was in the brush and came out antlers down charging me. I tried to hide behind a big oak tree, but he chased me around that tree three time. Eventually deciding discretion was the better part of valor, he tried to run away and runs past me so close I put my rifle barrel against his ribs and pull the trigger. That buck hangs on my wall as a reminder of how dangerous a wounded deer can be.
 
So he didn't realize that he was bleeding so much that it was running down his leg from his abdomen?

It's a wonder he didn't bleed to death.
 
I was small game hunting once. I was maybe 14 or 15. I'm still hunting through the woods and about 10 feet in front of me I spot a buck on the ground. I thought it was dead until it flicked an ear. I stood there for a bit, then reached down for a stick. I tossed it at the deer, hitting it in the head. That thing jumped up, put it's head down and snorted at me. I was scared it was going to charge me. It ran off in the other direction. I laugh about it now but that was something to behold.
 

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