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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: long762range on November 15, 2008, 11:25:02 PM
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http://wtopnews.com/?nid=25&sid=1518615
WASHINGTON -- A Maryland lobbyist was attacked by a deer outside his home and says the buck repeatedly stabbed him with its antlers, before he was able to wrestle the animal to the ground.
Gilbert Genn, a former state delegate from Montgomery County, says the bizarre incident occurred Thursday, as he left his Gaithersburg home to walk his dog, Yuffie. When the deer appeared on the front lawn of his home, his chocolate labrador ran to chase it off, but the buck didn't budge.
"[Yuffie] started circling it, and the deer didn't run. After a couple of seconds, I realized this was going to be a serious situation, because the deer then put its antlers down and was getting ready to charge Yuffie, who was barking at her," Genn said. "At that point I tore down the driveway screaming 'Yuffie get away.'"
But it was too late. The deer cut the dog off from his owner and went into attack mode. Before he knew it, Genn found himself face to face with the wild animal.
"It came right at me, from about 10 feet away. I tried to run at an angle, but it caught me flush in the back right leg, impaled me with its weight, knocked me to the ground. It started to come right at my face with its antlers."
The buck impaled Genn in the chest, but in the tussle he managed to land a swift kick to the animal's underbelly, causing it to momentarily abate. Genn said he then screamed for his wife to get the dog. As his wife approached the dog, the deer rammed Genn for the third time.
"It impaled me in the groin area. At that point, literally, I took the antler and pulled it out of me."
Genn said his mind flashed to the tragic death of "Crock Hunter" Steve Irwin and he realized he had to prevent getting stabbed in a vital organ. Genn then grabbed the deer by the horns and pinned it to the ground for a couple of minutes, until the animal tired out. He said he then released the animal and quickly ran the other way.
He sustained injuries to his leg, chest, and groin.
"I looked down and already my blue sweat pants from my groin area on down had turned purple, so I knew I was pretty badly injured and needed some medical attention. It was a pretty frightening experience."
But Genn did not go straight to the hospital. He tended to his groin injury with a paper binder clip, cotton and disinfectant, so he could make it to a long-planned meeting with Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch in Annapolis, close to 40 miles away.
"There was no way I could miss this meeting," Genn said.
The lobbyist, who served as a Democrat in Maryland's House from 1987 until 1999, joked that the attack may have had political ramifications.
"Not to get too partisan, but I'm convinced it was a Republican deer, because it happened right where we had our Obama sign. And all the deer could do was attack, attack, attack. So it had to be a Republican deer."
Only after the meeting in Annapolis did Genn get himself to a hospital. He's now doing fine, following the attack, though he has been getting rabies shots as a precaution.
Genn said he also spoken to county animal control officials, who note that deer can be very aggressive during the rutting season, when they mate.
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Good thing he didn't have a firearm to defend himself with, if he had killed the deer it wouldn't be free to attack other people.
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http://wtopnews.com/?nid=25&sid=1518615
"[Yuffie] started circling it, and the deer didn't run. After a couple of seconds, I realized this was going to be a serious situation, because the deer then put its antlers down and was getting ready to charge Yuffie, who was barking at her," Genn said. "At that point I tore down the driveway screaming 'Yuffie get away.'"
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Yar, Definitely a Dem. Doe with antlers.
Anyway, reminds me of one of my favorite jokes: What's the difference between Beer Nuts and Deer Nuts? Beer Nuts are $3.50 and Deer Nuts are under a buck.
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"There was no way I could miss this meeting," Genn said.
The lobbyist, who served as a Democrat in Maryland's House from 1987 until 1999, joked that the attack may have had political ramifications.
"Not to get too partisan, but I'm convinced it was a Republican deer, because it happened right where we had our Obama sign. And all the deer could do was attack, attack, attack. So it had to be a Republican deer."
You know you are liberal when you blame Republicans for everything
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Reason #2354 why I carry a gun. ;D
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Reason #2354 why I carry a gun. ;D
To protect yourself from the deer or the lobbyist???? ;D
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To protect yourself from the deer or the lobbyist???? ;D
I can take a buck by hand with them antlers for handles (learned the hard way one fall), but them lobbyists are too slimy to get a grip on:
Deer = Bare hand and edged weapon
Politician (liberal) & lobbyist = accuracy at five yards with propelled object
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To protect yourself from the deer or the lobbyist???? ;D
The best way to protect yourself?
Trophies on the wall.
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The best way to protect yourself?
Trophies on the wall.
I'd go with one step below trophies on the wall. Your havin' fun, practicing and participating, good enough to be a major threat, but not drawing the attention of the masses ... Deadly near stealth!
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I can take a buck by hand with them antlers for handles (learned the hard way one fall), but them lobbyists are too slimy to get a grip on:
Deer = Bare hand and edged weapon
Politician (liberal) & lobbyist = accuracy at five yards with propelled object
Tell that story please.
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It was fall of 1990 or 1991, and I was hunting with father & son neighbors. One of their farms had an abandoned yard on it with a two acre grove that was very thick and overgrown. They posted on one end, and I went to the other end to drive. About half way through I heard crashing and thrashing moving away from me and then a gunshot. There was lots of yelling back and forth on the other end ... "did you get it ... I don't know ... I think so ... I don't think so."
By the time I reached the end the deer was no where in sight. However, they said it had run southwest into one of my fields where I had left several six row wide strips of corn spaced across the field for just such a happening. They had seen the deer go into the first strip but could not tell if it went right through or not. As we drove around on the road to the end we came on a car that had seen the deer go through the frst strip and into the second one. However, they did not see it leave the second strip.
We decided the best action was to put father and son on one side (up wind), and I would walk the down wind side. Our hopes were that the deer would bolt my way. As we started out the son was about ten to fifteen yards ahead to my left, and the father was straight across from me. The last thing I said was "don't shoot me" thinking that when the deer bolted behind the son he would spin around and I would be supper.
We had walked almost a quarter mile when I hear rustling ahead. I got ready, looked at the father, and he had heard it to, but we could tell son had not. After another fifty feet or so the deer came out on my side behind the son, just like we had planned. The only problem was it was running toward me, and I didn't want to shoot and hit anyone. So, I dropped my gun, and grabbed the deer around the neck as it went by ... old football engrained I guess. After a couple spins we stopped and I grabbed for my knife. Just then it started to twist its head, so the knife flew, and I went for the antlers with that hand.
It was only about a large one and a half year or small two and a half year buck, so he wasn't too large. As I wrestled with him, going from my feet to kneeling and back, the father had grabbed my knife and was able to get a good cut in the neck. Within seconds that seemed like minutes, the deer was down and dead. I was blood from mid chest to my toes, and the corn stalks looked like we had plowed the field black where we tussled.
As we butchered the deer the son cut the rack off and split it between his dad and myself, so we could each show it off. There were a couple pictures of the aftermath, but they got lost somewhere along the line.
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Good story m58.
Here's how we take care of deer around here:
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Great story m58 - bull doggin bucks ;D
People and wildlife ??? Little "Yuffie" was being a dog and the deer was being a deer. It was to bad the guy had to take a whoopin. But a DEER IS A WILD ANIMAL!!
Mess with a buck you get the horn ;D
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Good story m58.
Here's how we take care of deer around here:
"Watch your fingers!"
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Anyone who gives a hunting dog a yuppie name and doesn't hunt just might desreve to get gored.
It's a good thing he doesn't have a vital organ in his groin. ;D Or his chest.
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Politician (liberal) & lobbyist = greased pig.