Video of the day... Cat + deer + dog

[ratcatcher55]

Nobody thought to throw something at the deer while it was stomping the dog?

Why didn't somebody throw something a the dizzy broad to get her to stop screaming?

Not worth drawing a weapon on. Run at the fawn and make noise to get the does attention off the dog than up on a car when it came your way.

Wild mom's are protective. Be glad it wasn't a moose.

[shooter32]

Still amazes me how people react to animal being animals  

Mom's will always protect their young! 

[fightingquaker13]

I have (to no one's surprise) a slightly different take on this. First, if it was my dog, I would want to shoot. I always carried four slugs in my front pocket when quail hunting in SW Texas, laws be damned, in case my dog ran into javelinas. Still, Eric is right. There was a house behind that deer. Who knows who was inside? I love my dog, but not enough to endanger an innocent for her. Where Eric is not just wrong, but bat shit crazy, is taking on that deer hand to hand. Let me tell you, as silly as it sounds, that deer could do a human just as quick as it did that dog. Those hooves are sharp, the deer is strong and it is running on pure "fight or flight" instincts. Going up against a 110 pound doe protecting its fawn unarmed  is just begging for an embarrassing obituary. The "try to distract it" strategy seems to be the best you could do. Putting down the camcorder and making a bluff charge would seem to be the only responsible option. Unless you had your light sabre...
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[JC5123]

What Sledge said, +1.

So many people seem to think wild animals are like Disney's audioanimatronics and simply do not understand the concept of wild animals.  Similarly, these same sorts of innocents think of the wilderness as if it were a Disney theme park.  They go into it, unprepared, and too often need rescuing at great expense to the taxpayer. 

I would strongly support having the great expanses of American wilderness turned into a "you're on your own" zones.  Explore, hunt, fish, trek, hike, climb or whatever.  But, if you get your azz in a jam, you better think about self-rescue, because no one on the taxpayers' dime is coming to get you.  That would give greater access to those of us who prepare for what we may encounter.  And Darwin would take care of the others.  Seems like a win/win to me.

Still, I feel sorry for the "city" dog who had no idea what a deer would do.  And, I feel sorry for the dogowner who was unprepared to obtain a venison roast. 

Thoughtfully offered by Crusader who would not get close enough to take a deer hoof to the head (you go ahead with that one, Eric), but would get close enough to place a .40 S&W Gold Dot between the deer's ears.

I agree with you to a point. I in absolute favor of self rescue. IF it is possible. Sometimes it's not. This is where accident investigation comes into play. Because I don't care how salty you are, sometimes $hit just happens, and there is no way to prevent it. Many of the access fees not to mention part of the money you pay for hunting and fishing licenses goes towards rescue funding. For LEGITIMATE rescues I have no problem with this money being spent. It is a far different story when someone goes out there completely unprepared, and without proper equipment/ training and gets themselves into trouble. These are the people that need to receive a bill.
I realize that someone will tell me that's not fair, and who gets to determine who gets the bill. But honestly, someone who has to be rescued because they got caught in a storm with no jacket and wearing sandals obviously is unprepared. Versus someone who is equipped and experienced that falls and breaks a leg.

Just my .02 having been on both ends of wilderness rescues.

[Big Frank]

That dog wasn't even close to the deer and got stomped, while the cat who was looking for trouble got off lightly. Poor doggy.

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[twyacht]

Seems the "CAT", was fine, right up until the "CAT" started s*** at the end.

[m25operator]

That was a bad deal, starting with people ( stupid people video taping cute wild animals in the hood ), ending with probably a dead dog, that had no interest in a fight, and no protection from its owners. I would have shot the doe, and probably would have gotten away with it here where I live, however, from the video, the opportunity was the slightest of windows, you would have to be right there, see the imminent danger and react, that dog was done for in under 20 seconds. To me it would have been no different than defending your pet from a pit bull, or coyote, sad for the other side, but your pet is your responsibility, both as an aggressor or to defend.

2 stories, LE friend of mine shot a doe with a Ruger .44mag carbine, going away shot, she fell down, he went to retrieve and she got up, he shot again, and she fell down, long story short, as he approached her, she was still breathing, he pulled out his knife to cut her throat, well she had different ideas and they fought, he did win, but told me, after 20yrs in Law Enforcement in one of the roughest areas of Dallas, that was the worse beating he ever took. Probably why when that happened to me, I had a Glock 21 in my strong hand, and when the deer popped up quick as lightning, I shot him 7 times, my partner in crime behind, said " I'm not sure I saw 7, but I definitely saw 6 cases in the air at the same time " Don't fight wild animals, they have a commitment we only dream of having to live.

Story 2, my Brother in law, was working on his car in George West TX, when a doe walked up on him and a friend, he grabbed a claw hammer and beat it to death, made the papers, unfortunately it turned out to be an escaped pet, he did clean it and eat it. No charges filed.

[fullautovalmet76]

Stupid #$^#ing people should think themselves lucky it was a dog that got clobbered and not some three year old wandering out looking at bambi.
Wild animals are wild animals not the sh#t they see on a walt disney cartoon.
It continues to baffle me when people take videos of bears, tigers and lions etc that they hand raise and show them on TV and tell every one how kind, and gentle they are when all they are doing is inviting some tard with no common sense to try and get a little closer in the wild which gets them killed. Not all deer are bambi, not all bears are gentle ben, Lions are simba the whitle lion and tigres are not Tigger from winnie the farkin poo. Idiots like steve irwn and jack hannah have a lot to answer for as does Walt bloody Disney for humanising wild animals in the first place.

Totally agree, Sledge.

I remember being on a school trip to the Okefenokee Swamp (national park; wildlife refuge, I believe) in Folkston, GA. The park rangers told us to not feed the alligators, which were plentiful in the swamp. We took a boat ride and a girl in the boat behind us tried to feed one of the alligators. Well the alligator was evidently unimpressed with her show of hospitality and made a deep bellow that made the hair on the back all of our necks stand up. The girl panicked and nearly capsized their boat. Totally stupid....

[fightingquaker13]

2 stories, LE friend of mine shot a doe with a Ruger .44mag carbine, going away shot, she fell down, he went to retrieve and she got up, he shot again, and she fell down, long story short, as he approached her, she was still breathing, he pulled out his knife to cut her throat, well she had different ideas and they fought, he did win, but told me, after 20yrs in Law Enforcement in one of the roughest areas of Dallas, that was the worse beating he ever took.

There is a reason for the "15 minute rule" Operator. You shoot your deer/hog with a bow or a gun. You then stay very still for 15 minutes before following up. The reason is that a wounded animal will lay down to die. One that feels its being pursued will get an adrenilan dump that will have it heading for the next county or kicking your ass if you are dumb enough to choose a knife. Sit and wait. Its a classic for a reason.
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[PegLeg45]

Eric, I'll see you your video and raise you one of my favorites:

Or

Deer schmeer....we don't need no steeenkin' deer....