doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com A reminder about how dangerous Deer can be.

About 20 years ago, an old man was gathering cans (for the deposit or the aluminum) along the road side in South Texas and he was killed by a buck. A sheriff had to shoot the buck off his body. They figured the buck had been hand raised by someone in the area which is why he didn't have the normal fear of humans in him (even considering the rut).

This story has been bouncing around the web for the better part of a year. Who knows the origin, but clever.

D.C. Martin and a Mr. White were working cattle down below Aliceville, Alabama in the mid 1970's. A large (8 pt) deer ran across the pasture and they decided to rope it. (They were both accomplished ropers and had some rodeo experience in their younger days.) They managed to head and heel the deer and load it into a goose neck trailer to take it to town and show it off to all the hunters. The deer broke his neck and died before they got to town. The deer was mounted with a brass plaque that said "Roped by D.C. Martin."