VA hunter Greg Mullins went and got 2 buddies to help him drag out the 8-pointer he’d shot just before dark one day last fall. But the deer wasn’t where Greg had left it. He shined his flashlight around and found it nearby—still alive.
Greg and the boys drew their knives and sneaked in. They jumped on the buck, wrestled it and held it down; one guy stabbed it.
The buck went ballistic, pounding the hunters with hooves and tossing them aside like rags dolls before running off. Suddenly the crazed animal turned and charged back, his rack low and Greg’s tag still hanging in its ear! The guys dived for cover. The buck just missed them and vanished into the black night, never to be seen again.
“There are a few good discussion items for a hunter-ed course here,” Greg told Outdoor Life.
Yeah, like making sure your deer is dead before you touch it. Walk up on a deer from behind, check it and poke it, fire a finisher bullet or arrow if you have to.
And no Rambo stuff with knives, please. In the melee with the buck, one of those guys could have stabbed his buddy or himself, severing an artery, slicing off a finger, putting out an eye—you get the not so pretty picture.
Mike: A couple of hunting buddies and I have just leased a farm in Ohio. Since we are from NJ and have only hunted hardwoods, we need some help with farm hunting techniques. My question: As it relates to deer movement and feeding behaviors, what happens after your 100-acre SOYBEAN field gets picked? Will it be like a corn field where the deer continue to mill around it, or does it get picked so clean that deer don't use it much anymore? I would love to hear from the BIG DEER bloggers that hunt soybean fields, esp. in the Midwest. Thanks Silverback
