The 6 point that wanted to drive my truck

annie oakley · Post by **annie oakley** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:32 pm

MY Sil called me just after I got home, I wasn't feeling like eating alone. She asked me if I wanted to come back into town and have dinner with her after she got off work. So I said ok. I decided to go wait for her at her job, I was driving on the road that leads to another main road into town when I saw a deer ahead of me in the opposite lane. I started my slow down process all the while keeping one eye on the deer. He (6 point) decided to go left, no wait go right no wait go left oh hell he he comes right at my drivers side door as I am trying to stop. I stopped just as I turned to see a 6 point deer rack , 2 very large frightened eyes and a nose looking at me.....it was a wierd moment, then he ran off, left a nose print on the window =, no damage to truck or deer, Thank goodness for that. Love Oma

JJ · Post by JJ » Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:07 pm

Whoa....close call! JJ :rudolph:

Post by **tex** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:40 pm

Wow! That's about as close as you can get without major damage.

I once knew a guy who was diving an old stripped down ranch pickup, without any doors, down a brushy, narrow lane in a pasture, when out of nowhere, a big buck jumped in the passenger side and scrambled right across him, and out the other side. He was lucky, and all he got out of the deal was a few bruises, but he said it felt like the deer had at least a dozen hooves as it came across his lap. LOL.

Glad you didn't get hurt.

Love,
Tex

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:16 pm

Must be the season. When my son came home last night at midnight a buck had tangled his rack in our fence. He got loose after my son honked his horn a few times.

Love,

Polly

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:49 am

Oh My!! That WAS a close call and all the experiences were interesting. I love wildlife stories.

Really glad you (or the truck) weren't hurt. You must admit...it's something you will always remember.

Love, Shirley

kate_ce1995 · Post by **kate_ce1995** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 7:03 am

Sounds like Geoff's been looking in all the wrong places all hunting season!

We usually just see doe on the road, but lots of them. Last year about 1/2 hour after hunting season closed, geoff saw a big buck.

Glad all the deer are okay. The ones around our house are too...Geoff hasn't seen a buck yet.

Katy

annie oakley · Post by **annie oakley** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:04 pm

Trust me I was praying I wouldn't hit the little guy. Anyone that wants to can come and hunt here. Love Oma

artteacher · Post by **artteacher** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:04 am

Hi Oma,

Those poor deers. I did almost the same thing as you once. Rather than me hitting a deer on the way home, the deer actually hit me! Ran right into the side of my nearly stopped car.

If my daughter (who lives smack dag in deer country) heard me say "poor deer" she'd chew me out. She says they're rodents with antlers.

Love, Marsha

Post by **tex** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:06 am

Rodents with antlers?

Thanks for a good laugh.

Love,
Tex

kate_ce1995 · Post by **kate_ce1995** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:37 am

I suspect a fair bit tastier than rodent!

Speaking of rodents, my sister's old neighbors are complaining to her that their rat population has skyrocketed since she and her cat Albert moved to NY state. He was very adept at rat catching.

As for deer, I almost got hit once too, but I think the poor thing had gotten its feet tangled on a sap line when it tried to leap the stone wall by the road (I don't think it could see the sap line). If it hadn't have gotten caught/slowed down, it would have hit me for sure.

Katy

annie oakley · Post by **annie oakley** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:24 pm

I have never heard deer called rodents with antlers, but she could be right. All I know is there are good to eat and Mike killing deer every winters saves us alot of money, cause we don't have to buy any beef this way. Love Oma

Liz · Post by **Liz** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:34 pm

Oma, now Santa will be pleased that you didn't harm Rudolph.

After all he has to make it all the way down here soon & he can't afford to be one reindeer short.

Love

Liz

Post by **tex** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:05 pm

Hi Liz,

Hey, that's a nifty smiley. Do you mind if I add it to the smiley collection?

Love,
Tex

Liz · Post by **Liz** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:27 pm

Feel free to add it in Wayne. I can't remember where I got it from. i collect them & have heaps on my computer. Just a bit of fun.

Love

Liz

annie oakley · Post by **annie oakley** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:31 pm

Liz there is no way I would harm the one with the big red nose. I wouldn't let mike touch Santa's deer at all. Gave him a stern warning. :rudolph:

Love Oma