deer n the road

[BIG FOX]

My wife called me this mornign to warn me that there was a deer on the shoulder of the road that was still alive. as i got to the point on the road where she said it was i could see the deer laying on the shoulder as if he was resting, with his head up watching cars go by. i pulled up and could see it was a nice spike buck. i got out of the car and walked around it so i had the deer between me and the car and grabbed him by the antler to move him off the road, (i had planned on dispatching him as humane as possibly for fear he may get up and end up in the road again for some other none suspecting motorist at 5am.) to my surprise when i grabbed his antler the deer stood up and i proceeded to lead him to the grass on the side of the road. he got out of the blinding light from my headlights and kind of looked at me as if to say thanks for helping me up. no broken legs, i assume he must have had some internal injuries. i stood there kind of in disbelief waiting for him to either run off or try and GORE me with his antler but in stead he just looked at me for a minute and then walked off into the grass. of course to stupid ass ran back and darted in front of more cars as i stood there yelling at him but this time he made it. he was running as if he was sore but nothing major, i just hope his internal injuries are not bad enough to kill him and he grows up for some lucky hunter like us to get when he is a monster.. it was cool to be standing next to a deer and walking him like a dog off the road and then to have him stand there and look at me as if to say thanks for the help and just ease off. it was really cool. i am glad i did not have to kill him and i just hope he lives to become a big M F-er

[BuckMaster]

Thats a great and sad story. Its great that the deer was able to walk away like that to hopefully live a few more years. Its just sad that so many deer get hit by autos this time of year, sad for the motorist that has to deal with hitting a deer and sad for us hunters that lose a nice 12pt to car or truck.

I hit a doe a few years back and she did the same thing. Sat on the side of the road just watching the cars go by. I didn't have a weapon on me so I called the police to put her down. I sat there with her and pet her for 10 min and just as the cop rolled up she stood up and ran into the woods. It was amazing just sitting there with a live deer next to you, you cant help but to wonder what is going though their minds as they sit and watch the cars go by.

[mdbowhuntr]

Awesome experience!! hopefully he will grow up and wiser at the same time.
I am heading out from work here in an hour or so ;D for an afternoon/eveining hunt. It's about time I had one walk in front of my stand instead of in front of a moving car.

[BIG FOX]

u r truely lucky, consider me jealous. but from the sounds of it, the buck wild pro staff will be out in full force tomorrow, so better lock up your bucks or they will be going down....

[Hardcorehunter]

Thats a neat experience. Truly a waste of meat and life when a vehicle does the killing. Those ba@$%tards are tough.