An Arkansas hunter died after a deer he thought he’d killed got up and attacked him. Thomas Alexander, 66, died at a hospital, KY3 reports. An official with the Game and Fish Commission said that after shooting a buck near Yellville on Tuesday with a muzzleloader, Alexander “went up to check it to make sure it was dead. And evidently it wasn’t.” The hunter received a series of puncture wounds. “He was gored several times,” the official said, per USA Today. It’s not known whether Alexander died of his injuries or of another cause, such as a heart attack or other medical condition. An autopsy is not planned.
Teams were searching for the wounded deer. Alexander was hunting alone, so it’s not clear how long he waited before approaching the deer. The commission advises making sure the deer has not moved for 30 minutes, then walking carefully toward the deer from behind.
It’s time for mandatory voluntary antler buy backs!
^^^only for “assault style” antlers, at least at first…
Multiple gorings? Was the buck using fully automatic antlers,
or an illegal bump skull?
I don’t know … “poetic justice” comes to mind.
And NO: I’m not anti-hunting or anti-gun or any of that nonsense – maybe that’s the way he wanted to go – one man against the elements.
Condolences to the family, of course.
izlamo delenda est …
you should read the comments attached to the story.
asshole non-hunters all think they are soo smart and humane.
they would all starve to death if it wasn’t for men who can kill to eat.
I’m thinking that for a few bucks more he coulda had a modern hunting rifle.
Was alcohol involved? Some deer are angry drunks.
Safety tip: Learn from the mistakes of others, because you’ll never live long enough to make them all yourself…
Closely related to ‘Trump not impeached and removed from office, Turns on democrats and……”
Primitive Rifle, (Blackpowder) is my favorite season. But I always reload before approaching my quarry after giving it half-an-hour or so to cool and make sure there’s no chance of it getting back up.
I’m eating a bowl of my famous venison chili right now. Gotta make room for fresh venison in the freezer as opening day is next Saturday. Just sayin’.
My 58 cal. Zouave shoots a Minie ball
that is heavy and slow.I don’t think I
would shoot a deer with it.
BTW= dude should have had a side arm…
The buck stomps here.
🙂
If he were vegan, he would still be alive. Ban guns. Ban hunting. Ban meat. Meat is murder. It kills the human. It kills the animal, which is the most important of them all.
^ That was murder, Larry. Now go to the store and buy a nice steak and grill it. And have a good weekend.
“The commission advises making sure the deer has not moved for 30 minutes, then walking carefully toward the deer from behind.”
Oh bullshit. Poke the damn thing in the eye with a stick held alongside the barrel of your gun and be ready to shoot if it jumps up. If it flinches it’s eye, it is still alive. Archery, I have never had one get up or even be alive when I approached, but am prepared to defend life and limb with my hunting knife should that occur.
BTW= dude should have had a side arm…” That immefiateky came to mind. I don’t hunt, but do some states not allow a side arm?
Hopefully a metaphor for today’s political climate.
And the liberals tell us that hunters are killing poor innocent defenseless animals. When I hunted with black powder, I would carry a side arm. But black powder is much more satisfying than using a modern rifle. As to deer being innocent animals, ask a farmer about what they can do to your corn or other crops, worse than rats.
Larry the Liberal, you know how many bunnies are killed every year to provide you vegans with your tofu? You know how many insects must die to support your vegan lifestyle?
No deer needs a 20 tine rack.
Amateur. You always approach a downed animal with a drawn sidearm, preferably a magnum. And then only after waiting 15 minutes for it to bleed out.
This is Hunting 101 stuff that I was taught when I was 12 years old. My guess is he was drunk.
Don’t shoot the drunk deer, they just don’t die as quick as the sober ones. It’s a fact and I’m sure that’s in the regs somewhere.
@mickey moussaoui October 25, 2019 at 1:51 pm
‘Cept that Katie Hill dear.
Without proper precautions you can discover you are not at the top of the food chain. Sorry for the hunter and his family. Though the anti-hunters are probably delighted with the end result.
Hambone…. YES!!! I have about 40 pounds left. Gotta empty it, thaw it out, clean it…Brown the meat in bacon grease and extemporate on the sublime 6 hours later
JD Hasty you beat me to it with the eyeball poke.
Everyone within earshot is sick to death hearing about my upcoming vacation, deer season in WI.
“A hunter was gored in another part of the state several years ago but survived.”
I guess getting gored in another part of the state is better than getting gored in the lungs.
I am not a hunter, although I do have firearms and support 1A.
But, I was thinking it would be a lot of fun to hunt Larry The Liberal. I would take the advice of several of you guys and carry a pistol or knife to administer the coup de grace to Larry if the first blast didn’t completely do the job.
If Larry had antlers or horns I would get him taxidermied and mount his head on my office wall. Larry I hope you are a decent looking specimen that would not embarrass me if I showed you to visitors.
I’m sure Larry has Chronic Wasting Disease.