Deer attacks my Mamaw

[ElkHntinMD]

Damn Meathead,
I hear of this but most times can't beleive it! Glad to hear she's doing o.k. From what I have read most aren't so lucky after being attacked by mad deer!!

 

[MEATHEAD]

Heres the newspaper story:
A five-point buck acted aggressively towards several people in the Chestnut Hill community on Tuesday, reported Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency Information Officer Allen Ricks.

Ricks said that early Tuesday morning, a young boy was leaving his residence to go to his mother’s van to be taken to school when the buck approached him.

“The buck scared the young man and he climbed underneath the van,” said Ricks. “His brother then came out of the house and wrestled with the buck before going back inside to get his mother.”

Ricks said that the second boy suffered minor scratches during the incident, but the mother was not injured. She did wrestle with the buck before it ran away.

“Later that day, the buck approached Francis Dennis, 83, of Upper Rhinehart Road, in the Reidtown community, who was feeding her chickens and the buck attacked her as well,” said Ricks.

Ricks said that the elderly women’s son-in-law, David Hale, came out of her residence and shot the buck.

“I wrestled with the buck for about 30 feet,” said Dennis. “I called for my son-in-law to get the gun, which he did.”

Dennis said the gun wasn’t loaded so it took him a few minutes before he was able to shoot the deer and her hands were badly bruised during the incident.

Dennis was treated by Dr. Michael Hood of the Family Practice Center in Newport.

“We have the buck and are sending samples to the disease control center in Atlanta, Georgia,” said Ricks. “The buck acted like it was a tame deer and it’s unusual for bucks to be carrying their antlers at this time of the year, so it might have had a brain abscess.”

Ricks said that it is important for children to remember when dealing with wild animals, to get an adult because wild animals can be dangerous.

“Wild animals are dangerous and it is unusual for them to approach humans, and, if they do, then something is wrong,” said Ricks. “If anyone is approached by a wild animal or an animal that should be considered as wild, they should call the authorities.”

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[Elkhunter]

Thanks for posting the new artical. Glad she is OK.

 

[MEATHEAD]

Well some bad news. Mamaw started getting real sore and didn't tell anyone until it got bad. She went back to the doctor and they did some xrays and found a crack vertabrae. She still not resting very well.

 

[Elkhunter]

Sorry to hear that Martin. Keep us in the news.

 

[Nut]

That is not good.

Hope she gets the proper rest and treatments.

 

[dgibson]

Wow! She sounds like a tough lady. Hopefully they can fix her up.

 

[allenk123]

I hope she will get better quickly. Please tell us what was wrong with that deer when you get the test results back.

 

[allenk123]

I hope she will get better quickly. Please tell us what was wrong with that deer when you get the test results back.

 

[MEATHEAD]

Mom talked to them today and said it may take a month or two to get the results of the test.

Mom said mamaw wasen't doing very good. She's having a hard time trying to lay down. Been sleeping setting up. And has to have someone help her get up out of the chair.

 

[Elkhunter]

Man, that sucks. I hope they can correct this and help her.

 

[Muledeer4me]

Meathead,so sorry to hear she got hurt so badly .
To go through something like that at her age has to be hard.
She must be a pretty tough lady to have fought that deer off like that.
I hope she can get the rest she need's to heal.

 

[MEATHEAD]

THANKS, Muledeer4me and everyone else.

 

[ELKCHSR]

Hey, I'm glad your gran is alive after an attack like that, but am saddend to find that she is further injured, I sincerly hope she comes thru this in good health.