Ithaca man kills deer with shovel

[MuzzyLoader]

Check out the story here:

http://www.stargazette.com/article/20111005/NEWS01/110050370/The-buck-stopped-here-Town-Ithaca-man-confronts-panicked-deer-inside-his-workshop?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

[G-Man]

takes all kinds....

[First-light]

Nothing wrong with what he did, I would of done the same.

[WNYBuckHunter]

Ha! Lets get a shovel season opened up in NY!

[burmjohn]

That's crazy... Sucks for the deer, but can't blame the guy.

[Geno C]

WOW thats a crazy story. i would done the same but not sure if i would have went in the shop with the Buck...

[pistolp71]

I think the guy is a little dramatic:

"I went in thinking it would be like shooing a rabbit away," he said. "But the next thing I know, I am in the battle of my life. I was just defending myself. It was either me or the deer."

We are talking about a 80lb "buck" it must have been a yearling button buck. A real man eater!

[growalot]

Well I can't blame him and 80 #'s of fright is very dangerous...all it takes is 1 well places slice/kick of a young hoof to the neck or temple and it would be him carried out dead....but I would let it do it's thing...and call the insurance company...why risk it

[bushnell]

Yes I don't think I would enter the building with a deer in it. I would have opened a door and stepped out of the way and hoped that the deer would get out by himself.

[Doc]

Never under-estimate the power and strength that a deer has. There have been quite a few people who have learned that lesson. I always said that if a deer had any idea of just how much damage their strength and quickness can do (and antlers in the case of a buck), nobody would be safe in the woods without a good solid firearm...... and maybe not even then all the time.

[Geno C]

yeah a deer small or not is a bottle full of energy not to be taken lightly...

[pawle76]

I think the guy is a little dramatic:

"I went in thinking it would be like shooing a rabbit away," he said. "But the next thing I know, I am in the battle of my life. I was just defending myself. It was either me or the deer."

We are talking about a 80lb "buck" it must have been a yearling button buck. A real man eater!

You'd be surprised how strong even a little deer is. Plus it was fighting for it's life. I saw a spike throw a 250 pound guy like he was a rag doll. The deer was stuck on a barbed wire fence and we were trying to free it up. My friend who is a big boy grabbed it by it's antlers and the next thing I know I see him flying past me like superman !

[nyantler]

Is it shovel season already??

[G-Man]

i wonder if he trys to feed bears by hand as well?? why wouldn't you just open the door and let it leave by itsself??

[ny hunter]

I can't say what I would do,hope I never have to find out.

[5.9cummins]

I wounder if the Cornell campus buck would have gone so easy.

http://huntingny.com/forums/topic/2770-cornell-campus-buck/page__st__40

[Rev Ev]

if the buck was in rut, there's no telling how crazy he could go. I've seen deer do some incredible things when they get going on testosterone.

[arrow nocker]

good thing it didn't have a mama near by.that coulda got bad.Wonder what kinda dog he was walking.mine woulda ate the deer as soon as it tried to run.