Post by Woody Williams on Nov 23, 2006 18:45:01 GMT -5
Walk in park turns into wrestling match with deer
Star Tribune
Last update: November 22, 2006 – 9:44 PM
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — A walk in a city park turned into a wrestling match with an infuriated deer for three Sheboygan men who battled with the injured 6-point buck until police came and shot it.
"I just grabbed the horns, which is pretty stupid," said Anthony Lee, 20, explaining that his first reaction was to protect his cousin's dog, which was closest to the rampaging deer.
"That's where it all started," he said.
He estimated the melee lasted about 20 minutes, as the three men hung onto the antlers, hit the deer with sticks and finally tackled the animal and held it down while calling police.
Lee said the deer will be mounted on his wall.
"It was very intense. ... This buck was just going crazy," he said.
"It was tossing me around as if I were a kid or something. It just did not go down," said Lee, who weighs about 130 pounds.
He was with his cousin, George Lee, 19, and his father Tou Moua Lee, 47, in Evergreen Park when the buck stepped onto the trail, blew air through its nose several times and charged. They later determined it had been shot with a gun and with an arrow.
Wisconsin's gun deer season is on this week.
At the start of the 911 call to police, George Lee can be heard saying, "I'm at Evergreen Park right now and there's a deer trying to attack us."
"I've never heard of anything like that in my career ... (someone) holding a deer down," said police Lt. Jim Veeser.
Dale Katsma, a wildlife biologist with the state Department of Natural Resources, said attacks like this one are a "real rare thing."
He attributed the deer's aggression primarily to the mating season, possibly complicated by its injuries.
Star Tribune
Last update: November 22, 2006 – 9:44 PM
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — A walk in a city park turned into a wrestling match with an infuriated deer for three Sheboygan men who battled with the injured 6-point buck until police came and shot it.
"I just grabbed the horns, which is pretty stupid," said Anthony Lee, 20, explaining that his first reaction was to protect his cousin's dog, which was closest to the rampaging deer.
"That's where it all started," he said.
He estimated the melee lasted about 20 minutes, as the three men hung onto the antlers, hit the deer with sticks and finally tackled the animal and held it down while calling police.
Lee said the deer will be mounted on his wall.
"It was very intense. ... This buck was just going crazy," he said.
"It was tossing me around as if I were a kid or something. It just did not go down," said Lee, who weighs about 130 pounds.
He was with his cousin, George Lee, 19, and his father Tou Moua Lee, 47, in Evergreen Park when the buck stepped onto the trail, blew air through its nose several times and charged. They later determined it had been shot with a gun and with an arrow.
Wisconsin's gun deer season is on this week.
At the start of the 911 call to police, George Lee can be heard saying, "I'm at Evergreen Park right now and there's a deer trying to attack us."
"I've never heard of anything like that in my career ... (someone) holding a deer down," said police Lt. Jim Veeser.
Dale Katsma, a wildlife biologist with the state Department of Natural Resources, said attacks like this one are a "real rare thing."
He attributed the deer's aggression primarily to the mating season, possibly complicated by its injuries.
