My wife was attacked by a rutting young buck in our own backyard in May 2009. The animal gained access to an unsecured gate at the south side of our house. Didn't want it to stay there because it could freak out and break the window while jumping into the house.
I encountered the buck and tried to lure him out of the confines of our backyard near the garage(Steve C and wagga know the layout). He immediately reared up on his haunches and tried to mount me...(deer made mistake #1). I closed the gate to re"ass"ess. No pun intended. The buck did manage to lacerate my left arm with his front hoof.
I then proceeded into the backyard trying to lure the buck up to the gate it came through. Having failed in that endeavor, I went inside to ask my wife for assistance. At that time, the buck made it up to the rose garden near our pool.
She saw the buck and as soon as it started eating the rose bushes, that was it. Wife was pissed.
We developed a plan: have the buck follow her out the gate as while she gets into her car and I will shut the gate behind them. That worked. I went back to the house to get my stuff to go to work.
Then, I heard my wife screaming. I grabbed my pistol. Ran back outside, as I saw the buck knock down my wife in our gravel driveway. She was on her back as it attacked her with its antlers as she tried in vain to punch the deer with the side of her fist with one hand and trying to hold on to the antlers with the other hand....(deer made mistake #2).
Grabbed the military entrenching tool and whacked the animal on the side of the head...fazed him. Then I took the side of the tool and buried it into its neck...that got its attention...definitely fazed...blood runneth...fired 3 shots into the critter's brain housing group....plop...Dear, dead deer deed done. Called Uncle Tommy, "Come and get it."
Wife was okay. A few scrapes, visibly shaken, but nothing serious.
Great venison.
Never underestimate the power of these animals no matter how tame they may be. We laugh at it now, but it wasn't funny then.
Yes, the buck stopped here. Pun intended.
