My 90 lb. Lab rousted me early this morning for a pit stop. Grumbling to myself, I dragged on some sweats and out into the yard we went. I was just lighting a cigarette when I noticed the young whitetail buck standing near my wintered-over turnips. The dog noticed him about the same time. It was a 30 yard chase and the deer never made it back across the highway. My dog brought him down and dispatched him with the death grip on the throat we've seen so often on Wild Kingdom. It's his third deer in three years. I hope this sends a message to the other deer where my garden is concerned; they damn near wiped me out last year. And I guess I've got about a 150 lb deer to dress out, now.
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Game in the Fridge
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paracarl44
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Sounds like you have a good investment in that dog. I was talking to another Virginian last year and he said when he planted his corn the deer ate it.
He's an awesome dog,.... completely obedient and well-behaved,... smart as a whip,... gentle as a lamb around little children,.... but death on wheels to local wildlife. Last year he ran a deer for almost a mile before snagging it.
And yeah,... the deer eat EVERYTHING. About a week ago I saw three of them standing in my yard at daybreak,.... no doubt one of them being this morning's unfortunate victim. S'okay with me,... we have plenty of deer.
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Sounds like you could set up a Food Bank with venison.
Yeah, thank God it was fairly warm today since I had to dress the deer outside. Got out my 16 point trim handsaw for that. I'm keeping the back loin, but I'll pass along some ribs and leg roasts to a couple buddies and grind up the rest of the hind quarters with suet to make venison burger or sausage,.. something I haven't done in a couple of years.
Kind of depressing to think I dated myself with the Wild Kingdom mention. Marlin Perkins, wherefore art thou? (It's a chocolate lab, by the way,... 5 yrs old,... a rescue dog.)
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Do you actually think that your dog learned to kill a deer by watching Wild Kingdom?
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You know, hunters actually train their dogs NOT to run deer. Labs are usually used in the fields to retrieve water fowl. So you have one special dog there - maybe his previous owner got rid of him because of his predilection for running deer 🙂 Lucky you! Oh, and someone told me bone meal around your garden can help deter deer from eating your vegetation.
Do you actually think that your dog learned to kill a deer by watching Wild Kingdom?
LOL,..... good one, Carl. Actually he simply graduated up from smaller game, He had killed countless groundhogs,... a few rabbits and possum,... and a larger, but unwise German Shepherd who ventured into our yard. His first deer was a young one, but the other two were adult; in fact, last year's kill after the long run had initially looked as though it wouldn't be such a long run. But closing in rapidly on the running deer from behind, he got kicked soundly in the head,... then picked himself up and resumed the chase. He's remarkably fast for a stocky, muscular dog, and he does not tire.
But in spite of his violent appetite towards wildlife, he is 100% friendly to people. He just hates commercial dog food, if he can have fresh, instead.
And to Desdemona: His previous owner did not "get rid of him." His previous owner was a worthless deadbeat who picked up in the middle of the night to run out on a back-owed rent situation, and left the dog chained to a fence where he nearly starved before I found him. That was three years ago and, believe me, it took a while to gain his trust. And I know about the bone meal strategy, but I'm also going to place the most recent victim's head on a post to see if that puts the fear of "dog" into the herd.
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Hmmmm... and the smell of rotting meat sure won't hurt keeping away others, including neighbors 🙂 I hate people who abandon pets - I get that in this economy people have to make some very tough choices, but get off your butt and take the poor animal to a shelter at least. I'm not sure what to make of his taking down another dog though... that would be tough to bear or watch. Ah, survival of the fittest.
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Thank you for caring for that dog. 🙂
Yeah,.... the Shepherd should have backed off, but he decided to engage and it cost him. It happened only a few months after I had brought my dog to his new home, and it at least demonstrated that he had come to think of it as home. And I certainly wasn't going to step in the middle of the fight.
As for the "neighbors" being repelled by my little display,... fine. It's not exactly a 4-star neighborhood, if you get my drift. When I'm working in my garden, I have a 7mm tucked in my belt. It's like that.
