Wounded Deer Attacks and Injures Louisiana Hunter

[RickLafayette]

Five weeks after being gored by a wounded buck on Christmas Eve, hunter Bobby Neames of Clinton, La., says he’s still having nightmares about the ordeal.
Neames was hunting from a stand when he shot a big buck he had seen on his trail camera pictures. He hit it in the neck and the deer ran into the woods. Neames followed 15 minutes later and suddenly found himself face-to-face with the wounded deer.
"It happened so fast. I was 20 feet away when he lunged up from a squatted position, and within one-tenth of a second, he'd hit me," Neames told Shreveporttimes.com.
The deer charged and caught him in the thigh with one antler, tossing him. The buck attacked again several times. Finally, Neames was able to grab the buck by the neck and throw it. The buck’s antlers stuck in the ground, giving him time to escape. The deer ran off with the rifle tangled in its antlers by its sling.
Neames was able to walk home but had to be airlifted to Baton Rouge for surgery where injuries required 25 staples and numerous stitches to close. The deer was never found, but his son did recover the rifle.

[specktator]

Holy crap! I have heard a story about a guy putting his rifle in the deers antlers to take a pic and it jumped up and took off with his gun.

[duckman1911]

Did he walk to within 20 feet knowing the deer was still alive I wonder. If so he's a complete idiot. Glad he survived either way.
I see my wounded deer squating and he gets another round on sight. Im not goin up to get a closer look.

[Chip Landry]

I seen another article yesterday where a guy got tore up by a hog in pearl river wma.. We gotta be careful in them woods!!

[DannyI]

Read the original interview, when he walked up, he knew the buck was alive, it charged goring his leg till antler reached hip. Still fighting, rifle was tangled in horns out of his hands, safety off, feared the gun would go off killing him instead of buck. Antler finally came out his leg, charging him again. He was able to grab horns flipping the buck away, allowing him to run away from the buck. He only then realized how bad his wound was, walked 400 yds to truck driving to hospital for treatment. One lucky dude!

[jpeff31787]

Originally Posted by DannyI

Read the original interview, when he walked up, he knew the buck was alive, it charged goring his leg till antler reached hip. Still fighting, rifle was tangled in horns out of his hands, safety off, feared the gun would go off killing him instead of buck. Antler finally came out his leg, charging him again. He was able to grab horns flipping the buck away, allowing him to run away from the buck. He only then realized how bad his wound was, walked 400 yds to truck driving to hospital for treatment. One lucky dude!

so no air lift... writers... they like to dress stories up