Be careful in the cattails!

[MNpurple]

Today I was out with a few friends and the birds were in the cattails, so that's were we were working. Head high and very thick. After busting trail for a while, I thought I'd make things easier on myself and get on one of the deer trails in the cattails, you know the kind, those tight little alleyways through the cattails. No sooner had my second foot touched down on the deer trail, I hear something and look up to see a doe flying down the trail at me. Neither of us had time to react and she hit me head first right in the belly button and then blew through my left knee.

She hit me so hard and took out my leg I flipped forward, taking her down. We both hit the ground with me on her chest/belly and hooves kicking. Why I didn't let go I have no idea but those hooves scared the h*ll out of me. I just grabbed her and squeezed to try and stop the kicking. I had one arm over her back, one around the front of her chest and my weight on her chest/belly. As I squeezed, she calmed, and there we both lay, motionless, breathing hard, both in shock, and I'm thinking how do I get out of this without taking a hoof.

Suddenly she lets out the most godawful bellow and it so scared the heck out of me that I jumped back, up she jumped and she was gone. Leaving me laying there wondering what just happened! The left knee is in quite a bit of pain tonight but I'm so thankful it wasn't a buck. That wouldn't have turned out well for me. I have to admit it was kind of cool though! I've never been run over and then tackled a deer!

Be careful out there!

[ESSGuy]

Great story. We have a wma out in big stone co. That we call where Jer got hit by a deer. Same kind of situation, small doe, luckily not a large buck.

[monstermoose78]

The Dangers of Pheasant Hunting getting run over by a DEER!! Glad to hear you did not get ripped open.

[bobberineyes]

Dang purple,that story will never get old around the campfire. Good to hear your alright. Corn fields can be bad for deer human collisions as well. On several occasions had deer come ripping across the grain of the corn field and run into people in the party. Not fun.

[BLACKJACK]

When I saw the title I figured you were going to talk about getting wet feet!!! Glad you (and the deer ) are alright!!

How was the ice?? Did you get any birds??

[Can'tFishEnuf]

I thought only Grandma got ran over by a reindeer and I thought only on Christmas Eve.

Seriously, glad to hear you're OK. It will be a cool story to tell.

[ETH310]

Same thing happened in standing corn to my uncle when I was teenager. Pretty funny. Glad you're alright.

[CaptainMusky]

I think purple was a peeping tom and saw her dressing and she got mad. ;-)

Crazy story!