re: craziest outdoor/hunting story

I only heard this story through some older camp mates but it's still pretty crazy.

During bow season, one of the guys had stuck a deer in the shoulder and he heard the deer break the arrow on a tree as it ran. So after the first sign of a bad shot (the arrow snapping) he decided to let it sit up for a while. He left the woods and came back to camp to get the tracking dog.

So they go back into the woods with the dog and find some blood and low and behold, this deer is still ready to go. They track this thing for about 500-600 yards through the brush when finally the hunter comes face-to-face with him.

He said it was nothing like he has ever experienced. The deer was staring him down with half an arrow in his shoulder and blood pouring out. So the hunter grabs the nearest thing he can use, a pocket knife, and charges the deer. He grabs it by the antlers (did I mention it was an 8 pt?) and wrestles it to the ground and cuts the throat.

Although I was not there to witness it, it was an interesting story nonetheless. I also know it happened because of the 4 witnesses and seeing the cape with a slit cut around the throat. Pretty damn impressive.