So I'm having supper last night and the phone rings. It's my neighbor behind my house in Shakerag, GA telling me that when he was coming out of his driveway, a deer ran out of my yard, got blinded by his headlights and ran into a tree and broke its neck! He didn't want it and knew I was a hunter and might could use it.

Sure enough, when I got over there, there was a little doe lying dead in his yard -- couldn't have weighed more than 50 lbs on the hoof. I loaded it up, and with the help of my son's best friend, we had it butchered and in the spare fridge in less than an hour.

Seriously, I bet you don't hear of that happening every day!

That's going to be some tender meat!!

I watched a spike being chased by dogs jump off of a VERY STEEP ridge in Mississippi several years back and broke his back.

That will surely be some great eating!! Young and tender

I would have contacted the game warden before moving the deer. Just to make everything on the up and up.

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Originally posted by graybird:
I would have contacted the game warden before moving the deer. Just to make everything on the up and up.

No problem there. A City of Johns Creek Police Officer was informed and was pleased that it (deer disposal) didn't become his problem.