Wounded Deer at work - what to do- .227 took him out.

[ddp]

I pulled into the parking lot today at work in Golden Valley and noticed a deer in the woods. A buck looks like it was hit by a car. Gimping around. His antlers were all broke up. He is still laying there (it's been 3 hours). Stands up every once in a while to lick his wounds. Do I just let him follow his course or would you call the police or DNR??

Feel bad for it. From the looks of it a broken front leg and wounded rear quarter.

[Mark Christianson]

Call the police.

Last thing you want is that thing getting up and gimping into a road again.

Yeah, that does suck to see that.

[slabchaser]

i agree with biglakeba$$ call the police if that deer enters the highway it could hurt somebody.

[ddp]

yeah, I am with ya...

Even though part of me says he could pull through it.

I have a message into one of the officers.

[lotsofish]

I would call the DNR. They are going to know what to do better. They will probably take it for the venison donation program.

[pinkfloyd4ever]

ya, either one should do, that sucks but at least get it out of its misery

[ddp]

A friendly peace officer took care of him. The right call. The buck wasn't very healthy. If you can get here in an hour, the office left his card to issue a tag Wow, big mature deer with some crazy horns.

Thanks for the advice.

[archerystud]

How messed up is he? I'm not far away and could get over there. I assume the deer isn't gutted yet...

[pinkfloyd4ever]

Got to be glad its over though

[Mark Christianson]

Can you get a pic of it with a camera phone or something?

Was your office building all looking out the windows like the kids on the school bus in Napolean Dynamite when that farmer shot that cow?

LOL

[archerystud]

So where are you at in Golden Valley, I work in Plymouth.

[ddp]

LOL...

Needless to say, some of the female co-workers didn't like to hear the shots.

I think one of the warehouse guys is going to take it.

The kicker is I just took a co-worker out there and not 2 feet away from the dead dear there was an even bigger buck making a scrape. I couln't beleive my eyes. 12 pointer, heavy heavy mass. Got within 20 yards of it. Went running into the Tennant property. Boy I wish I had my camera phone.

[Mark Christianson]

Yer killin us man!

Someone must have a camera phone.

How the world do deer get that old in town like that. Amazing.

[ddp]

I have no clue... Like I said, I couldn't believe it. Ya'll probably think I am nuts I would...

I will check out there again this after and bring my phone.

[archerystud]

They have a better chance in the city with no one shooting at them!! Just have to watch out for cars.

I'm just West of you and I watched a big buck all day one day a couple years back. It was cool because we could look down on him all day while he sat with this doe. The one I watch was a real nice 10 pointer with an impressive rack but probably not AS big as the 12 you are describing.

[Mark Christianson]

I work not far north of you guys, right off 169.

Same deal. Amazing the number of deer and the size of some of the bucks over the years we have seen.

And also sad how many are busted up from car hits too.

[Rather_B_Fishing]

Just curious, do you work at General Mills? In 2004, when I moved to Minnesota, I lived in a townhouse right by General Mills (just SE of 169 and Medicine Lake Road). There was a wilderness area there where I saw deer. If I renember right, the General Mills parking lot bordered this area.

[pinkfloyd4ever]

on this same subject my buddy is working on posting a pic of a 12 pointer taken from his front door south of 252 on brookdale. His townhouse borders a little city park, that thing is huge. Years ago I lived in fridley and there is that nature preserve by the railroad tracks there east of East River Road, can't tell you the huge deer you could see in and around there.

[ddp]

here is a pic of the deer that the office shot.

[pinkfloyd4ever]

[pinkfloyd4ever]

for some reason I couldn't add text to the photo, but that is the buck I was telling about at my buddies house in brooklyn park

[AlwysFshn]

Makes me want to move back to the cities

[ddp]

wow, that's a nice one... scary resemblance to the one that was at my office over looking the expired one. Couldn't be the same buck but it was big like that.

[Fishin' Daddy]

I the buddy of yopaulypinkfloyd. My wife took that pic. The next night he was about 15 feet from my front door. I went out to walk the dog and as soon as we stepped out the door, we slowly stepped back in. I couldn't get another pic though.

[pinkfloyd4ever]

is it me or did your post of the office deer not show up? and YO PAULY!!