Toots Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-17/deer-kills-man-and-critically-injuries-woman-near-wangaratta/11024706g Being brought up on a farm my Dad always told us to have great respect for any of the animals with testicles. Â Â Â This included bulls, rams, boars and even the male turkeys and geese - they could also be vicious, aggressive buggers when the mood took them. Â I worked with stallions for years and I learned to keep a wary eye on them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bran Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 This story was in the metro paper in London today. Sad but goes to show you never know when an animal may turn [emoji53] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amibovered Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Must be rutting season about now in Victoria, anyone with an ounce of common sense would give deer a wide berth during the rut!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Not just those with testicles.  Females with young too. Never get between a mum and her offspring or too close. Even sheep can get aggressive when they have lambs. A park near us used to close the golf course in rutting season and had signs everywhere about the deer. Still idiots would take their kids close to try and pet them and feed them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 12 minutes ago, rammygirl said: Not just those with testicles.  Females with young too. Never get between a mum and her offspring or too close. Even sheep can get aggressive when they have lambs. A park near us used to close the golf course in rutting season and had signs everywhere about the deer. Still idiots would take their kids close to try and pet them and feed them. For sure!  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conflame Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 On 17/04/2019 at 21:16, Toots said: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-17/deer-kills-man-and-critically-injuries-woman-near-wangaratta/11024706g Being brought up on a farm my Dad always told us to have great respect for any of the animals with testicles.    This included bulls, rams, boars and even the male turkeys and geese - they could also be vicious, aggressive buggers when the mood took them.  I worked with stallions for years and I learned to keep a wary eye on them too. Definitely. I'd also keep an eye out for animals without testicles that are protecting their kids. No scorn is worse than that of a mom in the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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