As I was at the clinic yesterday and waitng for my husband to see his doctor, I was thumbing through the February issued of Outdoor Life magazine and this article caught my eye.
Strange But True
Love Struck!
Aggressive Wisconsin deer finds out the hard way that love hurts...
One star-crossed buck recently learned about the painful side of love when it rammed a concrete elk statue in Viroqua, Wisconsin.
According to The LaCrosse Tribune, the 180-pound buck was attempting to defend its breeding territory during the rut, and presumably viewed the 640-pound elk statue as a threat. The battle that ensured was brief and fatal; while the lifelike statue merely suffered a broken antler and some chipped paint when it was toppled by the charging buck, the love-struck buck wobbled a few yards away with a shattered skull and damage rack before dying on the ground nearby.
However, there is a silver lining to this sad love story. Mark Brye, the Viroqua resident whose yard was the site of this battle to the death, obtained a tag from a conservation warden and actually claimed the dead buck and harvested the meat. The note the warden included with the tag summed it up: "Lawn Ornament Fight - Lost." by j.b.
Good story, Marian. You just never know!
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