Georgia Man Gored to Death by Deer

[RollTide72]

BALL GROUND, Ga. ? A man has been found dead at his home in Ball Ground after apparently being attacked by a deer.

The body of 66-year-old John Henry Frix was found around 8 p.m. yesterday inside the deer's pen on his property. Cherokee County Sheriff's Sergeant Jay Baker says he had been gored several times in the upper body by a deer's antlers.

The deer was one of several Frix kept on his property. His relatives told sheriff's deputies the deer had recently been acting very aggressive, probably due to rut -- the period when deer mate.

Authorities say it appears Frix tried to fend off the deer, which was the size of a small elk.

A family member later shot and killed the deer.

No charges have been filed and the incident has been turned over to the Department of Natural Resources for further investigation.

Deer kill about 150 people a year in the Unites States. But most of those deaths happen when deer are involved in collisions with automobiles.

 

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Why does one keep deer in a pen on their property?

:shrug:

 

[RollTide72]

Why does one keep deer in a pen on their property?

:shrug:

:mj06: :142hump: :142hump: :shrug:

 

[Drew]

Why does one keep deer in a pen on their property?

:shrug:

He's 66. Maybe easier to hunt?

 

[MadJack]

:mj06: :142hump: :142hump: :shrug:

:mj07: :mj07:

 

[SixFive]

I don't wish this kind of death on anybody, but I am so against penning up deer and the whole cervid farming industry. It's also too early for the rut, so I'm guessing this deer was sick.

 

[smurphy]

Why did they have to kill the deer? Do deer get a taste for human blood or something?

 

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the whole cervid farming industry.

What is that exactly??

 

[Drew]

Why did they have to kill the deer? Do deer get a taste for human blood or something?

Eye for an eye.

 

[smurphy]

Eye for an eye.

I don't know - If someone kidnaps you then I think you have the right to kill them.

 

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Eye for an eye.

Well if that is the case the deer better arm up & get to killing. They are owed a whole bunch of hunters to slaughter.

 

[SixFive]

Why did they have to kill the deer? Do deer get a taste for human blood or something?

Does a dog get killed if it kills a person? Equate this deer to a docile pet that freaks out for some reason and kills somebody.

 

[SixFive]

What is that exactly??

a cervid is any member of the deer family, Cervidae, comprising deer, caribou, elk, and moose, characterized by the bearing of antlers in the male or in both sexes (this differentiates them from bovines/cattle).

Cervid farming which goes hand in hand with high fence 'hunting' is where the deer or elk are raised in pens or tracts of land enclosed by a high fence. They are raised sometimes just for the sale of their antlers, urine, and meat, but most of the time, there is the associated sale of the to shooters who want an easy 'trophy'.

For example, a 130-150 class animal will cost about $4,000. 150-160 $5,000. 160-170 $7500. 170+ $12,000 or more. The bigger they are, the more they cost. The shooter just has to pick whatever deer he wants and figure how much money he has, and then he pulls the trigger.

These animals are essentially tame, and it's akin to stalking and hunting Bessie the cow. I and most hunters are absolutely against these sorts of operations.

CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease) is associated with these fenced/penned animals sometimes too, and when they get loose, it is sometimes spread to the wild herd with devestating effects.

Lastly, many pictures that you see in outdoors magazines or on the net of huge racked bucks are taken behind a high fence.

 

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a cervid is any member of the deer family, Cervidae, comprising deer, caribou, elk, and moose, characterized by the bearing of antlers in the male or in both sexes (this differentiates them from bovines/cattle).

Cervid farming which goes hand in hand with high fence 'hunting' is where the deer or elk are raised in pens or tracts of land enclosed by a high fence. They are raised sometimes just for the sale of their antlers, urine, and meat, but most of the time, there is the associated sale of the to shooters who want an easy 'trophy'.

For example, a 130-150 class animal will cost about $4,000. 150-160 $5,000. 160-170 $7500. 170+ $12,000 or more. The bigger they are, the more they cost. The shooter just has to pick whatever deer he wants and figure how much money he has, and then he pulls the trigger.

These animals are essentially tame, and it's akin to stalking and hunting Bessie the cow. I and most hunters are absolutely against these sorts of operations.

CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease) is associated with these fenced/penned animals sometimes too, and when they get loose, it is sometimes spread to the wild herd with devestating effects.

Lastly, many pictures that you see in outdoors magazines or on the net of huge racked bucks are taken behind a high fence.

WoW. Interesting & sickening at the same time, yet not surprising. I now have another group of people to hate & wish death upon.

Thanks for the info Six.

 

[shamrock]

Why does one keep deer in a pen on their property?

:shrug:

Cheney was due to come over deer hunting later this week.

Sorry, know its not the political area but couldn't resist:142smilie

 

[SixFive]

WoW. Interesting & sickening at the same time, yet not surprising. I now have another group of people to hate & wish death upon.

Thanks for the info Six.

YW. These types of places are more harmful to the legitimate hunter and that tradition than "Bambie" or assorted other anti-hunting movies where the hunter is portrayed as a dirty, nasty buffoon. If your first exposure to hunting was a place like this, I would think your reaction would be to associate it with all hunting and then to become an anti-hunter.

 

[shamrock]

65, you seem extremely knowledgeable in this area. I would imagine people like yourself hold a great disdain for these people that "HUNT", for animals basically cornered in large cages. Every time I hear something about this ridiculous practice, it enrages me. Why is there not more of a public outcry for this "sport". Is there just not enough publicity? Seems not far from dog fighting which we all now see brought to light with vick. Obviously you hunt, and are very knowledgeable about it. I myself was never a hunter, even before my injury. But certainly don't have any ill feelings for those that go out and hunt, and eat what they kill, or whatever.

However these obviously rich individuals that pay thousands to hunt enclosed animals, basically nearly domesticated wildlife really piss me off, maybe I'm way off, but I can't imagine someone like yourself, of which there are probably thousands and thousands of,has much use for this practice. How does it remain legal? Just low publicity like the dog Fighting thing?

 

[smurphy]

Does a dog get killed if it kills a person? Equate this deer to a docile pet that freaks out for some reason and kills somebody.

But dogs are domesticated. I'm assuming this deer (or at least it's parents) were captured.

I have much more sympathy for someone who gets killed by their domesticated pet dog than someone who captures a wolf and tries to keep it. ...Then again, do any dogs other than pit bulls ever kill their owners?

 

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But dogs are domesticated. I'm assuming this deer (or at least it's parents) were captured.

I have much more sympathy for someone who gets killed by their domesticated pet dog than someone who captures a wolf and tries to keep it. ...Then again, do any dogs other than pit bulls ever kill their owners?

The rare Cane Corso, Akita's & Rot's have been guilty.

 

[smurphy]

The rare Cane Corso

This looks like the dog from my nightmares.