ODDLY ENOUGH
ODDLY ENOUGH
Odd call: Hunter blows nose, brings big buck running
JACKSON, Miss.
The deer hunter figured sneezing had blown his chance at a deer, but blowing his nose brought a big buck running.
Ron Manning of Hinds County said he’s hunted deer for 54 years and had never seen anything like what happened earlier this month — though he did once see a deer that tried to eat grape bubble gum and got gum all over itself, he told The Clarion-Ledger.
On Jan. 16, he said, he suffered a volley of nine sneezes in 10 minutes. He tried to muffle the noise in his elbow, but figured he had no chance of seeing a deer for an hour.
So he went for the honk.
The next thing he knew, “a 17-inch, 8-point came roaring in,” Manning said. “He had his ears laid back, his eyes glazed over and the hair standing up on his back. Obviously, I said something to upset him because he came to fight. He wasn’t cautious. He came in running. He was wide open, coming to me. I shot him at 25 yards.”
Manning joked that instead of a grunt/wheeze call, this deer was fooled by a cough/sneeze.
“I wish I knew exactly what I did so I could duplicate it,” Manning said.
Associated Press