02 March 2007

Learning from the mistakes of others

I have no idea whether this is true or not. But The Smallest Minority found a post on the Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks message board that can serve as a caution for all of us who've ever looked at a deer and thought, I wonder if I could rope one of those?

The answer, apparently, is yes. But it doesn't sound like a very good idea. Excerpt:

A brief 10 minutes later, it was tired and not nearly as quick to jerk me off my feet and drag me when I managed to get up. It took me a few minutes to realize this, since I was mostly blinded by the blood flowing out of the big gash in my head.

Now go read the whole thing.