Oh Deer! Part II (warning - kind of gross)

[Jennifer Tramell]

I just thought I would update our deer head escapade.  Warning!  You may not want to read on if you are having breakfast........

Last Friday, Webster brought a deer head and left it on our front yard.  A poor deer had been hit by a car and was in the ditch at the front of our property.  Seems that between buzzards, coyote, and whatever else, most of the deer was dragged off the road and up onto our property.  The head made it to our front lawn. 

My hubby came home that night and took it off the lawn and put it in a trash bag (probably the only way we'll ever "bag" a deer).  The next morning he went down to see about burying the rest of the body but it was gone.  Gone...just a couple legs left in the ditch.  He was SO impressed with the effeciency of our neighborhood buzzards that the thought (......you may want to sit down.....) "I'll just toss the deer head out and let the buzzards take care of it". 

It seems that buzzards don't like deer head.  Later that afternoon, Charlotte showed up with the head.  Webster made it clear that it was NOT Charlotte's deer head, it was HIS deer head and he would take care of it.  We spent the afternoon/evening working outside and Webster would trot behind us carrying the head.  If we stopped to clear an area, Web would drop the head, hang out with us, then pick it up and carry it along when we moved.  He made the mistake of leaving it for a while and soon noticed that the buzzards were circling.  Webster spent the rest of Sat & Sun carrying the head and guarding it. 

Now, I made it clear several times that I would like my husband to get rid of the deer head.  We have an understanding: I don't do dead.  Finally, Sunday night, we let Webster out for a potty break and he came back with the head.  (I have a pic but it's pretty gross!)  I was a bit more insistent that DH DO SOMETHING about the head so he disappeared outside for a few minutes.  When he came back, he told me that it was too dark to bury it so...........(......you are still sitting, right?.....)  he tossed it off the balcony and onto the roof of our utility trailer.  The dogs couldn't get it there and he would take care of it the next day. Right.

Monday morning I was having some coffee when I kept hearing "whooshes" and seeing shadows.  Moments after, I realized that buzzards were circling the house and then they landed on the balcony.  Buzzards on the balcony, yup.  When Webster realized where his deer head was, he positioned himself on the wall (we have a daylight basement and the front yard overlooks the lower driveway) about level with the roof of the trailer.  The morning was spent guarding the deer head from the buzzards overhead.

It is now Monday, one WEEK later.  The deer head is still on the trailer.  The buzzards have decided that whereas they don't like deer head, they DO like our house.  A nice perch.  At least 12 can fit on the roof.  More on the balcony and front yard.  I guess it's time for names although DH already named one Igor.

[Melissa & Porter]

ROLMAOPIP and any more letters you can think up.  I love the pics!!! 

OMG, this sounds like me and my DH.  And definitely how Porter would behave with a deer head.  I HATE the feeling of dead animal through plastic bag, but I have gotten past my unwillingness to deal.  In the past year, I have "bagged" two mice and one rabbit.  Yick.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

This sounds like my DH...put everything off for a long while and hope it takes care of itself. Poor Webster...he had a long weekend guarding his deer head.

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

This is so funny and sounds like my DH also. Hilarious!!!!  I hope he gets it off soon!

[Carol and Banjo]

LMAO!!!    Oh no....I can't believe the deer's head is still in your life AND now you have buzzards TOO!    Webster looks VERY serious about his new responsibility in life.   Yes, your DH sounds hauntingly familiar.............

Thanks for the "visuals"    : )

[Sally, Ditzy Mitzi & Sgt. Pepper]

Wow, maybe you could add Vlad and Count Dracula to the name list.  My thoughts are that Webster is "protecting" the deer head from further injury.  Totally amazing!  I do hope the situation is resolved soon.  We used to live in West Virginia and

I always got upset when cars would drive by with dead dear draped over them!  Sorry, I admit to being a Bambi lover; no, I am not sorry to admit that.  We actually used to have deer in our back yard, one time a doe was feeding twin babies under a tree by my back door.  It was beautiful, too bad I did not have a camera available at that time.

[Jennifer Tramell]

I am a Bambi lover too (although I never liked the movie Bambi because it was sad) but I guess I've gotten a little callous since there are so many deer in our area that they are a safety hazard.  That said, we get SO excited when we see deer on our property and I have manage a couple pics of them before they hurry into the woods.

[F, Calla & Luca]

I think you should move and leave the trailer behind.

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

Good idea F...but I think she should leave the DH behind as well!!!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Oh, I missed that detail.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Oh Jennifer, you are a good and very patient wife.  Here's how it works with my DH.  He will procrastinate like crazy on these things.....so I tell him I'm going to hire somebody to "take care of it".  I would have been dialing the exterminator.  Since he really hates the idea of spending money like that, he usually "gets busy".  LOL  I'm afraid that Webster is going to be heartbroken when his deer head is finally gone....he apparently is very attached.

[Carol and Banjo]

LOL....Jane you're a very clever woman.  I like the way you think!

[Jennifer Tramell]

I wish I could use this technique however this would not work for me as my DH knows that I am too cheap to actually hire someone.  The threat would be empty, in fact, it would amuse him.  I could tell him that we have friends coming over.......that always gets him motivated......