Hunter dies after being attacked by wounded deer
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ARKANSAS HUNTER DIES AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY DEER HE JUST SHOT
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Hunter dies after being attacked by wounded deer
Posted: Oct 23, 2019 / 09:41 PM GMT-0500 / Updated: Oct 23, 2019 / 09:44 PM GMT-0500
YELLVILLE, Ark. (KY3 reported) that this tragedy is on the list of odd hunting related deaths the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has investigated.
Ive worked for the Game and Fish Commission for 20 years, and its one of the stranger things thats happened, said Keith Stephens, the Chief of Communications with the agency.
Officials said 66-year-old Thomas Alexander shot a buck with a muzzleloader while hunting near Yellville.
I dont know how long he left it there, but he went up to check it to make sure it was dead. And evidently it wasnt, Stephens said.
Stephens said that is when the deer attacked.
It got back up, and he had several puncture wounds on his body, he said.
The agency reported Alexander was by himself but able to call his family, who called emergency responders.
He later passed away at the hospital.
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