Louisiana man suffers horrific injuries in freak buck attack
February 12, 2014
This trail cam photo shows the 6-point buck that gored Bobby Neames near his Clinton home on Christmas Eve. The deer, which had been shot in the neck, has never been recovered.
(Courtesy Bobby Neames)
When he closes his eyes at night, Bobby Neames still has vivid recollections of the attack he endured by a big 6-point East Feliciana Parish buck this past Christmas Eve morning.
“I’d close my eyes and have it go over and over in my mind,” said Neames, 46, of Clinton. “I’m looking at this deer holding his horns back, and his eyes were 10 inches in front of my face and his nose was almost touching my face.
“I can still smell his breath and hear him grunting while he was attacking me.”
He survived the harrowing attack that took place only 400 yards from his house, but not before the buck, which he had shot in the neck 15 minutes earlier, hooked him in the thigh, flung him 10-feet and then continually tried to gore his head and chest.
“I was fighting for my life, I can tell you that,” he said. “No doubt about it. Even the Air Med paramedic said the only thing that saved me was being a big 6-foot, 240-pound guy thick through the chest that was able to somewhat hold him back.
“He’d have killed my wife. In 30 seconds, she’d have been dead. He’d have just mutilated her. That’s how vicious he was.”
Neames wanted to share his story with hunters so they would be aware of a big buck’s potential to inflict serious damage.