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Wisconsin hunter spares friendly deer after catching encounter on video

By Ben Hooper
A surprised hunter scratches the head of a brave buck that walked up to him in the Wisconsin woods. Screenshot: Jordan Maxon/YouTube
A surprised hunter scratches the head of a brave buck that walked up to him in the Wisconsin woods. Screenshot: Jordan Maxon/YouTube

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NEW RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- A Wisconsin hunter spared the life of a deer after it proved unusually friendly by walking right up to him for a head scratch.

Jordan Maxon of New Richmond said in a YouTube post he had just finished setting up his deer stand in a wooded area and was preparing to climb up for a day of hunting when he noticed a buck standing about 70 yards away.

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"I figured I'd wait for him to leave the clearing, however, after five minutes of standing there, he wouldn't leave," Maxon wrote in the video's description.

The video shows the deer very slowly make its way to Maxon, who holds out a hand and makes the sort of noises someone might utter to attract a friendly dog.

The deer walks right up to the hunter and allows the man to scratch it on the head.

"In my 12 years of hunting or the additional decade of experiences of going hunting with my dad and uncles I have never seen or experienced anything like this," Maxon wrote.

Maxon told KSTP-TV he couldn't bring himself to shoot the deer after the friendly encounter, although the buck "would have been a nice one to shoot."

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