{"id":4099,"date":"2016-11-18T10:08:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T18:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/?p=4099"},"modified":"2016-12-04T10:10:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T18:10:44","slug":"buck-breaks-into-minnesota-fur-company-drying-deer-hides-wreaks-havoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2016\/11\/18\/buck-breaks-into-minnesota-fur-company-drying-deer-hides-wreaks-havoc\/","title":{"rendered":"Buck breaks into Minnesota fur company drying deer hides, wreaks havoc"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"header-features default\">\n<figure><figcaption>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n<div id=\"attachment_4100\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4100\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4100\" src=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1deer-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"TOM CHERVENY |  TRIBUNE  Scott Johnson has a few tender ribs after his encounter with a six-point buck. The buck walked into Johnson Furs in broad daylight, head butted Johnson and made a mess, but escaped with his hide.\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1deer-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1deer-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1deer.jpg 858w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott Johnson has a few tender ribs after his encounter with a six-point buck. The buck walked into Johnson Furs in broad daylight, head butted Johnson and made a mess, but escaped with his hide.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By <a class=\" author-name\" title=\"Posts by Tom Cherveny \/ Forum News Service\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/author\/tom-cherveny-forum-news-service\/\" rel=\"author\">TOM CHERVENY \/ FORUM NEWS SERVICE<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"time\">PUBLISHED: <time datetime=\"2016-11-18T14:56:39+00:00\">November 18, 2016 at 8:56 am<\/time> | UPDATED: <time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2016-11-18T21:51:48+00:00\">November 18, 2016 at 3:51 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"article-sidebar swappable\" data-swap-location=\".recirc\" data-swap-method=\"after\" data-swap-max=\"l\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-Cube1_RRail_ATF\" class=\"dfp-ad dfp-Cube1_RRail_ATF loaded\" data-ad-unit=\"Cube1_RRail_ATF\" data-google-query-id=\"CL-o4eqQ29ACFRd3YgodlG8GUQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/8013\/twincities.com\/news_4__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsletter-simple\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-Cube2_RRail_mid\" class=\"dfp-ad dfp-Cube2_RRail_mid loaded\" data-ad-unit=\"Cube2_RRail_mid\" data-google-query-id=\"CMCo4eqQ29ACFRd3YgodlG8GUQ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sidebar-bottom bottom\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-Cube3_RRail_lower\" class=\"dfp-ad dfp-Cube3_RRail_lower loaded\" data-ad-unit=\"Cube3_RRail_lower\" data-google-query-id=\"CKPi8-mQ29ACFUJ8YgodA2AE-A\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/8013\/twincities.com\/news_1__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"body-copy\">\n<p>WILLMAR, Minn. \u2013 A deer head-butted the owner of a rural Willmar fur company, jumped over counters and tipped over boxes before fleeing out the door where it had entered earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The six-point buck caused havoc at Johnson Fur on U.S. 71, where workers are in the process of handling thousands of deer hides harvested by hunters the last two weeks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2495730\" class=\"wp-caption alignright size-article_inline_half\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2deer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.twincities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2deer.jpg?w=620&amp;crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C9999px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.twincities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2deer.jpg?w=620&amp;crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C9999px 620w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.twincities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2deer.jpg?w=310&amp;crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C9999px 310w\" alt=\"The marauding deer made a mess inside Johnson Fur. (Forum News Service)\" width=\"1089\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.twincities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2deer.jpg?w=620&amp;crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C9999px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.twincities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2deer.jpg?w=620&amp;crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C9999px 620w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.twincities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2deer.jpg?w=310&amp;crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C9999px 310w\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The marauding deer made a mess inside Johnson Fur. (Forum News Service)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was something else,\u2019\u2019 said business owner Scott Johnson, who took a set of six-point antlers to his ribs and stomach.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said he had a few tender ribs but otherwise was OK.<\/p>\n<p>It all happened around 4 p.m. Wednesday. With warm weather, the front door to Johnson Fur was wide open.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said he was in his office when he heard a worker in a back room yelling his name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he just needed something,\u2019\u2019 Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>He got up from his office desk and stepped around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere it was, a big buck coming right to me,\u2019\u2019 said Johnson, 67.<\/p>\n<p>After butting into Johnson, the deer dashed into the back room. It jumped on the grading tables where hides are sorted and lots of paperwork was stacked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe proceeded to make mischief of it,\u2019\u2019 Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe kind of tore the place apart before we got it out of the door,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said he was initially worried the deer might break its legs while running and jumping over everything, but was surprised by how agile the deer was. At one point it had even jumped atop a refrigerator.<\/p>\n<p>Scott and Lynette Johnson\u2019s dog, a Jack Russell terrier, barked at the intruder and nipped at its heels while Johnson and workers yelled at the buck.<\/p>\n<p>This is the deer rutting season, so Johnson said he can only speculate that the smells from the deer hides inside the building might be what attracted the buck.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps he was looking for a lost love or sibling, Lynette Johnson said with a laugh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 By TOM CHERVENY \/ FORUM NEWS SERVICE PUBLISHED: November 18, 2016 at 8:56 am | UPDATED: November 18, 2016 at 3:51 pm WILLMAR, Minn. \u2013 A deer head-butted the owner of a rural Willmar fur company, jumped over counters and tipped over boxes before fleeing out the door where it had entered earlier this &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2016\/11\/18\/buck-breaks-into-minnesota-fur-company-drying-deer-hides-wreaks-havoc\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4101,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099\/revisions\/4101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}