--- description: Survival of the fittest title: Man Shoots Deer with Arrow, Deer Sends Man to Hospital image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Shoots Deer with Arrow, Deer Sends Man to Hospital by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 5, 2015 5:28 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 5, 2015 5:28 PM CUT On January 2, a Wisconsin doe had her day. After getting shot with an arrow by a 72-year-old hunter, the deer sought retribution by charging at her foe and sending him to the hospital. “Apparently the man was going through some thick brush and the deer leaped out and went after him,” Fond du Lac Sheriff’s Officer Jeff Bonack told the _FDL Reporter_. “The doe struck him in the leg with her head.” While the man was taken to the hospital, “”I’m guessing the deer got away,” Bonack said. Consider that diem carped. (h/t: [Gawker](http://gawker.com/vengeful-doe-attacks-old-man-after-he-shoots-her-1677507338 "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3653829/deer-sends-man-to-hospital/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3653829/deer-sends-man-to-hospital/"},"headline":"Man Shoots Deer with Arrow, Deer Sends Man to Hospital","datePublished":"2015-01-05T17:28:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:41.819Z","description":"Survival of the fittest","url":"https://time.com/3653829/deer-sends-man-to-hospital/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","hunting","Deer","hospital"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3653829/deer-sends-man-to-hospital/","name":"Man Shoots Deer with Arrow, Deer Sends Man to Hospital"}}]}] ```