Man gored to death by his pet deer

A small price to pay for your own stupidity.

BALL GROUND, Ga. - A man who kept deer on his property was killed when one gored him with its antlers, authorities said.

The body of John Henry Frix, 66, was found Sunday night inside the deer’s pen on his property.

Frix had been gored several times in the upper body by a deer’s antlers, Cherokee County sheriff’s Sgt. Jay Baker said.

The deer was one of several Frix kept on his property. His relatives told sheriff’s deputies the deer had recently been acting very aggressive, probably due to rut - the period when deer mate.

A family member of the slain man later shot and killed the rogue deer.

Deer kill about 150 people each year in the Unites States. But most of those deaths happen when deer are involved in collisions with automobiles.