I have read that story about roping a whitetail several times and even though I know how it ends, always laugh.
I have roped cattle, dogs, goats and even a goose once (It was not flying). The roping part is not hard to do, figuring out how to stop the critter once you have the rope on them is the problem, as well as retrieving your rope.
W_houle: I have always been told it was because you could not get them to back up to a stump.
(Sorry, but he started it!
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