If you weren’t convinced that Halloween is a dangerous holiday, you need to read this story. A deer in Kent County, Michigan has got his head caught in a plastic pumpkin candy bucket and can’t get out. The young buck has the plastic jack o’lantern stuck on his head covering his snout and has been in that condition for a couple of days. Apparently the bucket handle is caught on his ear or horn buds.

Now the story didn’t mention if the bucket had any candy in it, which might alleviate some of the fears that the buck will starve if he can’t get it off. The bucket is positioned so that it prevents the animal eating or drinking.

The orange bucket may also make the deer a better target when deer hunting season opens in a few days.

Grand Rapids zoo personnel were making plans to try to shoot the animal with an anesthetizing dart, take him from the area, remove the bucket and then return him when he is strong enough to be released back into the wild.

If the animal is lucky, they won’t return him until after deer hunting season is over.

UPDATE
Some children have found what is believed to be the plastic pumpkin in their yard. The pumpkin was dented and had animal hair in it. Officials say that the rain may have helped the deer free himself from the pumpkin (maybe by giving him the added incentive of the possibility of drowning as it filled with rain?).

The young buck is once again running free and just in time for hunting season.