When out of season, deers were cherished animals, whom people only wanted to shoot with cameras. However, the moment deer season officially began, everyone pulled out rifles and shotguns as if they were Texans, and went to hunt themselves some deer. Andy enjoyed the sport so much his kids hardly saw him, which explains why he was intentionally left off of Louie's family portrait, which made himself with crayons. Of course, when the hapless hunter came home, Ora showed him the picture and chided him for not spending enough time with his own son. She suggests Andy take him on his next hunting trip, and he wanted to say no, but he knew full well if he did, Andy Season would open. So, bright and early, Andy and Louie head off into the woods with Jensen and Gus. They make Louie their official deer caller, meaning he has to belt 'deer calls' into the woods, but he ends up sounding like a constipated moose. Shh! Be vewy, vewy quiet. They're huntin' dee-uhs. Huh huh huh huh. So, the men move deeper into the woods, with Andy certain he knows where to find some deer, all the while telling a story about how he saved the Feldman hunting party from a pack of bloodthirsty, rabid deer. Cool story, bro. Louie tried to keep up, but as we all know, he's not the rugged outdoor type... he's strictly an indoors man. Fortunately, he seems to get a little help from a deer. That's right, he's got himself an antlered guardian angel. Just goes to show children notice things that most adults don't, especially bumbling huntsmen like Andy, Jensen and Gus. As you may have guessed, the men don't shoot themselves any deer, but Jensen does plug a pine tree, which they strap to the roof of their pickup, as you do, and will probably save it until Christmas. However, that isn't the only little "souvenir" they were bringing from the hunt. Unbeknownst to them, a certain four-legged friend followed them home.
Next morning after Andy goes to work in his usual foul mood, Ora and the boys discover the deer, and beg to keep him until the end of hunting season. It would be their little secret, and it might have worked, had blabber-mouth Louie not told all his friends at school about his new "pet." Word gets back to Andy that there's a deer in his house, and he bursts in with a loaded rifle... which quickly gets him in dutch with the wife, and after they endlessly beg him to keep the woodland creatures, he folds like a towel. Hooray, Spot the Deer is here to stay... that's what Louie named him, though I think he should've named him John. Unfortunately, harboring a wanted criminal would not be an easy task, as a bunch of hunters are camped out in front of the house, even selling T-shirts with Andy's head sporting antlers. All day and all night, those bloodthirsty, gun-toting fools waited for the slightest sign of a deer to reveal itself. Luckily they aren't as observant as they like to think, because Spot manages to sneak out of the house one night without anybody noticing and slip back into the woods. When the family discovers their deer flew the coop and knew he'd be a sitting duck with all those hunters, Andy says they should let it go, and I believe he has a point. I mean, eventually someone somewhere will shoot that deer. But, when his family keeps pestering him, he takes Louie out into the woods, holding the hunters at bay with a set of fake deer antlers in the kitchen window. Given how slow these guys' brains work, this should buy them a good three hours. So after a little bit of trekking, Andy and Louie find Spot at the bottom of a hill, but unfortunately, 150 armed hunters are not far behind. As they all pointed their guns of various sizes at poor spot, Andy makes an impassioned plea for them to leave him alone, saying they would have to go through him first... and judging how trigger-happy some of these guys are, I'd say they would probably have done just that, if it weren't for the saving grace of the park ranger declaring deer season officially over! So, Spot got reunited with his deer family, and as for Louie, he finally "remembered" what Andy looked like and included him in his next crayon family portrait, and they both agreed never to go hunting again.
Who else spotted (pun intended) that Free Willy reference where Spot jumps that rock wall to go back with his family? Well, Tracks of My Deers, it was kind of a silly episode, but it did have a good message about respecting wild animals, and how some people take the sport of hunting far too seriously. I mean, this episode wasn't really saying hunting is bad, but rather you can easily get carried away with it and forget about what truly matters. Also, if the hunters used their brains, they might have brought the authorities in. I'm not an expert on legal matters concerning woodland critters, but I'm sure it's illegal to keep a deer in a private, residential house. I could be wrong, but I know some states and some cities do have stiff laws about keeping wild animals as pets. Inversely, Andy could've called the police on those hunters staked out on his property: pointing loaded weapons at his house, indirectly endangering his family, trespassing, and disturbing the peace, also crimes. But this is what happens when people decide to take the law into their own hands. Anyway, if you like deers or you like hunting or are against it, Tracks of My Deers is for you.
Next morning after Andy goes to work in his usual foul mood, Ora and the boys discover the deer, and beg to keep him until the end of hunting season. It would be their little secret, and it might have worked, had blabber-mouth Louie not told all his friends at school about his new "pet." Word gets back to Andy that there's a deer in his house, and he bursts in with a loaded rifle... which quickly gets him in dutch with the wife, and after they endlessly beg him to keep the woodland creatures, he folds like a towel. Hooray, Spot the Deer is here to stay... that's what Louie named him, though I think he should've named him John. Unfortunately, harboring a wanted criminal would not be an easy task, as a bunch of hunters are camped out in front of the house, even selling T-shirts with Andy's head sporting antlers. All day and all night, those bloodthirsty, gun-toting fools waited for the slightest sign of a deer to reveal itself. Luckily they aren't as observant as they like to think, because Spot manages to sneak out of the house one night without anybody noticing and slip back into the woods. When the family discovers their deer flew the coop and knew he'd be a sitting duck with all those hunters, Andy says they should let it go, and I believe he has a point. I mean, eventually someone somewhere will shoot that deer. But, when his family keeps pestering him, he takes Louie out into the woods, holding the hunters at bay with a set of fake deer antlers in the kitchen window. Given how slow these guys' brains work, this should buy them a good three hours. So after a little bit of trekking, Andy and Louie find Spot at the bottom of a hill, but unfortunately, 150 armed hunters are not far behind. As they all pointed their guns of various sizes at poor spot, Andy makes an impassioned plea for them to leave him alone, saying they would have to go through him first... and judging how trigger-happy some of these guys are, I'd say they would probably have done just that, if it weren't for the saving grace of the park ranger declaring deer season officially over! So, Spot got reunited with his deer family, and as for Louie, he finally "remembered" what Andy looked like and included him in his next crayon family portrait, and they both agreed never to go hunting again.
Who else spotted (pun intended) that Free Willy reference where Spot jumps that rock wall to go back with his family? Well, Tracks of My Deers, it was kind of a silly episode, but it did have a good message about respecting wild animals, and how some people take the sport of hunting far too seriously. I mean, this episode wasn't really saying hunting is bad, but rather you can easily get carried away with it and forget about what truly matters. Also, if the hunters used their brains, they might have brought the authorities in. I'm not an expert on legal matters concerning woodland critters, but I'm sure it's illegal to keep a deer in a private, residential house. I could be wrong, but I know some states and some cities do have stiff laws about keeping wild animals as pets. Inversely, Andy could've called the police on those hunters staked out on his property: pointing loaded weapons at his house, indirectly endangering his family, trespassing, and disturbing the peace, also crimes. But this is what happens when people decide to take the law into their own hands. Anyway, if you like deers or you like hunting or are against it, Tracks of My Deers is for you.
