Shaffer: Cary’s Deer Man feeds the beasts, striped and carnivorous

PITTSBORO — I’m riding down U.S. 64 in a Ford pickup driven by Ken McEntire, better known as “The Deer Man,” who’s carting two dead does and an expired buck on a flatbed trailer. “We’re hauling Bambi,” he jokes. Our load is a gift for a pack of tigers who love raw venison – bones and all. In a few minutes, I’ll be watching a volunteer at Carolina Tiger Rescue cut this roadkill into meal-sized pieces with a watermelon knife, and maybe even make a chew toy out of the ears. McEntire makes a retirement hobby out of collecting roadkill deer, fielding daily calls from police in Apex or Morrisville or Cary. He gets rousted at midnight, out to fetch...