Shot deer jumps out of pickup

BERNE, N.Y. — Authorities say two men hunting illegally in a rural upstate New York town got a big surprise when the deer they had just shot jumped out of the back of their pickup truck.

Albany County sheriff’s deputies responded Thanksgiving night to a report of someone shooting a rifle from a pickup in Berne.

Officials say the passenger said he had shot a buck that had run in front of the truck.

The men loaded the deer into the truck bed and drove off, but the deer jumped out.

The deer was located soon after and put down.