Dale Earnhardt once broke his hand punching a man who killed a deer on his North Carolina farm

Just ask the guy who decided to sneak onto his property and shoot one of his deer.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORSDuring Wednesday's episode of "The Dale Jr.Download," Dale Earnhardt Jr.

recalled the time his dad broke his hand punching a man who killed a deer on his North Carolina farm.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.

This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Dale Earnhardt before the start of a NASCAR Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1992.(ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)And while Earnhardt Sr.

certainly wasn't afraid of a confrontation on the track, his son said he couldn't recall his dad ever getting into an actual fight with another driver.The deer incident, though… that was a different story.According to Dale Jr., the whole thing started back in 1993 when a man working on a tractor on Earnhardt's property spotted some deer.Later that afternoon, the man went to a bar with a buddy and started telling him about the animals he'd seen.And, as tends to happen when alcohol enters the equation, the two came up with a brilliant idea.They'd sneak back onto Earnhardt's property and shoot themselves a deer."The more they drank, the braver they got," Earnhardt Jr.

recalled.So, around dark, the two men hopped the fence and made their way onto the property.What they didn't know was that Earnhardt and his farm manager happened to be walking along a power line nearby.The two heard a gunshot and watched as a wounded deer ran down the clearing before collapsing.Rather than immediately confronting the trespassers, Earnhardt and his farm manager hid in the tree line and waited for the men to come retrieve the animal.CHASE BRISCOE SAYS DEER HUNTING GIVES HIM A BIGGER RUSH THAN DRIVING 200MPH IN NASCARAnd when they showed up, The Intimidator lived up to his nickname.According to Dale Jr., his dad charge...