OMG! Deer are crazy animals.

owtcast · #1 (**permalink**) 08-31-2007, 02:07 PM

Just got this email from a bud. I'm sure some of you have seen it but, I figured I'd pass it around since there are a lot of hunters on here. I don't know these people but, I thought their story was cool.

-------Deer Fishing
Last Saturday morning, my buddy Bo Warren and I were trolling for
stripers in the Chesapeake Bay. We were 1 Â½ miles offshore in about 80
feet of water contemplating why the fish weren't biting. We looked to
check our gear and saw something odd in the water. Was it a seal?? Can't
be, we don't have seals around here. On closer look, it turned out to be

a buck deer that was WAY off course. He was desperate and barely staying
afloat.
I've seen deer swim a river or bayou before. When you see that, the

first thing you notice is that they are powerful swimmers. Their head and
shoulders are out of the water and they make surprisingly good headway.
This critter was just keeping his nose up and looked like he'd been
swimming all night long. In fact, he was so worn out that he swam toward
the boat probably thinking it looked enough like land to him.
When he got closer though, he wasn't sure what to make of the two
dudes on board, and backed off. So, since the fish weren't biting, we
thought we'd give this buck a hand. Turns out Bo grew up around cows and
was really handy with a bowline. He lassoed the deer on the first try!

Bo grabbed his neck, I grabbed the flank, and we barreled over backwards
into the boat. Before I knew it, Bo was on top of him and had him tied up

just like a calf.
We hit the throttle and shuttled him to the closest beach - Kent
Point. I beached the boat and we carefully unloaded the deer onto the
sand. The whole time we kept thinking he was going to kick the snot of
us. He never did though; he was totally spent. We untied him and
jumped back. Too weak to stand, he just sat there quivering. We even
picked him up again and put his feet underneath him, but he still couldn't

walk. Don't know if he made it or not, but I think his chances were

vastly
improved. Hopefully he recovered after time. When you're out & about, ya

just never know...

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**mdiesel** · #2 (**permalink**) 08-31-2007, 02:19 PM

thats awsome i live on the bay

Matt

**Strõkër~X** · #3 (**permalink**) 08-31-2007, 02:23 PM

man, you guys prob saved that bucks life, he would have drowned soon enough.

clmtng · #4 (**permalink**) 08-31-2007, 02:23 PM

Looks like a great thing that they did. Hope that the little fella made it...make a good meal later in the season. OH lord I'm going to hell for that...