Syracuse.com - Couple enjoys watching three-legged deer that frequents their land along the Seneca River

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The wife said she and her husband just can'tget over the fact that the doe has managed to successfully breed each year. To date, she has had four sets of two fawns.

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<p>Sue Lado, of Jack’s Reef, told me this week that she and her husband, Jason, have been watching a three-legged deer near their home for the past four years.</p>

<p>“We’re not sure what happened. It might have been hit by a car, or a hunter may have shot it off,” she said. “All she has on her right rear leg is the hip, with nothing below it. I remember that first year seeing her down by the river, licking it by the water.”</p>

<p>Lado said the doe disappears during the warmer months. Each fall, around hunting time, she comes back and hangs around their property on the Seneca River.</p>

<p>Despite her handicap, the doe is pretty quick.</p>

<p>“If you make too much noise or get too close, her tail goes up and she’s in the woods. She’s very smart,” Lado said.</p>

<p>Lado said she and her husband just can’t get over the fact that the doe has managed to successfully breed each year. To date, she has had four sets of two fawns.</p>

<p>“It’s crazy, but you know how guys are. It doesn’t matter. God bless her,” she said. <br /></p>

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