Tangled buck saved from drowning.

[stevenjackson]

I'm sure most of you saw that Oklahoma locked buck rescue but this one might have it beat that happend a few days ago. I only say that because these guys were in water. Then again it was actually less dangerous!

 

http://huntervids.com/videos/hunters-save-entangled-10-pt-buck-in-river/

[Waldershrek]

That's crazy. Once in a lifetime experience I'm betting.

[nybuckboy]

I am in awe of the strength that a big buck has. A human could never lift that other buck out of the water like that nor hang on that long after many attempts. Amazing, amazing, amazing!!!

[bluecoupe]

Amazing strength and I'm glad it escaped. But did anyone else think it was pretty stupid on the part of the men?  The guy's a Vet and he can't put the deer out?  He's got to try and smack the hell out if it with the blunt end of an axe?  It's not whack a mole for heaven sake.

[NFA-ADK]

Good job!  Nice work.  Easy to say you should have done this or that, we where not in the situation. 

[Hunter1]

Good Job !!!

[thphm]

On L.I. Deer swimming in the great sout bay was common seen them many times while surf casting.Also have seen them swimming from PA to NY in the Delaware River and across ponds where we hunted in Sullivan county.

[Bow Addict]

That was amazing

[CuseHunter]

I'm surprised he didn't use a shot or anesthesia being a vet or something to relax the buck. Either way, it was a pretty cool video.

[bkln]

Wow, yeah I would think they would sedate that buck and pull them out of the water first, but like you guys said, we were not there...amazing video, thanks for sharing...

[bluecoupe]

Good job!  Nice work.  Easy to say you should have done this or that, we where not in the situation. 

 

Edit: During dinner, I got to thinking (rare occurrence...) and maybe the guy was just driving along when he saw the scene playing out, which would explain a lot.  I withdraw my prior grievance with the Vet.

Edited November 19, 2013 by SteveC

[Waldershrek]

That buck was EXHAUSTED when they finally got him out

[Four Season Whitetail's]

Cant blame them for trying but that buck they set free is probably a dead deer. Stress kills whitetails fast. Stress will also trigger other health problems and they end up dead 99% of the time.  They had to give it a shot!!

[ants]

Man..That was hard to watch…Hopefully the buck lived..

[stevenjackson]

Only thing I'd say could have been better for them to do is maybe use something aside the axe at first or turn it around.

[Geno C]

amazing! i love seeing guys like this free locked up bucks! it takes guts and kudos to these guys!

[New York Hillbilly]

They needed a gas operated pole saw like mine. it extends about 12 feet. While its pretty loud, it is also amazingly fast and would have made quick work of that rack.  Congrats to those guys though for saving the one buck from drowning.

[crappyice]

Good one to show to antis- what we do when harvesting game is a hell of a lot less violent then what nature allows at times.