I Saved The Life of a Mule Deer Doe today....
 

I went out this morning to take advantage of the early morning light to find that elusive Snowy Owl! I have already located three... possibly four Great Horned Owl nests with females already sitting. I also came across four cock Pheasants along the way. Shortly after that, I found a Mule Deer doe that was caught up in a four strand barbed wire fence. I contacted F&W and explained what I had and was told initially that I should just leave her and she would work her way free. I don't think I explained the situation in enough detail and suggested to the officer that with all due respect, she would need some assistance to get free. He was more than willing to come out and see how we were going to deal with her. He arrived quite quickly. After having a look at the situation, he grabbed his fencing pliers and began to loosen up the top couple of strands of barbed wire. Although extremely exhausted, she was able to work her way free and only moved off a short distance before laying down. I have no doubt, that with all the coyotes in the area, that doe would have been eaten alive while being trapped in that barbed wire.

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Good on you guys for helping that deer. Nice pics, thanks for sharing.

Good on ya man.....and great pics.

Good to hear a nice story. Great pictures!

X2. Great job!

Well done!

Awesome pictures and story :happy0034:

Very nice, and i see your in law enforcement so thx for that too

Geat job, Sir!

You sir, are a Gentleman, and a darn fine one at that.

Very nice 😉

I dont know what to say other than you where in the right place at the right time.
And those photos are impressive !!!
The Pheasant is amazing.
Camera and lens details please.
Rob

Excellent! Thanks for sharing.

Great story and some nice pics you got there, thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing a great story and some awesome pictures!

Good job. Thanks for helping her out.

Good job. And those are very nice pics.

you do good work ttankster!



Creeky....

That Yote looks like you owe him dinner.

Nicely done and with some great pictures as well!

Thank you all for the comments.... I certainly couldn't just leave her. I'm shooting an older body - Nikon's D300 and the lens is the 200-500 f5.6 Cheers.

Awesome pictures and story

Hey , first off , good work on keeping the yotes hungry , ( that wouldn't have been a good happening )
and secondly I see you got your pic posted on the Weather Network .

Good on ya !

:happy0180:Good Karma coming your way, awesome photos too. Good Job! :sHa_shakeshout:

Good on you for that act of kindness.. Very nice pics..

Awesome pictures!

If there is indeed KARMA...it should come to you !!

Awesome thing you did for that mulie, and also for what you're doing with your camera !!

Great pics !.....shortmag

Super job there. Nice to see her walk away. Awesome pics too.

Well done! Love the pics too.

Great job!!!

Wow the colours on the pheasant are amazing. Thanks for sharing.