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Old 03-07-2017, 06:50 PM
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Default 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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Old 03-07-2017, 06:53 PM
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Good on you guys for helping that deer. Nice pics, thanks for sharing.
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Old 03-07-2017, 06:55 PM
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Good on ya man.....and great pics.
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Old 03-07-2017, 06:55 PM
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Good to hear a nice story. Great pictures!
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Old 03-07-2017, 06:57 PM
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Good on you guys for helping that deer. Nice pics, thanks for sharing.
X2. Great job!
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Old 03-07-2017, 06:58 PM
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Well done!
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Old 03-07-2017, 07:04 PM
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Awesome pictures and story
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Old 03-07-2017, 07:13 PM
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Very nice, and i see your in law enforcement so thx for that too
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Old 03-07-2017, 07:37 PM
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Geat job, Sir!
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Old 03-07-2017, 07:44 PM
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You sir, are a Gentleman, and a darn fine one at that.
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Old 03-07-2017, 08:23 PM
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Very nice 😉
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Old 03-07-2017, 08:25 PM
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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.
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Old 03-07-2017, 08:26 PM
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Excellent! Thanks for sharing.
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Old 03-07-2017, 08:31 PM
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Great story and some nice pics you got there, thanks for sharing
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Thanks for sharing a great story and some awesome pictures!
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Old 03-07-2017, 09:29 PM
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Good job. Thanks for helping her out.
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Old 03-07-2017, 09:31 PM
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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.












Good job. And those are very nice pics.
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Old 03-07-2017, 09:39 PM
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you do good work ttankster!



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Old 03-08-2017, 04:23 AM
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That Yote looks like you owe him dinner.
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Old 03-08-2017, 06:01 AM
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Nicely done and with some great pictures as well!
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Old 03-08-2017, 06:44 AM
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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

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.
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Old 03-08-2017, 07:18 AM
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Awesome pictures and story
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Old 03-08-2017, 07:36 AM
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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 !
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Old 03-08-2017, 07:47 AM
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Good Karma coming your way, awesome photos too. Good Job!
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Old 03-08-2017, 09:27 AM
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Good on you for that act of kindness.. Very nice pics..
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Old 03-08-2017, 09:30 AM
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Awesome pictures!
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Old 03-08-2017, 09:35 AM
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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
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Old 03-08-2017, 09:47 AM
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Super job there. Nice to see her walk away. Awesome pics too.
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Old 03-08-2017, 12:43 PM
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Well done! Love the pics too.
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Old 03-08-2017, 02:05 PM
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Great job!!!

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