UNBELEIVABLE !!!!!!!!!

[running dog 0]

A HUNTING FRIEN OF MY WIFE SENT US THIS .........

 

Good thing they had a camera, no one would believe this fishing story…look in the center of the photo below. then scroll down.....

 

Last Saturday morning, my buddy Bo Warren and I were trolling for stripers in the Bay. We were

1 1/2 miles offshore in about feet of water contemplating why the fish weren't biting. We looked back 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 out 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...

[Guest MOLLY]

What a lovely story.

MOLL.

[Ray Mears 272]

top notch mate good read

[snoopdog 1,255]

if he had tied a few treble hooks to it .i reackon it would off attracted a few sharks ... nothing like live bait ... i bet gill made you put that up

[scotty3968 0]

good one bud,,great story hope he made it.

scotty

[weejohn 3]

well done guys, that was a very nice thing you done for that buck

[Ray Mears 272]

if he had tied a few treble hooks to it .i reackon it would off attracted a few sharks ... nothing like live bait ... i bet gill made you put that up

 

 

 

 

was thinking the same thing although i dont quite now what size hooks to use..... you see all this people posting threads trying to shoot them or track them with dogs and you took one with a boat

[running dog 0]

if he had tied a few treble hooks to it .i reackon it would off attracted a few sharks ... nothing like live bait ... i bet gill made you put that up

SHE DID LOL

ALL YOU WOULD OF NEEDED WAS A BIT OF BLUE ROPE AND A KNIFE YOUD WOULD OF HAD THEEM SHARK ON BOARD TOO

[J Darcy 5,871]

Great story....i hope the white-tail survived his little swim..........

[Guest bullterrier]

well done mateand cracking read ...john

[Guest Frank]

Good men, you did well. Hope he makes it.

[Dawn B 212]

Well done for helping him, I too hope he made it, he deserves to.

Dawn.

[montague 0]

Nice bit of supper

[rabitin girl 16]

Great story . Hope he made it.

[skycat 6,173]

Good on you: sometimes things deserve a second chance