deer fishing { updated pics}
 

check out this story that got e-mailed to me





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Deer Fishing

Last Saturday morning, my buddy Bo Warren and I were trolling for stripers in the Chesapeake Bay . We were 1 mile offshore in about 80 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.

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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 warn 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.. [/align][/align][/align][/align][/align][/align][/align][/align]

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Yeah that criculated back in summer with pics!

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Thats an incredible story....way for those guys to help out

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WOW!!!!!

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ya i saw it this summer to glad the deer survived wonder if he is still around

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I hope the buck survived. Good chance with the stress from swimming so far, plus the handling stress the buck might not have made it though. But hey ya never know!!

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Anyone know where you can find pictures of this? or the actual story?

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i'll see if this works i thought it posted the pics the first time

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Sorry, no pics there.

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Hopefully the buck lived!!

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I think i got it now

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If nothing else, great effort on the part of these two guys. Not many would have done this.

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That's pretty neat...

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This sumer my brother and I were out in his boat at the lake where I hunt. We seen a deer swimming across the lake and it same right by us. It wasprobably about a half mile across at that point. It was really neat to see. She only had her head out of the water like the one in this picture. She made it all the way across and kept going up the bank.

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Saw those last year. The story there was on Lake Michigan. Also seen the story read off the coast of Florida.......

I don't know about the story as obviously ther are a few of them butI do know that deer was a long way off shore regardless of what body of water it was ascually swimming in. And probably tired as it has ever been.

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Npokat32...thats i nice big buck..what state??

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I live is Wisconsin. Waupaca County....

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Pockat is a poacher dont believe him, he picked up that buck on the side of the road, set his camera on the hood of his car and auto took the pic..:D