Strange catch !
Nov 5, 2019 12:12:50 #
Okay, guys ! Here's a different one for you ! Some commercial fishermen off the coast of Maine spotted a strange object bobbing and struggling in the water just within sight of their boat; with their curiosity piqued, they approached it carefully, then realized it was a young deer ! They got next to it and carefully hauled it aboard; they figured it must have fallen in and got swept away by strong currents as they were 5 miles out to sea ! Rather than letting it suffer and drown, they interrupted their fishing, rode back a half-hour to
shore and dropped it off on a beach ! They then returned to their former location and continued fishing ! Successful rescue completed !
shore and dropped it off on a beach ! They then returned to their former location and continued fishing ! Successful rescue completed !
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Nov 5, 2019 14:10:07 #
Gymyd1234 wrote:
Karma will insure there points are counted. Good going.
Yep.
Nov 5, 2019 19:28:43 #
Nov 5, 2019 21:38:18 #
I remember fishing walleye on Lake Tobin in Saskatchewan Canada. We watched a deer swim out and cross about a mile or more of open water. No rescue here, we were just amazed.
Nov 6, 2019 08:18:00 #
Nov 6, 2019 10:02:21 #
flybynight
Loc: Brookline, MA
GREAT story, I might even know the fisherman as I had a commercial fish business in Portland, Me for 35 years
Nov 6, 2019 17:06:44 #
gr8advice
Loc: Boston
FYI, Deer are typically good swimmers... and will swim to escape predators. Five miles out is certainly not typical and this was probably caused by a storm.
Nov 6, 2019 17:08:26 #
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Nov 6, 2019 17:18:08 #
It was surmised by the fishermen who rescued it that it was probably swept away by a strong current, which are fairly common in that area ! Also, it was a young deer, barely beyond yearling age, and was on the verge of total exhaustion when they pulled it
out !
out !
Nov 7, 2019 13:23:42 #
Dennisjj
Loc: Kinston N.C.
Back during one of N.C.floods i've seen seven deer jump in the water and swam about quarter mile when they hit land again they were gone.
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