Caught a fawn today.

BAK · May 28, 2015, 08:48:00 AM

Had the tractor out mowing some weeds along the woods today and spotted a very little fawn along the old fence. He got up and wobbled of into the woods.

About 40 feet further and there laid it's sibling, only this one got it's head in the old hog netting and couldn't get through. I shut everything down and got off and picked the little guy up and set him over. He only bleated once. Couldn't have weighed 5 pounds.

Didn't see or hear momma but I'm sure she was close.

4dogs · May 28, 2015, 09:02:00 AM

Good Job.

Stump73 · May 28, 2015, 10:52:00 AM

Awesome! You may have same the next world record.

ew101707 · May 28, 2015, 12:43:00 PM

It makes you feel great when you can help a helpless animal.

Three Finger · May 28, 2015, 12:49:00 PM

Awesome good job

Mike Yancey · May 28, 2015, 01:33:00 PM

I did the same thing about two years ago. Heard the little dude bleating and went and found it caught in hog wire. Had to cut the wire to get its little leg free. The doe stood about 20 yards away and watched the whole thing. Neat experience!

BMN · May 28, 2015, 01:39:00 PM

very cool! nice job!

cmh · May 28, 2015, 02:15:00 PM

maineac · May 28, 2015, 02:20:00 PM

Nice!

DennyK · May 28, 2015, 02:45:00 PM

Florida lime · May 28, 2015, 04:38:00 PM

Excuse my ignorance, but what is "hog netting" and "hog wire" ? :confused:

AZ_Longbow · May 28, 2015, 04:52:00 PM

I've seen so many hunters who will drop everything and do anything to save an animal.
To many people think hunters just kill animals. Yet the majority of hunters love the animals they hunt. They share a deep bond with the land and all living things. We hunters understand the original cycle of life. Keep up the good work.

Mike Yancey · May 28, 2015, 04:55:00 PM

Hog wire as we call it is a woven type wire fencing material about 4''x4'' and 4' high

Red Beastmaster · May 28, 2015, 08:44:00 PM

My buddy showed me a video of a deer rescue he did with his hunting party. During a rifle season deer drive a doe got hung up in a V shaped tree. They stopped the hunt and freed the deer.

Pretty cool when us
"blood thirsty hunters" tend to the weak and incapacitated.

joe ashton · May 29, 2015, 10:40:00 PM

out standing

creekwood · August 31, 2015, 10:08:00 AM

Bruce, here are a couple of pictures of a fawn that I released from a fence last fall...

The fence is 36" high hog wire topped with two strands of barbed. The release was successful.

Russ Clagett · August 31, 2015, 10:29:00 AM

One person doing the right thing will and can change the world....

Well done Sir.

fmscan · August 31, 2015, 05:08:00 PM

I've saved a lot of deer over the years, arrow goes right over the back, I even feel a little happy cuz I had a complete miss....strange sport we pursue...

BAK · August 31, 2015, 06:29:00 PM

Creekwood,I've seen a few dead over the years hung up like that. Good goin

Doc Nock · August 31, 2015, 07:17:00 PM

I love reading this stuff. It will never make mainstream media news, but WE KNOW, the truth...Nice to have a place to share such things...

Kudos to those who have...I sense most of us "would" but being in the right place at that right time is not so common...

A friend found a very warm cow that got it's head caught in barbed wire and sliced it's juglar and had just bled out... hunter contacted the farmer who said, "You want it, you take it, I don't want the XXXXX thing!"

So his deer hunt resulted in a large cache of fine beef! Timing is everything...