Went back out into the pasture today to cut fire wood from trees that had fallen across fences. Came across a young doe with her hind legs caught in between the top and second strand of barbed wire. Had nothing in the truck to cut her free with, so back to the shop and grabbed the bolt cutters. When I returned and try to carefully approach her she got quite worked up. The more she struggled, the more she did damage to her hind legs. Finally after a few attempts of trying to approach her she became so entangled that she went down and kind of gave up. Carefully watching for those sharp little hooves, I managed to come up behind her and start cutting wire. Amazingly enough there was very little thrashing around at that point. The wounds on her legs did not look severe with minimal bleeding.
When the wire was cut from her legs I walked back by my truck and watched. She layed there for a bit and looked around before getting up and moving about. The funny part is that she never ran, she walked and paused several times looking in my direction occasionally and slowly faded into the bush. A little stiff from the incident but seemed otherwise quite healthy.
So that was my good deed for the day, and with any luck the deer will make a full recovery.
Next is repairing the fence.
When the wire was cut from her legs I walked back by my truck and watched. She layed there for a bit and looked around before getting up and moving about. The funny part is that she never ran, she walked and paused several times looking in my direction occasionally and slowly faded into the bush. A little stiff from the incident but seemed otherwise quite healthy.
So that was my good deed for the day, and with any luck the deer will make a full recovery.
Next is repairing the fence.
