Deer rescue!

tomtucker81

On a sec42 yesterday evening, mission accomplished around sunset and the necessary work done. We then had a nice hike back to the jeeps and a well earned cup of tea before heading off....only to come across this young lad stuck in the fence.

He had managed to get caught between the barbwire and sheep wire. With a bit of prying we got him free to hobble off across the field and off into the gorse, hopefully he makes a fine stag at some point.

The hoof was sore, not much else wrong. Scraped on his thigh but not properly cut.

Anyone ever come across similar?

Rescueme0007

Well done you😉, I've seen reports of similar (in Ireland) in some gun magazines, but never experienced it myself,

Alun

I'm not a hunter, but a regular hiker in Wicklow, and have come across this exact scenario twice, both in virtually the same place.

The first time, the deer had clearly been there for a while, and was exhausted, lying on the ground with it's rear leg suspended from the wire. I freed it but it wasn't going anywhere, despite attempts to massage it's leg to try and get some circulation back. Rang the NPWS duty warden and they said they'd send someone up, but didn't hear what the outcome was. I'd like to think it recovered eventually and ran off but I'm not optimistic seeing how docile it was.

The second time it had clearly happened only recently and the deer was still struggling quite strongly, so after freeing it, it scarpered pretty much quickly, albeit with a bit of a limp.

Mellor

This happens when they jump over, clear the lower fence or wire, but clip the top wire dragging it over and under the lower part.

Good job you were out, he wasn’t getting free.

Sika98k

Fallow deer are notorious for doing this. I’ve seen it several times. Unfortunately it has not always worked out well for the deer.