2 bucks 1 happy story

[black-ice]

OK hunters and animal enthusiasts?????.Here is a good story and a good ending.  I am amazed on how long the other buck survived under the circumstances.

 not sure if pics will turn out ,copy and paste from e-mail



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

On November 6, a relative, Dona Viereck, called to tell us that she was driving to Canton , South Dakota and had seen a buck in the distance with his head down. It wasn't moving, and although she honked the car horn repeatedly, he wouldn't raise his head.

She grabbed her binoculars and looked at him, and saw that the buck's horns were entangled with those of another one, which was dead. So she called us and asked if we wanted an adventure -- untangling the animals! Well, we went, pronto!!! I took my camera and we walked right up to them.

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

They were tangled in an old fence line just east of a golf course, where some railroad tracks had been. The live buck was on the high side, and the dead buck on the slope. The other buck had been dead for 2 or 3 days, we estimated.

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

Terry attempted to break a point off the dead buck's rack with his pliers, but couldn't. He tried turning the dead buck's head but the other one just became more frightened and started backing up.

The live buck had the bigger rack - a 5 x 6. The dead buck was bigger bodied and looked to be an older deer. It had more "stickers" on its rack.

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

 

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

 

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

The now scared buck eventually got out of the fence, and out in the open. Terry pulled an old post out of the fence line and used it to try and pry the racks loose, but it didn't work.

 

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

 

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

 

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

 

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

We finally decided to go to a friend's house in order to borrow his chainsaw, but then we thought something quieter would be better, and so got a hacksaw instead. Terry sawed the main beam on the dead buck and then other one was free!

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

 

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

The buck didn't realize this for probably 30 seconds or so. When he did, he started striking the dead buck in the face repeatedly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

He finally raised his head a little, and then a little more. He stood there with his head held high looking at both of us and we wondered if he were going to try charging us too! Then he turned and ran off rather wobbly. He went a short distance, lay down briefly, and then got up and took off in the direction of the Big Sioux River .
-Terry and Sherry Bolding

 

 

 

 

 



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding



photo: Terry and Sherry Bolding

Terry and Sherry, thanks for the great story and photos, and for setting the big guy free! Maybe now one of our readers has the chance to meet up with him under better circumstances. -- The eds.

 
 
 
 

[black-ice]

will post some pics

[black-ice]

pics from story was alot more pics only alowwed to post 6

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[Stensethfan]

That is one heck of a story!  Nice work by the individuals.

[kingfisher1]

great story!  It's nice to know at least one of them survived!!!

[JCAMERON]

Talk about having a cramped neck!!

[kingfisher1]

Talk about having a cramped neck!!

no kidding! 

[Outdoors Junkie]

What a cool story!  Thanks for sharing it with us!

[Spinach]

Awesome story and thanks for sharing this. I really enjoyed the read.

You can also add more pics in a new post if you would like to. 6 per each post is the current setup, I'm sure we would all appreciate more pictures of this.

[black-ice]

more pics

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[sandmannd]

Great story. Good to know there are folks out there that will save these animals instead of running them over with sleds.

Thanks for sharing.

[Bigstone]

Beautiful pictures and thanks for sharing your story!
Bigstone