buckee Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) I thought many of you would find this interesting. I'm sure many of you have seen this in an email before. There were so many pictures, I thought it would be easier to view as a slideshow, after reading the story. I think this happened near the SD and Iowa border and the folks that took these pictures live in Larchwood Iowa. On November 6, a relative, Donna 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. 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. 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. 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. 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! The buck didn't realize he was free for probably 30 seconds or so. When he did, he started striking the dead buck in the face repeatedly. 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 CLICK ON LINK TO WATCH SLIDESHOW http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v336/buckee/member%20favours/?action=view¤t=b0c91090.pbw Edited January 15, 2009 by buckee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Wow...Cool story! Brave folks there. Thanks for sharing that Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shorty785 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 wow that would be kinda cool to see in person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 That's a great story and good pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 That's a great story and good pics. it sure is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TennesseeTurkey Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Yeah I got that e-mail the other day with about 12 more pics to it if anybody wants the e-mail I'll send it to ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I got that in an e-mail a couple weeks ago too. Pretty neato!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrswtnhunt Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Wow, that was pretty amazing. Neat how the buck that was still alive just stood there and looked around for a minute before he took off. I'll bet he was exhausted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Thanks Steve! That was pretty brave of that guy for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 good post, steve. and some nice bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I just got that email this week. Pretty good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladybird Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 great story and cool pics,I agree it would be cool to see in person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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