Hunters - yes, hunters - saved trapped deer
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2008
How about a nice story about the hunting community?
Three hunters very close to my family were out Dec. 7, walking in the woods near an old, abandoned community in Mullica Township, where they came across a young deer trapped helpless in an old, uncovered septic tank that was approximately seven feet deep.
The hunters contacted a Mullica police officer and a forest ranger, who was going to euthanize the helpless deer. But with the help of two additional hunters and a neighbor, all seven worked together to get the deer out of the hole before the forest ranger arrived.
Their attempts to dig the side of the tank out were unsuccessful. Undeterred, one of the hunters fashioned a rescue knot (similar to a lasso) and lowered it into the hole; the deer, which immediately started to panic, ran right into the rescue knot. The knot tightened and the men were able to pull the animal to safety. The emaciated deer was released from its rescue knot and struggled to its feet before slowly walking away, tired and worn out from the ordeal.
Many harsh words are directed at hunters, but it was their spirit of cooperation between man and nature that saved that deer from certain starvation.
