The topic of deer hunting reminds me of the times I've come across a deer that has been entangled in a wire fence. You see the hides and bones of what is left hanging in a fence along the highway after the buzzards have eaten, but I have in mind the deer that are still alive, just with a back leg (typically) snared in a wire fence. In my career to date, I've seen three such deer. Two were just hanging in the fence with a rear leg entangled. I managed to free them both. The other was stuck in the space between two fences, a normal stock fence and an 8 ft. game fence that had been built about three feet behind it. That deer had jumped the lower fence only to find himself caught between the two. As my truck approached, he ran in a panic along the narrowing alley between the fences, his antlers catching on the wire fabric of the taller fence and jerking his head around to slow him up briefly.
About all I could do there was to let the rancher know what had happened so he could release the deer. He was the guy who had decided to leave the old stock fence in place after he had the high fence built.
I've lost count of the times I've seen the same thing. A few times it has been a coyote hung up the same way.
That reminds me of a story I heard once about a Northeastern survey crew. They were driving along and happened upon a cow with its head stuck in a fence. The old party chief about wrecked trying to pull over, jumped out ran over , dropped his britches and started making love to the cow. When he was finished he hollered over to his I-man and said " Come on , its your turn!" The I man reluctantly got out , ran over, dropped his britches, and stuck his head under the fence. :'(
Next, we will find a silly surveyor, or what's left of him, hanging upside down on one of those fences with his cell phone laying on the ground a mere few inches beyond his reach
> That reminds me of a story I heard once about a Northeastern survey crew. They were driving along and happened upon a cow with its head stuck in a fence. The old party chief about wrecked trying to pull over, jumped out ran over , dropped his britches and started making love to the cow. When he was finished he hollered over to his I-man and said " Come on , its your turn!" The I man reluctantly got out , ran over, dropped his britches, and stuck his head under the fence. :'(
yes, and I would have got away with it but the pig squealed on me.
Most of the coyotes that you see are hung there by ranchers after they are shot. I have been told that doing this scares the other coyotes away.
Found this ram while surveying earlier this year.