Roe deer snagged .

[Stubby]

Out with my spaniel this morning , walking along the headland of winter wheat . Came upon a Roe " pricket " His little antlers had become caught in a roll of nylon netting . It was twirled round into a rope about 3" diameter and about 6 foot in length . The other end was firmly  tangled on some old flattened barbed wire . Nothing I could do on my own . Went home , put dog away , got large Bowie knife and my mate Dave Bardwell  ( Built pretty sturdy ) . The deer was thrashing around like a salmon on a line . Eventually , after being butted a couple of time ( but not kicked )  Dave managed to get his arm around its neck . I cut through as close to its head as possible and off it went .  Would not want to do the risk assessment on that job .... 2 old men , 1 snared Roe deer thrashing like mad ,  1 eight inch Bowie knife and 6 inches of sloppy mud under foot .........! 

Edited April 1, 2018 by Stubby

[Mark Bolam]

Nice one mate.

One in the karma bank for the old gits!

[gary112]

Good on ya stubby good deed for the day

[felixthelogchopper]

Well done, Stubby and Dave.

[Billhook]

Androcles and the lion comes to mind.

 

You never know one day you may be threatened by muggers and this happens!

https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/butler-county/oxford/deer-scares-off-womans-attacker

 

[matelot]

I have to admit when I started reading about the Bowie knife I thought the deer was going to end up in a stew..

 

I done similar with a sheep that had got its head stuck through a fence. The sheep was thrashing about until I put a jacket over its head then it just sat still, couple of cuts in the fence with my leather-man and the sheep was on its merry way.

[Stubby]

32 minutes ago, matelot said:

I have to admit when I started reading about the Bowie knife I thought the deer was going to end up in a stew..

 

I done similar with a sheep that had got its head stuck through a fence. The sheep was thrashing about until I put a jacket over its head then it just sat still, couple of cuts in the fence with my leather-man and the sheep was on its merry way.

I found one upside down with its fleece snagged in bramble . Like you only had a leatherman wave at the time . The thorns did he business on my hands but I got her up the right way and she toddled off with a few bits still attached . Don't think they last long up the wrong way .