Outdoor Oddities » Whitetail Deer http://www.outdooroddities.com Strange, but true, stories of outdoor oddities Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:12:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Deer Swimming in the Ocean http://www.outdooroddities.com/2012/01/09/deer-swimming-in-the-ocean-2/ http://www.outdooroddities.com/2012/01/09/deer-swimming-in-the-ocean-2/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:45:14 +0000 Joe Beitler http://www.outdooroddities.com/?p=1462 The Best Day Of Fishing Ever! Some fishing stories are a little hard to believe, But this guy has pictures to prove his story… Tom Satre told the Sitka Gazette that he was out with a charter group on his 62-foot fishing vessel when four juvenile black-tailed deer swam directly toward his boat.

Deer Swimming in the Ocean

4 Deer Swimming in the Ocean

“Once the deer reached the boat, the four began to circle the boat, looking directly at us.. We could tell right away that the young bucks were distressed. I opened up my back gate and we helped the typically skittish and absolutely wild animals onto the boat. In all my years fishing, I’ve never seen anything quite like it! Once onboard, they collapsed with exhaustion, shivering.”

Deer Swimming in the Ocean

The Deer now on the Deck of his Boat

“This is a picture I took of the rescued bucks on the back of my boat, the Alaska Quest. We headed for Taku Harbour. Once we reached the dock, the first buck that we pulled from the water hopped onto the dock, looked back as if to say ‘thank you’ and disappeared into the forest. After a bit of prodding and assistance, two more followed, but the smallest deer needed a little more help.

Deer Swimming in the Ocean

Tuckered out deer taking a ride in a wheel barrow

This is me carrying the little guy.

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On last look. (Deer Swimming in the Ocean)

My daughter, Anna, and son, Tim, helped the last buck to its feet. We didn’t know how long they had been in the icy waters or if there had been others who did not survive. My daughter later told me that the experience was something that she would never forget, and I suspect the deer felt the same way as well!”

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]]> http://www.outdooroddities.com/2012/01/09/deer-swimming-in-the-ocean-2/feed/ 0 Bad Shot vs a Dumb Deer http://www.outdooroddities.com/2011/07/18/bad-shot-vs-a-dumb-deer/ http://www.outdooroddities.com/2011/07/18/bad-shot-vs-a-dumb-deer/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:02:08 +0000 Joe Beitler http://www.outdooroddities.com/?p=1421 Some times it takes the deer a little longer to process that it is being shot at.  Lucky for this deer the hunter was not an accurate shot.

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Anyway, this monster with a  gnarly rack was taken near Hondo, Texas

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Sometimes they have other things in mind when they see a lifelike statue. Check out this moose.

Whitetail buck dead after battling a concrete Elk statue

Check out dead buck in the background

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This deer had some very uncomfortable days until he was harvested by this hunter. It is obvious that there was a fight during the rut and this deer ended up with an extra antler (embedded below the eye). You can see that the antler from the attacking deer was broke off below the base of the antler as there is still blood on the pedicel. That takes a tremendous amount of pressure. Pretty amazing.

Whitetail Buck with antler stuck in eye socket

Whitetail Buck with antler stuck in eye socket

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See more pics of at Field & Stream

Everyone finds this so amazing when in reality triple lockups happen quite often.   See this post.

Also, whitetail bucks locking up and then drowning is not so rare either. Check this out.

Ohio Bucks Triple Anter Locked - Drowned

Triple Lockup.

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]]> http://www.outdooroddities.com/2011/02/14/bike-path-or-a-moose-path/feed/ 0 Black Whitetail Fawn in Beamsville http://www.outdooroddities.com/2011/02/10/black-whitetail-fawn-in-beamsville/ http://www.outdooroddities.com/2011/02/10/black-whitetail-fawn-in-beamsville/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:19:35 +0000 Joe Beitler http://www.outdooroddities.com/?p=1157 Check out these cool photos of a black whitetail fawn.  Supposedly in Beamsville.  Ontario, perhaps?  Very cool pics.

This is another example of melanism.  Melanism is the opposite of albinism.  Where albinism is a condition where the animals has less than normal pigmentation,  melanism is an condition where the animal has more than normal pigmentation or melanin.

Check out this post of a full grown black whitetail buck.

Here are some posts of some beautiful albino animals including twin deer.

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]]> http://www.outdooroddities.com/2011/02/10/black-whitetail-fawn-in-beamsville/feed/ 1 US Airways Flight Hits Deer on Runway http://www.outdooroddities.com/2010/10/22/us-airways-flight-hits-deer-on-runway/ http://www.outdooroddities.com/2010/10/22/us-airways-flight-hits-deer-on-runway/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:46:50 +0000 Joe Beitler http://www.outdooroddities.com/?p=1133 You are, no doubt, aware of airplanes, jet airliners, hitting birds in flight.  Most have no effect on the aircraft in flight and end up being just Darwinism at work.  However, some strikes can have dramatic effects on the planes and the passengers inside.

The most spectacular recent incident you may recall was when US Airways Flight 1549 was taking off from LaGuardia when it ran through a flock of geese.  That aircraft lost power and was successfully landed in the Hudson River by pilot Chesley B. Sullenburger III.

Today I ran across a story of a plane landing in Charlotte, NC that hit a herd of deer!  ABC News is reporting that the plane “plowed through” a herd of deer shortly after landing.  Sounds like the plane had landed and was braking when they encountered the herd.  There were no injuries but, at least one deer was entangled in the right main landing gear.

I can’t find any pictures of the aftermath but here are some pictures of planes that have encountered birds.

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