Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Best Fish Story Ever!

This is the best fish story EVER! I found this on Face Book. I know not everyone does the FB thing, so I'm going to cross-post the whole thing with pictures. This story comes from the Second Chance Ranch in Washington State.


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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.
"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 on-board, they collapsed with exhaustion, shivering. We headed for Taku Harbour. Once we reached the dock, the first
buck that we had been 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 (that’s him in the wheelbarrow).

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!"



3 comments:

Savanna Kougar said...

Any port or boat in a storm. I love that 'fish deer' story.

Thanks, Rebecca, for posting it.

Pat C. said...

Were the bucks humming the theme from "Jaws"?

Wonder what they were doing out there? Looking for a little seahorse action? And they knew enough to swim toward a boat. Who says animals are stupid?

Rebecca Gillan said...

ROTFLMAO! Jaws? I am never going to get the mental image out of my head now. Too funny!