Lucky deer. Another day it would probably been dead.

During the whitetail rut trophy bucks often fight and get their antlers locked and are often unable to get loose.

On November 6, a relative, Dona Viereck, called to tell us that she was driving to Canton , South Dakota and had seen a buck in the distance with his head down. It wasn’t moving, and although she honked the car horn repeatedly, he wouldn’t raise his head.

She grabbed her binoculars and looked at him, and saw that the buck’s horns were entangled with those of another one, which was dead. So she called us and asked if we wanted an adventure — untangling the animals! Well, we went, pronto!!! I took my camera and we walked right up to them.

They were tangled in an old fence line just east of a golf course, where some railroad tracks had been. The live buck was on the high side, and the dead buck on the slope. The other buck had been dead for 2 or 3 days, we estimated.

Whitetail deer can get their antlers locked so bad that they can't get apart without someone helping them.

Terry attempted to break a point off the dead buck’s rack with his pliers, but couldn’t. He tried turning the dead buck’s head but the other one just became more frightened and started backing up.

The live buck had the bigger rack – a 5 x 6. The dead buck was bigger bodied and looked to be an older deer. It had more “stickers” on its rack. The now scared buck eventually got out of the fence, and out in the open. Terry pulled an old post out of the fence line and used it to try and pry the racks loose, but it didn’t work.

During the whitetail rut bucks often fight and can get their antlers locked so bad they can't get free.

We finally decided to go to a friend’s house in order to borrow his chainsaw, but then we thought something quieter would be better, and so got a hacksaw instead. Terry sawed the main beam on the dead buck and then other one was free! The buck didn’t realize this for probably 30 seconds or so. When he did, he started striking the dead buck in the face repeatedly. He finally raised his head a little, and then a little more. He stood there with his head held high looking at both of us and we wondered if he were going to try charging us too! Then he turned and ran off rather wobbly. He went a short distance, lay down briefly, and then got up and took off in the direction of the Big Sioux River .
-Terry and Sherry Bolding

At least they were able to finally free the big buck and he will live to see another day. I hate it when whitetails get locked together when fighting and they end up dying. Great job Terry and Sherry!

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• December 5, 2008 -- Whitetail Rut Makes Public Hunting Great Option During Deer Season (3)

I have a photo album of all of my past memories deer hunting. It is fun to pull it out and recall some of the whitetail deer that I harvested in the past. It always brings back so many fun times in the great outdoors. I have always saved my photos of past hunts and am sure glad that I did. I have some great ones.

I wanted to show you some of my favorite photos of the 2008 deer season, it has been a great season so far for me. I made a lot of memories that I will cherish forever.

I was able to harvest a trophy buck bow-hunting in Illinois.

These are just a few of my favorites from 2008. I am already excited about next season. We are planning on filming some great hunts over at FoggyBottomOutdoors and are already pumped about it. If you get a chance please visit our new site at www.FoggyBottomOutdoors.com.

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• April 14, 2010 -- The John Breen Buck And Shed Hunting (1)
• April 4, 2010 -- Time To Prepare Your Deer Hunting Food Plots For Big Bucks (0)
• March 20, 2010 -- Shed Hunting Producing Some Nice Whitetail Sheds (1)
• March 13, 2010 -- Headed To Deer Hunting Property To Look For Big Bucks Sheds (1)
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