Swimming Deer:uhwhat:

[WFT]

This reminded me of sometning that happened to me a few years ago.
I was bass fishing on lake Spavinaw early one morning. lake was still and quiet and I was concentrating on my line, when all of a sudden the lake exploded behind me. After I got my composure and cleaned my drawers out, I looked and there was a big doe swimming across the middle of the lake. She had jumped off the bluff above me and landed right behind the boat.

 

[30BulletHoles]

Deer are great swimmers, ive seen them swim the nav channel not to far from where u live. Illegal to kill one while swimming though.

I'll bet I could take the anchor rope and drag his azz to shore though.

 

[dennishoddy]

I noticed that last time I was out there. It seemed like almost every house had a couple deer in the yard.

My house, osage county is the same....don't ask..... as my wife would make your life miserable if anybody took one from the yard..

 

[AllOut]

I'll bet I could take the anchor rope and drag his azz to shore though.

If he didnt decide to come in the boat with ya and drag u to shore

 

[Gunrunner45]

I used to live in Washington State and we would take the ferry out to some of the islands on the weekends. I have seen blacktail deer swimming far from shore from one island to the other.

 

[WacosSon]

I don't endorse the site at all, but entertaining article RE a deer 1.5 miles offshore:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/10/deer_rescued_sw.php

 

[EFsDad]

Deer are great swimmers, ive seen them swim the nav channel not to far from where u live. Illegal to kill one while swimming though.

Where is this in the regs? I am not saying it isn't there, just curious as I don't remember reading anything like that.

 

[dlbleak]

we were out out liberty lake southwest of guthrie getting our duck blind ready. we heard some dogs barking on the west bank. they chased a nice buck into the lake and he swam all the way across. the dogs never even got in the water.

 

[criticalbass]

If he didnt decide to come in the boat with ya and drag u to shore

You might want to do a risk assessment before you act on your bold idea . . . CB

 

[AllOut]

You might want to do a risk assessment before you act on your bold idea . . . CB

i was commenting on the idea of tossing your anchor rope on him and dragging the deer to shore... My comment was my risk assessment, saying instead of being able to drag the deer to shore he may decide to join u in the boat for a good ol' butt stomp'n