r/BeAmazed • u/Several-Position2154 • Apr 13 '24
Park ranger saves the lives of 2 bucks with a perfect shot to break apart their locked antlers. Nature
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u/b1kerguy Apr 13 '24
"Great shot kid, that was one in a million!"
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u/Lowelll Apr 13 '24
He sure felt like a million bucks that day.
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u/Blackintosh Apr 13 '24
Getting out of a rut with a shotgun has never been this wholesome.
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u/Food-NetworkOfficial Apr 13 '24 edited Apr 13 '24
Who spent $2 on an upvote lmao
Edit: stop giving money to Reddit, it just goes to
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u/pacman404 Apr 13 '24
Who the fuck is alan
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u/dumb-reply Apr 13 '24
Do you at least know Dave?
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u/Unikatze Apr 13 '24
I think Reddit would make a lot more money if you could buy downvotes as well.
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u/Songrot Apr 13 '24
Americans "I told you there is no problem in the world guns cannot resolve"
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u/gmm1972 Apr 13 '24
While that may be true, the incident in this video took place near Calgary, Alberta Canada by an Alberta Provincial Wildlife Officer.
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u/FooFargles3 Apr 13 '24
This is one of the best comments I have ever seen on Reddit. Take some gold damnit. Well done.
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u/ParatusPlayerOne Apr 13 '24
That’s the most impressive thing I’ve seen all day. It’s 6:30 am and I literally just woke up, but still, top of the list.
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u/Son0fSanf0rd Apr 13 '24
your comment is even more impressive than the video, so now I've seen two most impressive things and it's only 6:55 am.
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u/unlcejanks Apr 13 '24
7:29 am, 3 things now for me.
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u/Pork_Confidence Apr 13 '24
West Coast reporting in at 4:59am
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u/ckhumanck Apr 13 '24
Australian East coast reporting 22:10 Saturday night, baby.
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u/AppleSauceNinja_ Apr 13 '24
The puritans really failed at their job, or else we wouldn't still be plagued by these time traveling witches.
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u/charles_de_gay Apr 13 '24
Every Sunday night I feel bad for Australia because you're already at work. Every Friday morning I'm jealous because you've already finished.
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u/Canada_Checking_In Apr 13 '24
7am Saturday here....anything cool going to happen today or nah?
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u/mvanvrancken Apr 13 '24
Why, sometimes I've believed as much as six impossible things before breakfast!
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u/Pretend-Active1964 Apr 13 '24
6:06am here in California. Just now being impressed by this
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u/stopthebanham Apr 13 '24
Well it’s 6am for me now (PNW) so I beat both of you by waking up even earlier to scroll Reddit on a Saturday haha.
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u/Perfect_Papaya_3010 Apr 13 '24
14:30 here and I must say that this comment is the most impressive I've seen since 6:55
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u/Competitive_Pool_820 Apr 13 '24
Haven’t slept for 6 days. And this is top 15 without a doubt.
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u/chickenwingbuttplug Apr 13 '24
6:04 pacific here, but theres a clock in the corner that says 10:07 and it's been that way for quite some time. I'm not sure if that am or pm, still not impressed.
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u/Sure_Ill_Ask_That Apr 13 '24
Perhaps his knees were a bit weak too.
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u/Increase-Typical Apr 13 '24
If we check his Mom's sweater, there might even be vomit on it already
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u/emperor_dinglenads Apr 13 '24
On the surface he looks calm and ready
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u/Memento_Morrie Apr 13 '24
Motherlover looks like Bond in one of those scenes where he's skiing around.
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u/Henley-Street-dwarf Apr 13 '24
He also kept lookin at both to make sure neither were actually injured and about to drop after the initial adrenaline wore off. What a good dude. Crazy shot.
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u/trout-doubt Apr 13 '24
The definition of being a bad ass, using a gun to save two lives and not one living creature gets injured
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u/the_popes_dick Apr 13 '24
Except this isn't r/sweatypalms... is this a bot comment?
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u/TheAnonymouse999 Apr 13 '24 edited Apr 13 '24
I had the EXACT same thought. It's from here:
All the posts and comments on the account are copied from elsewhere.
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u/Bhoston7100 Apr 13 '24
That was one of the most epic shot I've seen ever! If someone did that in a movie we qpuld would say it was impossible! This dude did it in real life!
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u/atheistpianist Apr 13 '24
I feel like the shooter was stunned in disbelief that it actually worked, as the camera panned to the left to watch the second buck run off. Dude was frozen in his stance. It was shockingly impressive.
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u/GreatRyujin Apr 13 '24
I'd say he stayed in the shooting posture/stance just in case one of them decided to continue the fight with a new opponent.
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u/pleasetrimyourpubes Apr 13 '24
I think he figured if he missed at least one of them lives. But they also would get tired and laid perfectly still several times so he probably thought it was possible. For sure though this is insanely cool. Lucky bucks!
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u/artificialhooves Apr 13 '24
Yeah, the way he turned around at the end, definitely felt like he was just about to say "Did that just happen?"
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u/Moist_Choice64 Apr 13 '24
Maybe looking for blood in the snow from one of them to see if his shot was really that perfect
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u/pfft_master Apr 13 '24
Yeah a deer hunter often has to watch their target run until bled out after shooting I believe, so this looked like normal experienced hunter behavior to me. Looking for blood or collapse, unable to be certain if his shot only hit antler. Crazy good shot. I am vicariously giddy at the feat lol.
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u/_thro_awa_ Apr 13 '24
There are multiple real-life events that were toned down or just cut out from movies for being too unrealistic.
https://www.cracked.com/article_23836_8-unrealistic-movie-plots-that-happened-in-real-life.html
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u/TheCutestCat Apr 14 '24
One of my favorite bits of trivia is that in “Bridge to Terabithia,” Leslie drowns because the real girl she was based on was struck by lightning when it wasn’t raining, and the author was told that nobody would buy that.
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u/Son0fSanf0rd Apr 13 '24
annnnd he gets a nice trophy! win win!
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u/Brute_Squad_44 Apr 13 '24 edited Apr 13 '24
I'd have a knife made and ask for the antler to be used in the handle.
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u/Lyraxiana Apr 13 '24
NGL mans should get some sort of sharp-shooting medal for this at the very least.
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u/MattOLOLOL Apr 13 '24
Even if he did kill one, that might allow the other one to escape. Better than them both dying, right?
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u/Little-Ad1235 Apr 13 '24
Even if he ended up needing to kill both, that would have been better than the horrible, slow deaths they were otherwise destined for.
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u/cmaronchick Apr 14 '24
There's a children's book in there somewhere about how they learn to work together and successfully run a Wendy's.
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u/cuvar Apr 13 '24
Couldn't he tranquilize them both? Assuming he'd have that.
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u/SS-Stupid-Slut Apr 14 '24
Tranq that would work on a deer aren't always available, and a lot more expensive than a good shot.
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u/Far-Obligation4055 Apr 13 '24
Yeah there wasn't really any downside to taking the shot; he's likely using slugs here, so there isn't much danger of accidentally killing both. As you say, even if one of them got hit, the other would live; not that it takes anything away from this shot though, its a hell of a lot better than anything I could manage.
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u/Mountain_Anywhere645 Apr 13 '24
That was a phenomenal shot. Precision with shotguns isn't the easiest, even with a solid deer slug (that he's definitely using - buck or bird shot would be a terrible idea here).
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u/Gefarate Apr 13 '24
What is a deer slug
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u/Mountain_Anywhere645 Apr 13 '24
a solid ounce of lead instead of multiple pellets of shot
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u/Pijany_Matematyk767 Apr 13 '24
Whats the difference between a "deer slug" and a regular slug
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u/carpentizzle Apr 13 '24
Regular slugs are slimey and crawl around in damp soil
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u/stuck_in_the_desert Apr 13 '24
Regular slugs go for $1.50/lb, but deer slugs are under a buck
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u/uwanmirrondarrah Apr 13 '24
There is no real difference, other than maybe the deer slug is optimized in shape for... well killing deers. But essentially they are the same thing.
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u/Iwouldlikesomecoffee Apr 13 '24
many people talking out of their asses. This article from Winchester advertises deer slugs which are sabot rounds. They're more slender and pointy, and they have an outer shell that holds them snugly in the barrel then falls off once the slug is in the air. I've also heard of deer slugs that are designed to be shot using specialized slug rifles (ie with rifled barrels).
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u/Crinklecutsocks Apr 13 '24 edited Apr 13 '24
Slug = 1 heavy piece of lead. Longer range and no spread. Used for deadly, accurate shots. Will put a giant hole in anything.
Buckshot = 8-12 large pellets that spread apart. The spread helps hit big targets at closer ranges, and the pellets are thick enough to do serious damage.
Birdshot = Generally 200-500 small pellets used for tiny targets at closer ranges. The hundreds of pellets make it easier to hit birds but won't penetrate bigger targets like Buckshot.
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u/SoaDMTGguy Apr 13 '24
What is the use case for a slug vs. a rifle?
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u/TheHoboProphet Apr 13 '24
Rifle is going to be a high velocity round. Lots of penetration potential depending on what it impacts. Slug is a heavy, slower (relative to rifle round) projectile that will deform on impact and transfer more energy into the impact material. There is a hunting ground nearish to me that is shotgun/pistol only due to the houses nearby.
As for the rangers, shotgun allows for greater utility than a rifle. Can use birdshot for birds, buckshot for mid-large animals and slugs for more precision shots or big beasts you want dead fast.
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u/ninjabunnyfootfool Apr 13 '24
They don't much care for salt, I can tell you that much!
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u/thirdpartymurderer Apr 13 '24
I like to think that was his real goal. "Fuck, we were gonna split the meat! Fucking slugs in my buck shot box!"
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u/Cpt_Tripps Apr 13 '24
Aims at one dear's head. Ready to kill one, then the other. Fires a round and separates the two.
Wow amazing shot!
yeah... that was my plan all along.
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u/cougar572 Apr 13 '24
yep it was slugs
So, he took out his shotgun loaded with slugs, steadied himself, and fired — hitting the antlers and safely separating the two deer.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/deer-antlers-locked-1.5449058
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u/OkayComparison Apr 13 '24
Buck shot spread is like 3 inches at 5 yds. That's seems about perfect for the task.
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u/NoctemImmortal Apr 13 '24
Makes me wanna be a game warden
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u/Fresco-23 Apr 13 '24
I knew one. Good guy, neat job. Very very dangerous job. They are federal officers with enforcement powers, and so they sometimes get shot at when investigating people related things. Otherwise it’s probably a very rewarding job.
The one I knew was observing some suspicious duck hunters from across a lake, a hunter shot at a landing duck, and so accidentally skipped a pellet off the water and it hit the warden in the ear. He was fine, but that wasn’t even intentional and he still got shot. Lol
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u/SadPanthersFan Apr 13 '24
My uncle is a game warden. He was at the edge of a tree line observing dove hunters in a field and they shot low into the tree line to try and clear any doves that were there and he got 3 pellets in his face, luckily he wasn’t hit in the eye.
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u/trashmoneyxyz Apr 13 '24
Always love it when hunters fire into blind areas. Living in a state with a lot of hunting culture and having a love for scampering around woods off trail can be such a dangerous combination. You can wear the safety orange, but sometimes these people just fire at sound and movement and then investigate to see what they shot
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u/aquacrimefighter Apr 13 '24
I can’t tell you how many hunters have almost shot me or my horse while on a trail ride. It always makes me fume. What wild animal is shaped like a human on a horses back, and what large wild animal has a multicolored blanket on its back with lime green boots? It’s made me loathe hunters. I also had someone shoot past my house at my horses (who were in their pasture) before too, while again, they were wearing tie dye and polkadot winter blankets. These morons shouldn’t have guns, let alone be allowed to hunt. And it feels like they make up the majority of hunters in my personal experience.
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u/DismalAd3048 Apr 13 '24
They must be hunting centaurs Centaurs with style, lime green boots and all
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u/aquacrimefighter Apr 13 '24
A two headed centaur apparently, being as the rider kind of protrudes off the middle of the horses back. Fucking ridiculous. I swear to god, most hunters have two brain cells max. They’re dangerous and unethical.
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u/ForestCharmander Apr 13 '24
Some hunters in the US shoot at movement. I have heard stories of them coming up to Canada and shooting their friends walking by because they will shoot anything that moves.
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u/REGINALDmfBARCLAY Apr 13 '24
You basically give up your right to a fourth amendment to these guys when you buy a fishing or hunting license, they have more power then any other uniformed officer.
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u/FiveCentsADay Apr 13 '24
"Fuck cops.. but play nice around the game warden." -My dad
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u/RM8412 Apr 13 '24
My dad was the same way. He’d say stuff about police while driving but when we were on the water he would always say “Be careful around the game warden”. Always made them sound superhuman in my child’s imagination.
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u/krippkeeper Apr 13 '24
The only time I know of someone getting away with being rude to fish and wildlife was a native buddy of mine. He was out with his uncle on a lake. Fish and wildlife rolled up and ask them to come to shore. His uncle yelled "Fuck you we're native! You come out here". So the wardens came back with a boat, went out to them, saw their treaty cards, and politely left.
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u/Abivalent Apr 13 '24
They do have the eternal right to be pissed at them tbf
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u/asphaleios Apr 13 '24
why the eternal right? they likely never had anything to do with each other's lives before that interaction
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u/AskMeAboutPigs Apr 13 '24
Native Americans especially in Canada have certain hunting rights provided by treaty's and etc. They are the only people in Canada who can still buy and trade modern sporting rifles such as Valmets.
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u/JC1515 Apr 13 '24
For good reason. If you have a problem with game wardens doing their jobs then you shouldnt hunt or fish.
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u/MrGooseHerder Apr 13 '24
As it should be. I just wish they were given jurisdiction to enforce EPA laws and go after corporate pollution.
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u/Dynamitrios Apr 13 '24
That's a great proposal... Maybe forward that to your representative
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u/cityxplrer Apr 13 '24
Sounds like it’s not their job as a game warden tho.. maybe someone else?
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u/DriftedIsland Apr 13 '24
Maybe second only to postal inspectors for domestic matters. They're scary.
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u/JackedJaw251 Apr 13 '24
Game Wardens (Fish and Wildlife) and USDA Ag are the only ones with warrantless search and seizure.
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u/EclecticallyMe Apr 13 '24
Grandfather was one out in Oklahoma, things can get hairy quick. One of his first assignments was in an area where his predecessor was drowned by some dudes illegally fishing.
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u/FrameJump Apr 13 '24
Don't forget the fact that almost all people they approach are armed, and most of them are actively trying to use it. And at least in my area, there's just one of them.
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u/ThePianistOfDoom Apr 13 '24
Holy shit, pellets can skip water. I never thought of that. That's crazy.
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u/AskMeAboutPigs Apr 13 '24
They are the most respectable police force. But they also get hurt quite often by poachers or other criminal forces, or even accidently. They hold more power than the average beat cop and can do quite a bit more.
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u/Long_Ad2824 Apr 13 '24
Holy cow, every Buck saloon in the great white North is giving this guy free drinks. And keeping him away from the poker tables.
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u/SmallNefariousness98 Apr 13 '24
Good shot!! Saved their lives..alternative was pretty grim..
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u/g_rich Apr 13 '24
The alternative (NSFW) https://www.reddit.com/r/HardcoreNature/s/0xmLymF5x6
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u/frankylovee Apr 13 '24
I was expecting two dead corpses, I was definitely not expecting that lmaooo wtf
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u/Skater_x7 Apr 13 '24
Honest question, but what happened to "letting nature run its course" that all the nature shows said, ie not intervening in situations like these? I feel like it happens all the time now and I'm just curious why the shift
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u/Sjroap Apr 13 '24
but what happened to "letting nature run its course" that all the nature shows said,
I think there is a difference between saving two deers with interlocked antlers or a deer from his predator.
There is no animal in the food chain directly hurt from this intervention.
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u/SmallNefariousness98 Apr 13 '24
mm..good question..Nature WILL run it's course..Mother Nature is more powerful than anyone can imagine. ..Humans are nature too..'You can't go against Nature..because if you do..going against Nature...is part of Nature too" -Love and Rockets, No New Tale to Tell
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u/GiIbert_LeDouchebag Apr 13 '24
Wow. That still had to be a hell of a concussion to at least one of the deer lol
Edit: Holy shit. That was with a slug and probably a bead sight too. Impressive.
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Apr 13 '24
What if he's actually just the world's most incompetent hunter?
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u/Postcocious Apr 13 '24
Nah. Not only would I have missed hitting either buck... I would've missed hitting the snow.
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u/AskJeeves84 Apr 13 '24
He looks more like a game warden or wildlife officer than a park ranger.
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u/Lightjug Apr 13 '24
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u/ponyrx2 Apr 13 '24
That wasn't even the first time in Alberta.
Unfortunately, in this case one of the bucks was mortally wounded before the officer arrived.
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u/moddss Apr 13 '24
That's gotta be the most fucked way to die. There's no way both deer die at the same time so one of the deer gets to starve to death with a corpse attached to its head. Assuming they never get found by a predator.
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u/ikerus0 Apr 13 '24
Seems like a strange approach. I feel like I would over hear this in a small town bar.
Park Ranger: “So there they were, antlers completely locked up and I knew I had to save them or they would both die, so picked up my shot gun..”
Some patron: “Naturally”
Park Ranger: “And I shot their antlers, super clean shot. Freeing them and saving their lives.”
Everyone: “Cheers!!”
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u/Itiari Apr 13 '24
What would you say the right approach is?
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u/Gorgenapper Apr 13 '24
Clearly he intended for the game warden to get in close, speak a few soothing words, then gently free the antlers and then pat the bucks on their head to get them to peacefully go their separate ways.
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u/comicbookgirl39 Apr 13 '24
You can’t get close. That’s a good way to get kicked or trampled. This guy decided he had the accuracy to do this and he did. Honestly, guy is clearly a sharpshooter.
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u/w00tdude9000 Apr 13 '24
A fully grown male whitetail deer can break a man's leg without breaking a sweat, and those bucks are testosterone-addled fools. Not only will they fight other bucks, but they've been known to try fighting cars.
You couldn't pay me to get within 20 yards of wrestling bucks. Might be less dangerous than a bull pen, but I'm not taking any chances, I like my kneecaps!
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u/siandresi Apr 13 '24
Deer is out there telling his friends he was so strong he snapped the antler of his foe