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Astonishing Video Shows Illinois Officer Freeing Two Tangled Deer…by Shooting Their Antlers Apart

Feb. 14, 2013 2:29pm Jason Howerton

Incredible video, uploaded to YouTube on Wednesday, reportedly shows an Illinois officer using his service weapon to shoot apart the antlers of two bucks who had become extremely tangled during a fight.

The bucks can be seen writhing and struggling to get free, but their efforts are fruitless. A spokesman for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources told The Daily Mail that the bucks likely would have died if they were unable to free themselves.

Astonishing Video Shows Illinois Officer Freeing Two Deer by Shooting Their Antlers Apart

(YouTube)

“He’s worn out, he’s going to give you a shot,” one officer tells the one wielding his weapon. An Illinois conservation police officer, a state trooper and a Will County Forest Preserve officer all responded to the scene.

“Take it if you can,” one officer can be heard saying, before he fires the first shot. Shockingly, the video shows deer don”t seem too frightened by the sound of the gunshot and only flinch slightly. Standing feet from the two bucks, the officer takes four shots to break the antler. Once freed, the two deer jump up and sprint away.

“Good shot, good job,” an officer says.

(YouTube)

Comments (127)

Bob Guitar
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 11:10am
Should have put the two deer in a cabin and burned it to the ground. Because yum!

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Krutch
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 10:56am
Evil gun! It had more than one bullet!

So…if I hit one of those deer with my car and total it, can I sue the state for damages? After all if nature ran it’s course, the animal wouldn’t have been alive to run in front of my car.
Make as much sense as guns making people kill!

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JimNew
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 10:44am
So what’s so astonishing?
I would have shot em both in the head. Two less crop destroying, giant rats.

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123456beatriz
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 10:44am
Thanks God this guy did not kill the poor animals! :)

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Tickdog
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 10:39am
oh those pesky antlers… nice shooting !

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FightingBear
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:35am
A pair of school sissors would have been a much safer way to do the job.

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grimjack3791
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:40am
But but but… guns aren’t good for anything but killing people. The media said so.

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shift
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:54pm
ok this guy didnt shoot the antlers apart, he shot until the deer panicked and he shot one of them and injured it that is why it stumbled it probably died later that day.

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ScarletRose
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:20pm
Having helped detangle a couple of deer from fences, before, I say the safest way for GOOD SHOT is to shot the antlers. Deer have trouble discerning “helping hands”.
This can be tough for well-domesticated animals who are in a strenuous bind.

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Fourthhorseman
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:08pm
Nice Bucks!!!!!!

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gimmedatfree
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:51pm
Guns in Illinios ?

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vic138
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:40pm
3 shots from that far and that fast with a handgun. I think he hit one. Oh well…

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John655
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 8:53pm
Later at the local deer pub….”I’m telling you guys this guy had us in his sites. We were locked together and couldn’t move. He walked right up to us and took 3 or 4 shots. I thought I was a dead-deer. But, not only did he miss both of us but one of his shots actually freed us from each other, it was a 1 in a million shot. I was praying for God to get me through this and he did. God must have made him a terrible shot.”

“Oh Buck you’re so full of it. No one believes you.”

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TJexcite
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 8:16pm
They had to be stuck together for hours for someone to see them stuck and then call the police, who then called the other agencies to come to help.

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- ScarletRose
  Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:24pm
  Some die that way.
  
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Praetor
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 8:15pm
These geniuses, especially the Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources law enforcement officers, didn’t think to tranquilize the deer? Really…?

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- alinskythis
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 2:47pm
  Great point.
  
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Gargent_Furball
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 7:22pm
And How much would I have been fined for doing the same thing ??

Legislators, some of them need to be Shot.

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alinskythis
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 6:46pm
Way to go!

These days, it seems the standard operating procedure against innocent animals in distress or lost their way is simply to open fire without a second of hesitation, no questions asked.

It is encouraging to see someone go to some personal trouble to preserve lives.

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dumpsterdog
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 6:46pm
did he really hit the antlers or did the deer, frightened from the last shot, leap themselves loose?

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injunjoe
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 6:03pm
I think Illinois should outlaw antlers, then these deer won’t have this issue…

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freebornpatriot
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 6:03pm
My degree is in Zoology, and even with the over-population, I would have done the same thing. It would have been a cool shot to take.

How is it that the overpopulation was allowed to happen? The Oklahoma the Department of Wildlife Conservation will loosen the rules in an area where the deer population expands too rapidly. It sounds as if the Illinois Department of Natural Resources if not paying attention. You would think that in a state with so much poverty, and so many deer, that they would see the obvious solution.

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Totally Domestic
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 6:00pm
Add deer separation to the list of gun usages.

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Bluenoser
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 5:22pm
One buck deer can mate with dozens of females every year. The biggest, strongest and most dominant bucks get the harem so to speak. The antlers are dropped every year and grow back covered in blood rich velvet which eventually sheds and leaves the hard antler. Buck deer have been known to attack humans while in the rut. Nice story.

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RefreshTheTreeOfLiberty
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 5:19pm
That was awesome! Nicely done officer.

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rthomas4
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 5:17pm
It’s a shame that Illinois only allows one buck per season. Down here in SC, if I came across two big bucks locked up like that, it would be while they are in rut; which happens to be in the middle of deer season. With no limits on the number of bucks I can kill, I’d have two fine trophies and a lot of cubed steak and hamburger. BTW, those are two excellent contributors to the gene pool, since they exhibit great antler mass and strength, while doing just what bucks are supposed to do.

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nonofmybiznez
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 5:04pm
Nice shootin. Only other way is to saw them off. They will grow back. I kinda thought he might have hit one of them though. Some areas are so overrun with deer they are a nuisance. Some places they have some kind of wasting disease they have died out and are slowly making a comeback. That’s why they have hunting seasons. To cull them out.

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