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A man was fishing on his charter fishing boat in Alaska when he sees 4 deer swimming towards his boat.
Satre slowed the boat, and the group began to watch the group of four juvenile Sitka black-tailed deer.
"They swam right toward the boat," he said. "Then, they started to circle the boat. They were looking up and looked like they needed help."
This was the first time he'd ever seen deer in this much distress, Satre said. They were foaming at the mouth, and not able to make it onto the swim step, they instead swam under it. The group knew something had to be done.
Satre guessed the bucks were of last year since their antlers were very small, for some just nubbins, and hardly large enough for him to grab on to. So he fashioned a lasso and, one by one, hauled them by the neck onto the back of the boat.
According to Kelly, the typically skittish and absolutely wild animals came willingly and once on the boat, collapsed with exhaustion. They were shivering, she said. A few could not hold up their heads. She didn't know if two would make it.
"They couldn't stand up on their own," Kelly said. "(And) they couldn't shake the water off their coats. We didn't want to touch them, but it was clear they were happy to be there. They probably would have crawled on board if they could have."
On the way back to shore the sun began to shine and the deer began to revive. One of them even stood up and walked around.
On reaching shore, that deer jumped out and ran to the forest, but the 3 others weren't standing. 2 were helped to the dock where they continued to rest and then moved to the forest on their own power.
The smallest one, though, had to be carried and then wheeled to the dock. It took some time for him to be able to stand and make his way into the woods.
The boat owner was glad there were enough people on the charter to save the deer.
Wildlife specialists speculate that the deer may have been chased into the water by predators and were unable to return to the shore they left because of the waiting and hungry wolves.
I'm glad the story had a happy ending.
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