Wildlife officers couldn’t get trapped deer out of canal — so they called two cowboys
Wildlife officers were faced with a challenge of removing two deer from a canal in Arizona, so they called two cowboys for help.
Deputies and game wardens corralled the trapped mule deer to an area where they could jump out from the canal on May 22 near Casa Grande, the Arizona Game and Fish Department said in a Facebook post on May 30.
But the animals were too exhausted, so they needed some “reinforcements in the form” of cowboys.
The two “young cowboys” swung their rope and lassoed the animals, allowing officers to pull them “inch by inch” out of the canal, officials said.
They removed the rope from the deer to free them and waited.
“The cowboys, game wardens, and nature itself seemed to hold their collective breath as the deer regained their senses,” officials said.
But before everyone knew it, the deer galloped away and into the desert, officials said.
“You never know what the day will bring you as a game warden, but rest assured it will always be an adventure,” officials said in the Facebook post.
Casa Grande is about 50 miles south of Phoenix.
This story was originally published May 31, 2023 at 5:47 PM with the headline "Wildlife officers couldn’t get trapped deer out of canal — so they called two cowboys."
