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from: morgan hendrickson hndrksnx2@hotmail.com
to: friends & family
Hi! Although this probably happens a lot, it is rarely captured on film!
I thought you'd enjoy the story and pictures!
morgan
this has a happy ending for the survivor!
Locked Horns
On November 6, a relative, Dona Viereck, called to tell us that she was driving to
Canton, South Dakota and had seen a buck in the distance with his head down.
It wasn't moving, and although she honked the car horn repeatedly,
he wouldn't raise his head.
She grabbed her binoculars and looked at him, and saw that the buck's horns were
entangled with those of another one, which was dead. So she called us and asked if
we wanted an adventure -- untangling the animals!
Well, we went, pronto!!! I took my camera and we walked right up to them.
They were tangled in an old fence line just east of a golf course, where some railroad tracks had been. The live buck was on the high side, and the dead buck on the slope. The other buck had been dead for 2 or 3 days, we estimated.
Terry attempted to break a point off the dead buck's rack with his pliers, but couldn't. He tried turning the dead buck's head but the other one just became more frightened and started backing up.
The live buck had the bigger rack - a 5 x 6. The dead buck was bigger bodied and looked to be an older deer. It had more "stickers" on its rack.
The now scared buck eventually got out of the fence, and out in the open.
Terry pulled an old post out of the fence line and used it to try and pry the racks
loose, but it didn't work.
We finally decided to go to a friend's house in order to borrow his chainsaw,
but then we thought something quieter would be better,
and so got a hacksaw instead.
Terry sawed the main beam on the dead buck and then other one was free!
The buck didn't realize this for probably 30 seconds or so.
When he did, he started striking the dead buck in the face repeatedly.
He finally raised his head a little, and then a little more.
He stood there with his head held high looking at both of us and we
wondered if he were going to try charging us too!
Then he turned and ran off rather wobbly.
He went a short distance, lay down briefly,
and then got up and took off in the direction of the Big Sioux River.
Terry and Sherry, thanks for the great story and photos,
and for setting the big guy free!
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Steve Watrous
"Skipper"
GO COUGS
The locked door at Nanaimo Hall in Penticton. The building has been condemned and will eventually be demolished.
The old Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company building chained shut and completely empty on the inside. Chicago, Illinois
I chose this image for space because the lock (the main focal point) is surrounded by a blurred background, which adds space.
Restored lock minus the gate at Needham lakes. Unfortunately there are now no lock gates left on the Gipping.
Canaveral Lock is "the largest navigation lock in Florida. Located between Port Canaveral's West turning basin and the Banana River, Canaveral Lock was constructed by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1965 to secure safe passage of vessels from the Banana River to Port Canaveral and the Atlantic Ocean. The lock reduces tidal-current velocities in Canaveral Harbor, prevents entry of hurricane tides into the Banana River, and prevents salt water intrusion. This lock was built larger than originally planned (600' X 90' X 14') to allow passage of the Saturn rocket's first stage, used to put Apollo rockets into space." (Wikipedia).
During the bike trip on our way back, the same place as on the previous picture, but now taken from the other side. The lighting conditions were far from perfect, but surely a place with a lot of photo promise.
National Conference League Premier Division club Lock Lane issued this 16-page programme (£2.50, with admission) for a January 2019 Challenge Cup first round tie with 2018 All Ireland champions Longhorns, from Ashbourne, County Meath. In front of 300 spectators, Castleford-based Lock Lane, reduced to 12 players by a 70th-minute red card for an unduly aggressive challenge, clung on for a barely deserved 16-10 victory.
Lock on a rail switch near the Verde Canyon Railroad. It just looked so nice and new next to the rusty switch gear.