Two Alaska Wildlife Troopers spotted two deer stranded in cold waters as they were boating to Ketchikan, Alaska. The troopers helped the deer aboard and dropped them at a nearby island.
Two deer struggling in the waters of southeast Alaska’s famed Inside Passage finally made it to land, thanks to two Alaska Wildlife Troopers who gave the deer a lift in their boat. Sgt. Mark Finses and trooper Kyle Fuege were returning from a patrol in nearby Ernest Sound to Ketchikan on Oct. 10 when they spotted the deer, agency spokesperson Justin Freeman said in an email to The Associated Press.
The deer were floating down Clarence Strait about 14 miles northwest of Ketchikan, but not toward any particular island, Freeman said. They were fighting the current during midtide. 'Out in the middle of Clarence, they’re in rough shape, like on their last leg,' Finses said on a video he shot with his phone and that the troopers posted to social media. The troopers stopped their 33-foot patrol vessel about 150 yards from the two deer, which saw the boat and headed toward it.
’m soaked to the bone,' Finses says on the video. 'I had to pick them up and bear hug them to get them off our deck and get them on the beach.' Once back on land, the deer initially had difficulty standing and walking, Freeman said. But eventually, they were able to walk around slowly before trotting off.
The deer ended up being completely OK,' he said. It’s common to see deer swimming in southeast Alaska waters, going from one island to another; what's not common is to have deer swim up to a boat and try to get on it, Freeman said.
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