VicPD and B.C. Conservation Officer Service teamed up to free two bucks who were entangled in a fishing net and dragging a wheelbarrow sized piece of driftwood behind them. (VicPD)

VIDEO: Police, Conservation untangle two boisterous bucks

October 26, 2020 // by Victoria News Staff

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Victoria police and B.C. Conservation Officer Service teamed up on recently to help two Blacktail bucks who got tangled up in a fishing net.

Oh deer! Patrol officers teamed up w @_BCCOS to rescue 2 bucks entangled in a fishing net & large piece of driftwood in Fairfield Sunday. #yyj | https://t.co/4WTvvv5aPw pic.twitter.com/J6Y9sNz4Zo

— Victoria Police (@vicpdcanada) October 26, 2020

VicPD was called to the residential neighbourhood just after 10 a.m. on Oct. 25 for a report of two deer in distress. When the officers arrived, they found two bucks entangled in a fishing net and dragging a large, wheelbarrow-sized piece of driftwood.

Bystanders had surrounded them and at several points throughout the rescue, officers needed to remind them to stand back to give the animals and officers room to work.

A conservation officer along with VicPD officers sedated and freed the bucks, cutting them free of the fishing net.

Using a patrol van, the two tranquilized bucks were transported to a safe site away from urban areas and released into the wild.

During rutting season, bucks can display some single-minded behaviour, including facing off against other bucks as they try to impress the neighbourhood does.

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