Two deer got themselves into a spot of bother when they became trapped in a large mound of mud.
Bill Davis spied the stuck creatures on a plot of land he and his colleagues were working on and used an excavator to rescue the pair
Trapped: Initially the mud-covered deer can hardly be seen in the vast expanse of earth. ‘Try to pick her up, Rod,’ Davis can be heard saying
Carreid to safety: It begins twitching as the jagged edges move towards her, but ever so gently the bucket digs into the mud beneath and scoops her up
Footage filmed by Davis, and uploaded to Facebook, shows the heroic rescue in America.
Initially the mud-covered deer can hardly be seen in the vast expanse of earth. ‘Try to pick her up, Rod,’ Davis can be heard saying.
Slowly but surely the large yellow machine trundles forward, beeping, and the bucket extends towards the animal.
The deer begins twitching as the jagged edges move towards her, but ever so gently the bucket digs into the mud beneath and scoops her up.
‘Pick her up, pick her up!’ cries Davis.
The machine swoops round until the bucket is above hard ground. ‘Just set it down and let her walk out,’ Davis instructs.
‘Come on baby, come out,’ he wheedles as a large mound of mud pours out. The quivering animal remains put until the digger has moved away and then jumps up.
‘There you go!’ cried Davis happily, ‘Run baby run!’ Further cheers can be heard in the background.
Dry land at last: The machine swoops round until the bucket is above hard ground. ‘Just set it down and let her walk out,’ Davis instructs
Recovering: ‘Come on baby, come out,’ he wheedles as a large mound of mud pours out. The quivering animal remains put until the digger has moved away and then jumps up
The deer stands peering around. ‘He looks confused’ Davis observes but shortly the deer trots off, although still seeming slightly baffled.
A further clip from the same site shows a second deer being rescued from his mud mishap.
As before the bucket carries the mud-covered animal to a safe area where it gently deposits him. Looking more lively than the first deer, this one lies in the bucket looking around, bemused as to what is going.
The minute it makes contact with the ground the animal flops around trying to escape.
‘There you go baby, yeah! Come on!’ encourages Davis as the bucket swings away.
Where am I? A further clip shows the second deer being rescued from his mud mishap. Looking more lively than the first deer this one lies in the bucket looking around, bemused as to what is going on
Still struggling: The minute it makes contact with the ground the animal flops around trying to escape. There you go baby, yeah! Come on!’ encourages Davis as the bucket swings away
But despite the workman’s pleas the animal struggles to get itself upright and flounders around on the ground. ‘Oh please don’t be hurt,’ Davis says mornfully.
The deer stares at the camera breathing heavily. ‘Come on get your breath,’ says the man.
After a worryingly long wait the creature scrambles to his feet and tries to run off. It struggles to move in the soft wet earth but eventfully manages to bound away, to the cheers of delight of those helping.
The men can be heard worrying about the fate of the creature as she stumbles in the distance. ‘Who knows how long they’ve in here for,’ Davis says as the video ends.
Will he be ok? But despite the workman’s pleas the animal struggles to get itself upright and flounders around on the ground. ‘Oh please don’t be hurt,’ Davis says mornfully
Phew! After a worryingly long wait the creature scrambles to his feet and tries to run off. It struggles to move in the soft wet earth but eventfully manages to bound away, to the cheers of delight of those helping