[CuivreDog2]

Woke up this morning and was standing around looking out the back window, drinking a cup of coffee, and scratching my nutz, when I looked out at the lake I noticed that something had walked out onto the ice about 70 yds and broke through last night.

You could tell where it struggled at the point of breaking through, then managed to break ice for about 35 yds in an attempt to get back to shore. From a distance through the binoculars I thought it was a possum or a cat as all I could see was a patch of white.

Jumped into the UTV just now and rode over to the other side of the lake and it's a dead button buck.

What would possess a deer to try and walk on such thin ice - never seen it before in 20+ years of living here?

Chased by a predator and panicked?

 

[callaojoe]

Or, just plain stupid..... Who knows, but I rek'n he had a moment of Oh **** clarity.

 

[henry]

He probably walked across it just fine a week ago.

 

[callaojoe]

I blame his parents for not teaching him how to swim. :wave1:

Mother was probably one of those that just did everything for him, then he gets out on his own for the first time, and bazinga, he's dead now. :wave1:

 

[DonJuan]

Only if he would of had another year he would have been smarter!

 

[Vector]

Ice is ice. Been fine to walk on for months. Tough way to go.

 

[Mailman]

Let me ask you this.....why do grown men fall through the ice. :banging:

 

[wingman]

Let me ask you this.....why do grown men fall through the ice. :banging:

That sounds like the perfect question for a Cliff Claven type of answer.:yap2:

 

[jmp1463]

Button wasn’t the smartest!!

 

[Gamegetter]

Majestic.

 

[wiser1]

Its his first year of seeing ice and probably doesnt know how to tell how thick it is .....Silly deer

 

[CamoNinja]

Woke up this morning and was standing around looking out the back window, drinking a cup of coffee, and scratching my nutz, when I looked out at the lake I noticed that something had walked out onto the ice about 70 yds and broke through last night.

You could tell where it struggled at the point of breaking through, then managed to break ice for about 35 yds in an attempt to get back to shore. From a distance through the binoculars I thought it was a possum or a cat as all I could see was a patch of white.

Jumped into the UTV just now and rode over to the other side of the lake and it's a dead button buck.

What would possess a deer to try and walk on such thin ice - never seen it before in 20+ years of living here?

Chased by a predator and panicked?

You did skin it so he didn't die in vain, didn't ya? With lungs full of ice water, he was chilled properly.