Deer commited suicide

[Muskieman]

This morning @ 10:45 I was approaching the "Champlain Bridge" here in Sturgeon Falls... the bridge spans about 150' across and is roughly 100' above the Sturgeon River.... traffic started to slow down because of a Whitetail Doe on the bridge....In a panic she took a leap of faith off the bridge into the river.... she didn't make it.

 

I proceeded to the "docks" to witness her floating carcass drift downstream 'til she was out of sight.

 

What a strange experience! I had to share.

Randy

Edited September 30, 2010 by Randy from Sturgeon

[Rod Caster]

Strange indeed. I bet you'll read about it in your local paper tomorrow.

[chuckymcd]

that is crazy

[SRT8 smoker craft]

I saw a pic of 1 that jumped off a over pass on the 401 and landed inside a car ripped the roof right off the car on the passenger side no one but the deer got hurt. Yours would be a weird to witness that's a long drop.

[smally21]

i read somewhere the deer had recently been depressed and had some troubles with substance abuse in the past. earlier had jumped off a shorter bridge but this "cry for help" went unnoticed.....

[Roy]

I don't think we can rule out accidental death unless the deer left a note.

[mercman]

any long guns involved

[Jewelbee]

I picked up a buck that appeared to have taken a dive off a QEW overpass in Fort Erie once! A good find tho.. still warm and barely any damaged meat!

[Whitespinnerbait]

I had a Doe and two fawns commit suicide right in front of me a couple of years ago . Here i am Barreling down a country road at a speed of 140 km's and the Sun of rabid dogs jumped right in front of my car......Ba Ba Bang ....

[Leecher]

May be she knew there was too many hunters with doe tags

 

Kidding aside.... that's just plain crazy Randy

[Nipfisher]

That is a long fall Randy. I witnessed something similar 2 years ago when a doe jumped off of a bridge (not as high) into the Wasi River just outside of North Bay on the hwy. to South Shore area. The river was just barely frozen and only a few feet deep in that area. We stopped to look of the edge and she was lying on/in the ice and was bleeding bad. No movement and there was nothing we could do. Felt bad but that's life I guess.

[jbailey]

i witnessed something similar a few years back on the QEW over the credit river - the cars were stopped but one jerk kept goin scared the deer and it took a leap over the side! I'm pretty sure it landed on the ground and not in the river

[Guest Johnny Bass]

I would have got out the fishing rod!Is it legal to snag deer meat?

[seaman]

i read somewhere the deer had recently been depressed and had some troubles with substance abuse in the past. earlier had jumped off a shorter bridge but this "cry for help" went unnoticed.....

 

 

LOL

[Harrison]

I am sure the buck regrets throwing his doe to the wind.

Edited October 1, 2010 by Harrison

[fishermccann]

In Toronto they would build a 5 million dollar net under that bridge to stop any more from jumping!

[ricoboxing]

In Toronto they would build a 5 million dollar net under that bridge to stop any more from jumping!

no they would ban bridges

[mercman]

in montreal we would open a hotdog stand and sell tickets

[ctranter]

no they would ban bridges

 

They would invest $1,000,000 in a commission to investigate the prevalence of bridge related deer suicides. This will only be done if election season is coming up.

[wkrp]

OH my Deer