Buck Swims the Eel But Afterwards Can’t Seem to Get His Land Legs
On January 2, this handsome buck swam the Eel River by the Benbow bridge.
By the time he gets to the far side, he looks a bit dazed. His back legs don’t seem to be doing what he wants and he falls down. Those land legs are a bit hard to find after this antlered mariner’s trip in the slightly swollen Eel River.
He clumsily bumbles around before finally reaching the treeline. We hope his land legs came back soon after.
[Video provided by local resident.]
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He’s fine. Adrenaline and cold water don’t mix well! Columbian Black-tailed Deer. We’re lucky to live here!
A Columbian blacktail? Probably just crossing the river to do the jobs that local Columbia blacktail won’t do
And I thought I was a prick.
He’s like “hey I crossed here a few weeks ago & barely got wet”
Poor deer, probably half frozen!
Looks like me walking on rocks with sopping wet shoes, they just lose their traction!
Great video thank you!!!!
I saw a 4 point buck swimming the Mattole several weeks ago. It was magical, and then I saw the dogs. I hope he got away!!
Did you get a shot off at the dogs?
My question, too.
My question also.
Way cool video! Thank you.
Poor baby. But, beautiful picture.
He made it up out water and up the bank better than I could.
Me, too. Looks like he’s fine. Pretty steep there and I think he was still very panicked; just wanted to get away from the river.
Thanks Local Resident for sharing the video. Amazing!
Cold water and slippery bank. The legs are OK, just chilled and trying to navigate slippery rocks.
Yeah, dare anyone to pull that off with the grace & stamina
Zach Harrison did it not long ago.
Slip-slidin’ away on the slick rock. Glad the majestic buck made it across. Thanks for the video.
Most of the deer ive ever seen crossing the river “” for no good reason” were shortly followed by dogs.
Tofu, golden Pitbull statues, and trucks jackknifed turning around, and some dorks with a clear cut of The Devil’s Lettuce wearing hoodies and bill hats –
Can’t compare to this coolness…
Someone said this buck ran off Julia Butterfly and disrupted the filming of The Majestic…
Cool stuff for sure.
Gimme a break – climbing up slippery rock a deer is gonna slip a few times – didn’t even let it slow him down. Observe nature much?
I like big bucks, and I cannot lie…
That’s the Mel Coombs US101 Bridge above him. Quite a steep Cliff face.
I thought it was “Mal”. Sometimes I’m wrong. Yeah, really, watch for it!