“Nature can be vicious, especially during the rutt,” said David Dow of Buckfield after coming back from hunting Wednesday. While he never fired a shot, he returned from one of his favorite spots with a different kind of trophy.
Paddling down the Nezinscot River from his home for a few hours of hunting late in the afternoon, he noticed something floating in the river in the area he planned to go ashore. He recognized the body of a deer, but upon closer inspection it was actually two bucks with their antlers entwined. Each of the deer were close to 200 pounds.
He tied a rope on them and paddled back to his house, then hooked the rope to his four-wheeler and dragged them onto shore. “You couldn’t believe how heavy they were,” Dow said.
Not knowing quite what to do with them, he has contacted a well-known hunting outfitter that is interested in mounting and displaying them.
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- David Dow of Buckfield found these two mature deer locked together and floating in the Nezinscot River in Buckfield on Wednesday afternoon. “Nature can be vicious, especially during the rut,” Dow said. He was paddling from his home for a few hours of hunting when he saw the deer. Each weighed close to 200 pounds, he estimated.
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