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Dramatic deer rescue from Lake Bemidji
The Bemidji Fire Department and the Minnesota DNR rescued a buck from Lake Bemidji recently. The buck ran through Paul Bunyan Park and entered the lake near the Mississippi River inlet. Firefighters trekked out onto the lake to steer the deer to shore, where he got out of the water.
BEMIDJI, Minn. (FOX 9) - A buck was rescued from Lake Bemidji after getting trapped on the ice.
Video, shared by Visit Bemidji on social media, shows the deer getting caught and continuously breaking through the ice. The deer got on the ice after running through Paul Bunyan Park and entering the lake near the Mississippi River inlet.
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The Bemidji Fire Department and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources teamed up to help the buck. Firefighters trekked out onto the lake to steer the deer to shore, where he then got out of the water.
Watch the video of the rescue in the player above.
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Deer rescued from thin ice in Prior Lake
Monday morning the Prior Lake Fire Department rescued a buck off Pike Lake in Prior Lake after receiving a call it had been trapped falling through thin ice.