Young deer that spent five days wandering about with an ARROW through its jaw finally has it removed

Young deer that spent five days wandering about with an ARROW through its jaw finally has it removed

mangaloretoday.com

New Jersey, Nov 11: The New Jersey deer photographed with an arrow through his head last week was caught yesterday afternoon by state Fish and Wildlife officials who successfully removed the dart.

The 5-month-old male deer was first spotted with the arrow through his head on November 1 in the backyard of Susan Darrah’s Rockaway Township home, but it wasn’t until last Wednesday that Ms Darrah was able to get a picture of the deer and report him to wildlife officials.

And it was in that same backyard that officials caught the deer Saturday afternoon, as it returned to her garden to forage for food.

 

Arrow removed: Division of Fish and Wildlife officials caught the New Jersey deer photographed with an arrow through its head last week and removed the dart Saturday afternoon

 

Out: Officials tranquilized the 5-month-old male deer when it wandered back into the Rockaway Township yard of Susan Darrah. After it fell asleep, they removed the arrow, which luckily hadn’t damaged any vital arteries or organs

 

’Shocked’: Susan Darrah took this photo of the impaled deer last Wednesday in her New Jersey back yard

 

Mr Darrah was instructed by the Division of Fish and Wildlife to leave corn in her garden to lure the deer back so they could remove the arrow.

Since Wednesday, officials have been staking out her home off and on, but it was Saturday afternoon that they finally caught the deer returning to the garden.

According to Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Larry Hajna, the deer was tranquilized and they tracked him into the woods.

They brought the deer back to the garden where they were able to remove the arrow while the deer was asleep. He was treated with topical antibiotics and a shot of antibiotics and then they waited for him to wake up.

While the injury looked pretty painful, the biologists who removed the arrow say that it didn’t damage any major arteries or organs and its outlook for survival is good.

After the deer woke up, officials witnessed it walk to a nearby pasture where it took a nap and then went back into the woods.