It wasn’t this buck’s first time to be trapped in a concrete drainage ditch in Colorado, wildlife officials said.
The buck that was found on Dec. 1 in Colorado Springs had also been trapped in the same icy concrete culvert one year ago, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Southeast Region said in a tweet.
“Same buck, same culvert, stuck exactly one year apart, to the day. It was hard to resist saying this buck is in a rut. Oooops!” wildlife officials said.
Wildlife officers knew it was the same deer because they had tranquilized and tagged it last year.
The officers then released the deer about 2 miles east from where they found it.
But it made its way back to the same culvert.
Now wildlife officials said they hope it learned its lesson.
“Hopefully the buck has learned to avoid concrete culverts. But we’ve got Dec. 1 circled on our 2023 calendars!”
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