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Game wardens help deer tangled in kudzu vines near Fishtrap Lake

By Corey Elam,

26 days ago

PIKE COUNTY, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — Game wardens with Kentucky Fish and Wildlife stepped in to help a deer ensnared by vines in Fishtrap Lake on Sunday morning.

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement posted on Facebook Sunday that game wardens got a call for help for an eight-point whitetail deer entangled in kudzu vines.

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Per law enforcement, game wardens had to use a boat to get to the deer by going through the Fishtrap Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA).

Game wardens with Kentucky Fish and Wildlife worked on Sunday to free a whitetail deer from kudzu vines. (KY Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement)
An eight-point whitetail deer was freed without harm from kudzu vines by Kentucky Fish and Wildlife on Sunday. (Kentucky Fish & Wildlife Law Enforcement)

KYFW law enforcement officials said the wardens were able to free the deer and that it was unharmed, taking off “after a brief rest.”

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