About mid February, we had a sad occurrence one morning.   Maple (our Wheaten Terrier) had gotten me up at 4:40 AM to go outside to go potty.  Unfortunately, this is happening more often than I care to admit ... I think her system has definitely gotten off schedule.  Anyway, on this morning, I let her outside, and shortly thereafter, she was barking incessantly and I heard all of this commotion.  I went outside to discover a doe who had gotten hung in our fence between our backyard and woodland garden.  Poor thing was hanging upside down, and one of her back legs was twisted and caught in the top of the fence.  The leg was broken and the bone was sticking through the skin.  By this time, Tom was outside.  After evaluating the situation, he suggested we get a blanket to make a sling to lift up the doe which would relieve the pressure on the leg in order for me to release it from the fence.  Tom and I tried to lift her up while at the same time trying to release her leg, but we simply couldn't do it.  I was petting the doe and talking calmly to her trying to keep her from thrashing about.

Tom called our neighbor who lives next to our woodland garden.  Who doesn't enjoy a phone call at 4:40 in the morning?  Our wonderful, caring neighbor, threw on some clothes and came right out to the garden.  He and Tom were able to lift up the doe as I untangled her leg.  They eased her down to the ground.  Since it was dark outside, we couldn't see her, but heard her as she staggered off.  

We have been keeping an eye out for her since this happened, but have yet to see her.  I am hoping that maybe the other deer are caring from her, and that eventually we will see her again.  I just have to believe she is OK.