Buck Jones
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Received a call yesterday from a waitress who works at a local cafe we frequent. Seems there were a couple of bunnies seen loitering around and as we are known to some around here as the "bunny people," would we be interesting in rounding them up?
The Missus was very busy and I'm nursing a bruised rib so it was afternoon by the time we arrived and the cafe closes after lunch, so we were on our own. Cute broken black/white up-eared doe ran us ragged criss crossing a fairly heavily trafficked street, hiding under derelict cars in a nearby gas station and squirming beneath the flat tired old Chevy they called home in the vacant lot next to the cafe.
About an hour into that chase we realized a "Tucker clone" had been sitting under the Chevy all that while, unbeknownst to us.This little buck with his dark coat, just melded into the shadows beneath the car...clever little fellow he thought he was!
Once we realized he was there, we focused on him and he gave it up easily. Looks just like Tucker, other than a white point on his nose and two little dainty white sox on his forepaws.Badda Bing! In the traveling cage he goes.
The doe led us for quite a merry chase afterward for at least another 45 minutes. We knew she was tired, because she would flop on her side whenever under a vehicle of a sufficient distance from us to evade capture. My rib problem made it difficult to crawl under any vehicle.
Eventually, I found a length of PVC pipe to use as a "chaser" underneath their "home" car, and the Missus nailed her with the net. Local gas station owner said his girlfriend might like one, so within an hour the little buck was re-homed.
At first, the woman indicated she would take both of the buns, but reneged via cell phone before I could return in time with a sufficiently large enough cage for two. She opted out of the doe.
Today, we've got to find a shelter that will take her. She's a cutie and already litter box trained. She needs a good cleaning after living beneath greasy old cars. And was she ever hungry.
There were apparently three buns dumped off and one succumbed to traffic. Fortunately, we got the remaining two before the SUV's did.
Ya never can tell where the day's gonna go!
Buck
The Missus was very busy and I'm nursing a bruised rib so it was afternoon by the time we arrived and the cafe closes after lunch, so we were on our own. Cute broken black/white up-eared doe ran us ragged criss crossing a fairly heavily trafficked street, hiding under derelict cars in a nearby gas station and squirming beneath the flat tired old Chevy they called home in the vacant lot next to the cafe.
About an hour into that chase we realized a "Tucker clone" had been sitting under the Chevy all that while, unbeknownst to us.This little buck with his dark coat, just melded into the shadows beneath the car...clever little fellow he thought he was!
Once we realized he was there, we focused on him and he gave it up easily. Looks just like Tucker, other than a white point on his nose and two little dainty white sox on his forepaws.Badda Bing! In the traveling cage he goes.
The doe led us for quite a merry chase afterward for at least another 45 minutes. We knew she was tired, because she would flop on her side whenever under a vehicle of a sufficient distance from us to evade capture. My rib problem made it difficult to crawl under any vehicle.
Eventually, I found a length of PVC pipe to use as a "chaser" underneath their "home" car, and the Missus nailed her with the net. Local gas station owner said his girlfriend might like one, so within an hour the little buck was re-homed.
At first, the woman indicated she would take both of the buns, but reneged via cell phone before I could return in time with a sufficiently large enough cage for two. She opted out of the doe.
Today, we've got to find a shelter that will take her. She's a cutie and already litter box trained. She needs a good cleaning after living beneath greasy old cars. And was she ever hungry.
There were apparently three buns dumped off and one succumbed to traffic. Fortunately, we got the remaining two before the SUV's did.
Ya never can tell where the day's gonna go!
Buck
captain buck and his mrs to the rescue. well done buck, that sounds ace. A lot of hard work but ace 
