Anchored in the mouth of the N. River saturday morning, a boat comes out of the inlet slowly following a deer. The deer was swimming due east on the outgoing tide, next stop Portugal. Wild...

Looked like it eventually turned north towards the Scituate coastline... Maybe a reason bass like bucktails???

I have seen lone deer and i have seen whole herds swimming out into open water. I have seen deer leaving RI mainland and without a doubt they were heading to block Island. I have seen many leaving prudence sland on their way into portsmouth. I have also seen them out off cuttyhunk where you could not easily figure where they might be going. One thing is sure , they are good swimmers.

One interesting observation is that while I have seen deer many times swimming in salt water , i have never personally seen one swimming in fresh water ponds , lakes , etc. I'm sure it happens but I've never seen it myself.

Out by Weepecket, a doe comes swiming up to the boat. Odd , I wasn't fishing for deer. Thing swims to shore and when it gets there, is immediately attacked and devoured by 4 coyotes.

I posted something similar a few years ago, a deer swimming in front of the 'Fairview' in Marshfield.

I figured Santa was tying one on at the bar.

Pre coyote days, we used to see them swimming all the time down the Elizabeths. Watched one one day wait for slack tide and then cross Robinson's....obviously knew what it was doing. Word is that in the even older days, guys fishing down there were not adverse to grabbing an antler, using a knife, and taking home something bigger than a bass for the winter.

i saw them swimmin over to the vineyard 10 years ago. nows theres an italian family of 20000 over there!!! :hf1:

I saw one swimming all alone accross the middle of Duxbury/Plymouth Bay 2 weeks ago in the AM. I was sure that I lost my mind. Told the wife about it when I got home and she thought I was nuts.

was fishing the westwall in RI it's something like 2 am and my buddy asks what the hell is that? I look over and a nice buck comes swimming right on by heading out with the current. It's definately one crazy sight to see

Was fishing the Salt Pond one morning in the boat with my father in law and we saw something really strange swimming in the water a ways off, it was a deer. All of a sudden the deer finds the sand bar that was about 12 inches under water right in the middle of the pond and starts galloping on it. Looked like the deer was running on top of the water. We just looked at each other in amazement.

How do you think deer got to Nantucket? ;)

How do you think deer got to Nantucket? ;)

I thought they took the ferry for a few bucks.