One man’s fishing adventure took an unexpected turn. Instead of leaving his favorite spot with a handful of fish, he left as a hero, and it was caught on tape.
Jared Maitino and his brother-in-law recently ventured to their favorite fishing spot on the Chagrin River at Woodland Park in Eastlake, a place littered with deer.
“We noticed it was frozen over. We didn’t think it would be frozen over, because we had a few warm days, and we looked down and we’re like ‘we can’t fish’,” Maitino said.
Their favorite fishing hole was frozen over, meaning no fishing on this day, but their adventures didn’t end there.
“As we were getting ready to leave, I noticed that there was a deer that broke through the ice, and it was struggling to get out of the water,” Maitino said.
Jared quickly sprang into action. He raced back to his truck, grabbed some ratchet straps and headed back toward the river. Jared was wearing a Go Pro Camera, something he wears all the time when fishing.
“I have a chest pack so whenever I hook a fish, I turn it on,” he said. “I thought if I’m going to go down there and save this thing, I might as well get it on film.”
The video from Jared’s camera shows him making a lasso with the ratchet straps.
“When I initially tossed it, it didn’t make it around both ears like I thought it would so I just kind of pulled it a little bit tighter. It cinched up and as it cinched up, I noticed that I could actually get a good pull on the deer and I just started pulling,” he said.
He pulled the deer out of the water and onto the shore.
“I was just hoping that it wasn’t going to come right at us, that’s the only thing I wasn’t hoping for,” Maitino said.
The deer ran off into the woods, and Jared is being called a hero by his friends.
“I don’t consider myself a hero,” he said. “Everybody keeps saying you’re a hero, but if I would have saved a human then I thought maybe I’d be more of a hero, but it was still cool though.”
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Jared Maitino and his brother-in-law recently ventured to their favorite fishing spot on the Chagrin River at Woodland Park in Eastlake, a place littered with deer.
“We noticed it was frozen over. We didn’t think it would be frozen over, because we had a few warm days, and we looked down and we’re like ‘we can’t fish’,” Maitino said.
Their favorite fishing hole was frozen over, meaning no fishing on this day, but their adventures didn’t end there.
“As we were getting ready to leave, I noticed that there was a deer that broke through the ice, and it was struggling to get out of the water,” Maitino said.
Jared quickly sprang into action. He raced back to his truck, grabbed some ratchet straps and headed back toward the river. Jared was wearing a Go Pro Camera, something he wears all the time when fishing.
“I have a chest pack so whenever I hook a fish, I turn it on,” he said. “I thought if I’m going to go down there and save this thing, I might as well get it on film.”
The video from Jared’s camera shows him making a lasso with the ratchet straps.
“When I initially tossed it, it didn’t make it around both ears like I thought it would so I just kind of pulled it a little bit tighter. It cinched up and as it cinched up, I noticed that I could actually get a good pull on the deer and I just started pulling,” he said.
He pulled the deer out of the water and onto the shore.
“I was just hoping that it wasn’t going to come right at us, that’s the only thing I wasn’t hoping for,” Maitino said.
The deer ran off into the woods, and Jared is being called a hero by his friends.
“I don’t consider myself a hero,” he said. “Everybody keeps saying you’re a hero, but if I would have saved a human then I thought maybe I’d be more of a hero, but it was still cool though.”
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~Thanks for taking the time to save this deer! Love it!~
Very good job, a true nature lover, Bless him.
Dear Jared,thank you for being a true lover of nature however just because it was an animal instead of a human makes you no less a hero in my eyes or anybody else that believes all life is important. So God Bless and happy fishing.
THANK YOU JARED-YOU ARE A HERO IN MY EYES, AND HEART. YOU SAVED A LIVING WILDLIFE FROM DEATH. THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME TO SEE SUCH COMPASSION FOR OTHERS ,WHETHER HUMAN OR ANIMAL. WELL DONE AND AGAIN THANK YOU FROM MY HEART. <3
All life should have a chance at living as long as possible. If more people thought like you maybe our world would be a little better to live in. Great job. I feed them all thru the winter where we live just to make sure they have a better chance at making it thru the very cold weather we get. Moms and their little ones deserve this from us.