he talked to lance wheeler about it. >> what did you think and do? >> immediately i knew the deer was in distress tried to run away because it was wrapped around his neck and leg at the same time. >> as you can see here the deer kind of backs away, wait a minute, man, what are you up to? >> it's okay. easy. easy, buddy. easy buddy. >> look how tight the lights are around his neck. >> he's a little guy, too. he's a fuzzy deer. >> he does whip out the knife. >> right there. >> so, the deer actually stays put as he begins to cut the lights off. >> it looks like one of those net lights, too, you know, the kind they throw over a bush. it's basically like a wire net for this animal. >> eventually the deer does stand up but it's still giving him the doe eyes, like, hey, thanks, man i really appreciate it. >> at the end as i walked up the hill and after i got it off and it was standing there it looked at me for a minute and kind of looked liked what just happened? >> here's the thing he said he didn't leave the deer without anything to eat he put some apples