Incredible Moment Deer Defends Rabbit from Swooping Hawk || Dogtooth Media

This brave deer went from Bambi to Rambo when it jumped in to save a wild rabbit being attacked by a hungry hawk.

Kris Miller was trimming trees around Nordic Mountain country park, Wisconsin, USA, earlier this month when he spotted a red tailed hawk dead on the ground.

After checking CCTV from June 11, 2021 the 29-year-old operations manager was 'astonished' when he saw the bird of prey swoop down on an unsuspecting rabbit below.

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[Ironsmiler]

Bloody hell! I was expecting a graceful and quick 'save' and trot off, not Bambi going absolutely nuclear and stamping a Hawk in to playdough.

[FizbanJH]

"Defends Rabbit" does not adequately describe what I just watched. ;)

[jasonmiller]

That Hawk definitely didn’t start his day thinking he was gonna get killed by a crazy deer

[Iffy]

Rabbit sounded like a baby doe crying! Bambi’s mama instincts kicked in!

[TTex]

That took about thirty seconds to go from, "Cool she saved the rabbit." to "Holy shit that was personal."

[tyepiczzhd]

This is one of those things that if you witnessed this with your own eyes and tried to tell someone, no one would believe you. Incredible this was caught on video.

[mariekazazian]

For over 20 years we have lived with deer coming through our yard, hanging out, just chilling. Never in my life have I ever a deer behave this way. Amazing to watch. My guess is she has fawns nearby and reacted to the rabbit’s scream as though it were one of her babies.

[mortalclown]

Even that other deer was like, chica, let it go.

[trenillo]

You kind of felt bad for the rabbit 🐇😔, then you're like "dang, I really feel bad for that hawk." Geez! 😕

[Mikenike]

That deer ran in like he was practicing for that moment his entire life

[jimdrummer]

Legend has it the deer is still beating the crap out of the hawk to this day.

[outdoors]

That deer and rabbit must have been VERY good friends!

[HarmlessComment]

This wasn't about the rabbit, this was personal

[budstermcgreen]

The deer has decided that hunting season is going to be way different this year! ✌️

[jorr]

Incredible - At first I felt sorry for the rabbit, then I felt sorry for the hawk.

[leonardmccannon]

This give the phrase “the deer hunter”:a whole new spin.

[pfridell]

That is amazing! I knew they would attack but I would never have guessed they'd stick around to make sure every bone in your body was broken.

[DoubleDogDare]

Simple explanation for the deer's behavior - The deer is a doe. She probably has a fawn hidden in the area. The screaming a rabbit makes when it is frightened sounds very similar to the bleating a young fawn does when it is attacked or frightened. The doe heard the rabbit, assumed it was her fawn under attack, came to defend it and didn't care that it was a rabbit. The doe was triggered and went for the cause of the attack - the hawk.

The rabbit escaped, the hawk got stomped, the fawn was still safely hidden and the doe turns into a YT star. Everyone wins except the hawk.

[e.t.]

Deer had flashbacks to being a lil baby fawn in the big ole world and wasn't about to let that hawk forget its place.

[PraxisPeabody]

This is why, as a Canadian. Moose are the most terrifying animals sometimes. Imagine the deers energy, but it weighs 900lbs. 😂