THE PARABLES CAN ENROLL NOW AND
GET THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ON
AUGUST 1.
IT IS THE 4th OF JULY
WEEKEND, SO IT IS ONLY FITTING
WE SHARE THE STORY OF AN EAGLE
RESCUED BY A VETERAN.
THE NEIGHBORS NOTICED AN EAGLE
DANGLING FROM A TREE.
ITS LEG WAS CAUGHT IN A PIECE
OF ROPE THAT WAS WRAPPED AROUND
A BRANCH.
KNOWN FOR HIS SHARP SHOOTING
SKILLS, HE SHOWS US HOW HE USED
A GUN TO AN EAGLE'S LIFE.
I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS DEAD.
I TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AND SAW
THAT THE HEAD WAS MOVING AND IT
WAS VERY MUCH ALIVE.
Reporter: A TRIP TO GO BUY
MINNOWS TURNED IN A MISSION TO
SAVE A BIRD.
IT WAS STUCK ON A TALLON
HANGING FROM A ROPE ON THE
BRANCH.
Reporter: JASON AND HIS WIFE
JACKIE CALLED THE POLICE, THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE DNR.
EVERYBODY HAD THE SAME THING
TO SAY, THAT THEY WERE ALL
AWARE.
THEY HAVE BEEN AWARE FOR TWO
AND A HALF DAYS, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY IT WASN'T WITHIN
THEIR JURISDICTION AND THE
SAFETY MEASURES THAT WERE GOING
TO BE COMPROMISED.
Reporter: JACKIE BEGGED HER
HUSBAND, AN ARMY VETERAN WHO
SERVED TWO TOURS IN
AFGHANISTAN, TO SHOOT THE ROPE
THAT WAS HOLD STING EAGLE.
AFTER GETTING THE G AHEAD FROM
THE DNR.
HE USED HIS OWN EAGLE EYE TO
ATTEMPT A RESCUE.
I WAS VERY NERVOUS.
I DID NOT WANT AT ALL TO HURT
THAT BIRD.
Reporter: BAD LING THE
LEAVES, THE BRANCHES AND THE
MID AFTERNOON SUN.
HE TOOK SHOT AFTER SHOT TRYING
TO BREAK THROUGH THE BRANCH AND
THE ROPE.
HIS PERSISTENCE PAID OFF AS IT
ALL CAME FREE.
IT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR AND A
HALF.
ABOUT 150 SHOTS.
I HAD TO BUST DOWN A FEW
BRANCHES TO EXPOSE THE ROPE.
WE ALL JUST WATCHED --
WATCHED IT KIND OF FUMBLE DOWN
INTO THE BRANCHES.
Reporter: A NEIGHBOR AND A
CONSERVATION OFFICER HELPED
WRAP THE EAGLE IN A PLAN KEEL
AND IT WAS TAKEN TO THE RAPTOR
CENTER.
IT IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.
THE NEIGHBORS NICKNAMED THE
BIRD FREEDOM.
IT HAD BEEN HANGING THERE, AND
IT WAS UP TO US TO FREE IT, AND
IT WAS 4th OF JULY WEEKEND, SO
FREEDOM IS THE NAME.
THERE IT IS.
JASON WAS SO GOOD THAT HE
BASICALLY HIT THE SAME SPOT
EVERY TIME.
IF THE EAGLE RECOVERS IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT WILL
GO BACK TO WHERE IT WAS FOUND.
IF IT TAKES LONGER, IT WILL GO
BACK TO A NATURE CENTER TO
LEARN HOW TO HUNT.