Colorado Parks and Wildlife spent hours Wednesday afternoon rescuing a buck forced into a culvert whiling sparring with another male deer the night before.

State wildlife officials were called about the buck Tuesday night in Piñon Valley Park. Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Bill Vogrin said the officers did not respond immediately to the call to “give it a chance to get out on its own.”

The deer was still in the culvert this morning unable to get over the steep concrete walls, so District Wildlife Manager Corey Adler and intern Brianna Fett tranquilized the deer and dragged it into the park.

The buck slowly woke back up after a 40 minute nap and headed down the jogging path, but not for long. Officers noticed the buck returned into the culvert rather than into a nearby park.

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