Overview
- A large buck was found inside a St. Johns County house where it spent time near a bathroom fixture before being steered toward the yard.
- Deputies and the home's occupants rearranged furniture to open a clear path for the animal to leave the interior.
- Officers used a pool brush to nudge the deer into the backyard, and the animal jumped into the swimming pool, climbed out, re-entered once, then left the yard through an opening in the fence.
- The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office posted the encounter to social media and noted the buck 'fled before deputies could issue a warning for trespassing,' while a deputy on the footage said it was his first such incident in 23 years.
- No injuries or enforcement actions were reported and the video highlights how local wildlife can wander into suburban homes and how responders may use nonlethal, improvised tactics to resolve those encounters.