Excerpts from theChicagoTribune.com:

A West Dundee resident reported a deer trapped in the ice on Thursday morning. West Dundee fire Lt. Dave Strossner arrived at the scene and found the animal trapped.

“The deer probably went out on the island, and when he walked back, he fell through,” Strossner said. “He was able to get his front feet on the ice but couldn’t get his back legs up.”

Strossner, in full gear, attempted to walk on the river toward the deer. “But when I got about 10 feet from him, the ice started breaking,” he said. Instead, Strossner began breaking up the ice in front of the deer. “It was thin enough that if I laid on it, I could break big chunks of ice, and enough broke away so the deer could free itself,” he said.

West Dundee fire officials have had to rescue a number of animals on the Fox River.

thanks Dan