Video: Helicopter blows deer trapped on frozen lake to shore in clever rescue The pilot told the Canadian TV station CTV: "As long as you can keep that deer moving along the ice, it tends to calm down. I don't know if it understands we're trying to help or, I don't know what's going through its mind, but it works good. The incredible rescue was filmed by local resident Ian Waugh. it was Mr Waugh who had earlier raised the alarm when he alerted the Department of Natural Resources to the deer's plight. "I was waiting for all kinds of different things, but that solution I was not prepared for, and I thought, just brilliant," he told CTV. Mr Farrell later downplayed talk of his heroism in rescuing the animals. You can do it a thousand times and it shows up on camera once, and then you can appreciate what you're doing, spur of the moment. It's your job.