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.