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Emily Ports, pictured here, and her family from The Cape guided an exhausted deer towards shore. Contributed photos -
At one point in the rescue attempt, the buck tried to balance itself on a rock but fell back into the water. Contributed photos
A family on The Cape became part of an unexpected wildlife rescue mission on Thanksgiving weekend, which unfolded outside the window of their lakeside home.
The Ports first spotted the white-tailed buck around 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 27, as they peered across Lake LBJ from their dining room.
“The lake was calm. It looked like glass,” Dean Port said. “I grabbed the binoculars. He looked like…