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A bald eagle owes its life to the sharpshooting skills of an Iowa conservation officer.  The eagle was found hanging about 60 feet above a lake & looking through binoculars it appeared to have caught a talon in a knothole in a tree  branch.  Mercy killing seemed the best option, but a conservation officer asked for a chance to free the bird with his rifle, figuring at best the bird would fall into the lake and have to be rescued for rehabilitation at a clinic.  His shot went cleanly through the edge of the knothole & the eagle flew away. 
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