[BuckSniper]

Me and a buddy duck hunted this morning in a little slough on the edge of a field. After hunting while we were picking up decoys I noticed this carcass. He lost a battle with the coyotes. Looks like he had been shot and his front leg was super swollen and had pus coming out of it. He had recently shed his horns so we figure he shed early due to the stress and coyotes caught him last night. There were bits of white hair a ways off from his body and fresh blood still on the ground. We're pretty sure we ran the coyotes off when we walked in. Pretty sad ending for this guy.

 

[ldmw1334]

We all know this kinda thing happens, but just hate witnessing it first hand.

 

[pearlsnaps]

Bad way to go...

 

[John Stiles]

Yeah, I woke up this morning to find the big button I had passed on several times, lying dead in my driveway. Whoever hit it must not have cared much for deer meat, the head was crushed, everything else was in perfect shape, except for one lower legbone broke. Dang thing was near froze, I figured it happened some time around 04:00 am, my dogs woke me up about that time.

 

[Biggars]

Ive not ever found anything like that in the woods. That has always puzzled me. I think we have some deer that die of age or injury each year but we dont come across many of them. Makes me want to go walk every couple of weeks looking for sheds and stuff like this.

 

[John Stiles]

Ive not ever found anything like that in the woods. That has always puzzled me. I think we have some deer that die of age or injury each year but we dont come across many of them. Makes me want to go walk every couple of weeks looking for sheds and stuff like this.

Found a doe once like that, wasn't much left except some hide and intestines with 2 little bitty fetuses....never figured out why the 2 littlens didn't get eat!

 

[brushcreek]

Yeah, I woke up this morning to find the big button I had passed on several times, lying dead in my driveway. Whoever hit it must not have cared much for deer meat, the head was crushed, everything else was in perfect shape, except for one lower legbone broke. Dang thing was near froze, I figured it happened some time around 04:00 am, my dogs woke me up about that time.

Salvage any of the meat?

 

[John Stiles]

Salvage any of the meat?

Yeah, the BS and hams, was starting to gas up so I bailed out on the rest, gonna soak for a couple days and see how that goes. If it smells right, I'll make jerky from it, if not the dogs will have a field day! (((-;

 

[mikebri]

:smack:

 

[Wildcat1983]

Rage to the neck?