OUCH!

[Elkslayer]

Went up and picked up one of my cameras that I was snowed out of earlier. I was suprised to get a picture of this guy on there. Suprised how tough these animals are, wonder if he made it through the winter?

[Southpole]

doubt it, he already looks kinda thin back then.  What do you think happened to him?

[Elkslayer]

doubt it, he already looks kinda thin back then.  What do you think happened to him?

Ya, I kind of doubt it too. I'll have to get back in there when I get some more time and see if I cant locate him. Not sure what happened to him, possibly a bad shot from a hunter, who knows.

[Smossy]

Looks like his leg got fricken knawed off  holy cow, Definetly never seen anything like that.

[lokidog]

They seem to be able to do a lot better missing a back leg than a front.  Two years ago, my wife shot one here missing a front leg, it could hardly go 20 feet without piling up.  It was healed over but it was definitely starving to death.  One antler even popped off when I was dragging him on Thanksgiving day.  WDFW gave her a new tag since he was sour and inedible.

That's a nice looking buck. 

[ICEMAN]

Poor guy. Hope he passed, hate seeing animals suffering.

[Limhangerslayer]

Maybe he had something wrapped around it that cut off the circulation and it died

[Smossy]

Maybe he had something wrapped around it that cut off the circulation and it died

Sounds likely. Looks like the flesh died and just fell right off.

[huntnnw]

you would be surprised to see them make it...if he survived predators he could live...areas that lack predators deer can live like that

[bearpaw]

   These animals are tougher than you think. If a predator didn't run him down he's probably fine. We killed a 3 legged coyote once, that was the fattest and heaviest coyote we ever got.

[Turner89]

you would be surprised to see them make it...if he survived predators he could live...areas that lack predators deer can live like that

Seen a doe in bellingham with 3 legs. she was doing fine. No fear of predators, just cars.

[Labs07]

Man that looks bad!  Coyote bait!

[Scottystyle]

  Looks like the typical wolf chewing out the arse and leaving it to me 

[Dan-o]

 

The third pic sure looks like there's a butt wound (ala wolf chewing out the butt...).

[lokidog]

The third pic sure looks like there's a butt wound (ala wolf chewing out the butt...).

Look at the base of the tail, no blood on that big white flag.  The leg wound is just turned toward the back making it look a bit like the deer's rear.  It's all leg IMHO.