Poached buck

[coonhound]

Not in my neck of the woods...a guy could only hope.

[Dameion]

Great photos and story, that is classic

[boneaddict]

I am about to post another series of photos.  Bones Bucks I.  I spotted the guy featured in that series and was headed to get closer when I ran into sleepy head here.  Funny thing is they are about identical twins.

[bucklucky]

Awesome pics! That eye that was closed caught my attention, I was thinking he was just plain tuckered  Poor little guy 

[bankwalker]

i seen a couple bull elk once laying like that then they got up once i got within 50yds of them to see if they were really dead. i didnt know that elk and deer slept like that sence i had never seen that anywhere.

[DOUBLELUNG]

Glad he's alive.  If you ever DO come across a fresh shot and left mature buck or bull during closed season, be sure to call law enforcement ASAP - be diligent, and make sure you speak to an officer.  If a dispatcher tells you they'll have an officer call you, tell them if you don't get that call within 10 minutes you will be calling back every 10 minutes until you DO speak to an officer.  For WDFW, call the WA State Patrol.
VERY standard M.O. for scum of the earth to shoot the buck or bull and walk or drive away, only to come back for only the head after midnight.  Always sweet when officers can set up on a scene like that and catch them in the act.  Worth 10 points for you if an arrest is made. 

[saylean]

 

Nice to know he was just recovering from all the fun.

[byrdman]

Awesome post!

The opportunity to see things like that is one of the many reasons I love getting into the woods.
I have never seen a deer actually asleep. Often bedded but never zonked out like that.

[Huntbear]

Not in my neck of the woods...a guy could only hope.

for the deer or the women??

 

[Skyvalhunter]

Bone you should have walked up and petted the little fella!! I am sure he would have let you.

[deaddog]

reminds me of years past, party all night, chasing girls, passout! wake up, do it again. Great pics

[Hornseeker]

Too Cool!

[firefighter4607]

awsome pictures. I thought that he was dead, I didn't even notice the eye lids where closed

[M_ray]

Cool series of pics Bone! Glad he's ok and non the worse for the wear! Hey after all the same thing you married guy's do once a year too! 

[tmike]

I saw that for the first time this year in Montana. I was putting a sneak on a big buck who was sleeping. His head would bob up and down and the his rack would totally disappear for a few minutes then raise up. I looked below the patch he was bedded in and there was a 3 pt totally sprawled out like the buck in your picture. I assumed he had been killed in a fight or something. He looked like a dog laying there. After about 20 minutes he got up and stretched. Cool pictures.