Spot the form.....

[GUscottie]

That 4x3 looks like my buck I got in Odessa...Looks just like him..I'd swear it was him...

[Pathfinder101]

Love those.  Great pics Bone..

[boneaddict]

I think every hair on this deer's body was bristled.

[shoot-em-dead]

Is that a big chunk of fur missing in the one you posted today?

[boneaddict]

He is and you can see a lateral line going down his back.  There is no hair loss even remotely close to this country either, so I'd imagine some sort of scuffle happened.  Lots of cats, lots of fighting....

[boneaddict]

I'm guessing he slipped a cat.  Just checked a closeup of the other side and its similiar in just in the right spot for it.

[boneaddict]

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[WAPITIHUNTER]

What an old grizzled warrior. Love the roman nose on him. Great Stuff there!!!!

[Kowsrule30]

He's a lucky guy!!

[Birdguy]

What a sweet group of pictures Bone. There is a real benefit to having guys like you posting on this site. It gives us all something to look at and talk about besides the uselessness of our game management program. Thanks again for posting these truly awesome pictures.

Next time can you get the cat on that buck ? You know, proof of what happened . You get such great pictures it would not even suprise me.

[boneaddict]

THanks.     I'll see what I can do. I don't deal with predators very well.  I'd never make one of these National Geographic guys that watch the Hyenas shred some deer.  I'd be trying to poke holes in THEM.   I saw two different bucks with similiar wounds this year.  One I am sure will perish.  He had an infected one, probably from punctures where a cat bit down.   His infection smelled and he could hardly walk, though he was still rutting and had a small buck at bay.  This guy looked like he just lost hair but didn't suffer too much.  H emight miss that hair tonight though with this wind....

[MtnMuley]

That sure is a dandy long roman nose!  Great pics