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death by rut?
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while scouting last week, I found this dead bull with his pedicle broken from his skull. The spine and other bones were relativly intact making me think that the skull was broken upon death.....what do you guys think?
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oops....heres the pics....
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very well could have...odd that it would be busted that way just laying there. cool find tho
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Nice find
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cool find. if the horn broke of like. that very well could have looks like a mached set of sheds
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July 17, 2011, 10:39:43 PM »
Very nice find congrats honestly suprised the antlers are that intact usually the little critters in the woods have them chewed on pretty good by now.
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I've heard of deer killing each other during the rut...I think it was mostly from exhaustion but I guess if they hit hard enough it could have broke like that and killed him
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could be
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Quote from: 3nails on July 17, 2011, 07:27:24 AM
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Your theory sounds very logical. Doubt he tripped, fell and hit his head. Nice find!
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Very cool find! It's hard to say what might of happened, but your idea is one that would come to mind.
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take em home, they count as sheds if they aint attached to the skull lol
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July 18, 2011, 11:33:03 AM »
Man that's crazy! Would love to know if it was in fact via fighting or if it was just broke off during the scavenging. Neat find!
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I would guess the skull was lying antler down and a bear stomped it off while checking it out. Crazy pile of bone there. Thanks for sharing.
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