Poached deer??

[Huntboy]

Good job on calling it in.

[merlo105]

There is so much poaching going on in that area its unreal. Could have been indians too... Was seeing alot of them around coyle

[JimmyHoffa]

Yeah, agree that the poaching there is abundant.  But usually they haul it off and dump what they don't want at a gate later.  They took the time to dress and skin it.  Sounds like what lots do for bears, but that seems to be a bit much for a deer.  Lifesize mount?  Buckskin gloves?  Most of the poaching I hear of is right next to the houses or in people's yards. 

[blacktaill]

Ya that pisses me off to!!! That is where i have hunted for 20 years!!

[Co]

 

[robodad]

Could have been a deer that hung too long at home after the kill and just soured so it got brought back for the smaller critters, dump won't take em 

[singleshot12]

I'm thinking the carcass was hauled and dumped there for the coyotes on purpose, nothing else really makes any sense. Whoever left it must of figured the meat had soured or had gangrene or something. If a hunter reports an inedible deer they can dispose of it and get issued another tag. But if the meat had gone bad from neglect then not.

[singleshot12]

Ha! ya beat me to it robodad

[Wild Bill]

You would think the tag would have been with it...

Rules be damned... I know I'm not the only one who don't leave a notched tag unattended.... Especially with all the scum running round these days... Know the forum lawyers are gonna be all over it, but 90% of people on here wouldn't leave the animal alone with a tag either...

[HoofsandWings]

I'm thinking the carcass was hauled and dumped there for the coyotes on purpose, nothing else really makes any sense. Whoever left it must of figured the meat had soured or had gangrene or something. If a hunter reports an inedible deer they can dispose of it and get issued another tag. But if the meat had gone bad from neglect then not.

Thats possible. Still had paper towels in gut cavity. There was no smell of bad meat, no flies and the meat had not started to darken.
No animals had touched it.

[sirmissalot]

Have you been back to see if its still there?

[bearhunter99]

If there were no flies or smell and the meat had not started to darken there was probably someone coming back for the rest of it.  Sounds like a pretty fresh kill to me. 

I wish more states had laws like Alaska's.  Up there you get a fine if you haven't packed every bit of edible meat before you pack the horns/hide.

[TopOfTheFoodChain]

Found a 2 point shot and left for the birds/yotes outside Eburg last week. Reported it in person to a gamey. He didn't seem too interested even though it had been shot in the last day or two. 

[Austrian Hunter]

Why would a poacher go to the lengths of gutting it, skinning it and leaving it?  Wouldn't a poacher just take the head? 

 

[HoofsandWings]

Have you been back to see if its still there?

Yes, I had checked about 6 hours later and it was still there, but starting to smell and covered with flies.