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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: jtrammell on December 10, 2016, 06:41:59 PM

Title: Deer down....but how?
Post by: jtrammell on December 10, 2016, 06:41:59 PM: Found this little guy in the woods today. He's been dead since at least Thursday.
The weird thing was, there wasn't an exit or entry wound of any type. The nearest road from where he was found is roughly 1000 yards as the crow flies. In those 1000 yards there two extremely thick patches of woods, a clear cut and a creek.
Any ideas?
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Post by: elkrack on December 10, 2016, 06:47:13 PM: :dunno: weird must have gotten illness
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Post by: dreamunelk on December 10, 2016, 07:19:53 PM: Just like any other living thing there are countless reasons/ causes for death. How do you know there was no entry or exit wounds. Small caliber and archery are hard to find after some weather and a day or two.
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Post by: JDHasty on December 10, 2016, 07:47:57 PM: ??Buckshot??

I talked to a guy that found a doe in his driveway. It was no great shape and had no sign of trauma so he suspected a car hit it. He "donated" it to one of the wolf places and they found five pieces of 00 in it when they cut it up to distribute it.
Title: Re: Deer down....but how?
Post by: jtrammell on December 10, 2016, 08:58:37 PM: Quote from: dreamunelk on December 10, 2016, 07:19:53 PM
Just like any other living thing there are countless reasons/ causes for death. How do you know there was no entry or exit wounds. Small caliber and archery are hard to find after some weather and a day or two.

I did an extrmely thorough look over. Spent a solid 45 minutes looking and feeling all over.
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Post by: heronblu on December 10, 2016, 09:24:06 PM: Could have gotten smacked by a car and walked for a while until the internal injuries caught up with him. I have picked up road killed deer that look completely pristine but when you cut them open you see the bruising and the damage. Who knows though, it could have been so many things.
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Post by: snake on December 11, 2016, 02:20:47 PM: Hind quarters are still good to eat.
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Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on December 11, 2016, 03:00:38 PM: Without skinning it's hard to find all injuries.
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Post by: boneaddict on December 11, 2016, 03:16:53 PM: They randomly die just like we do, "brain bleed" for instance. Im betting car though.
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Post by: Bill W on December 11, 2016, 04:22:51 PM: I found one like that years ago. It was shot by a poacher with a .22 and ran off and died. Couldn't see the entrance hole until I pushed on the body with my foot. That was a mistake and one I'd never make again. Got a geyser of stinky stuff shot out that made me gag.
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Post by: fish vacuum on December 11, 2016, 04:28:42 PM: It smoked cigarettes.
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Post by: fishnfur on December 11, 2016, 06:18:07 PM: Died of a broken heart. His girl ran off with the big jerk buck that lives up on the hill.

I like your new avatar Fish Vacuum!
Title: Re: Deer down....but how?
Post by: fish vacuum on December 13, 2016, 12:31:18 AM: Quote from: fishnfur on December 11, 2016, 06:18:07 PM
Died of a broken heart. His girl ran off with the big jerk buck that lives up on the hill.

I like your new avatar Fish Vacuum!
Lol. I dumped the Hillary avatar after the election and went with the 16 time world champion. Wooooo!