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 first dead deer
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07/21/11 09:09 PM
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bphillips
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Found my first dead buck yesterday.. Thank goodness I havent found any recent deaths from the heat but it still stinks to lose one like this.. Pretty he was a casualty of the rut and a real nice buck for a 3 yr old 
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Re: first dead deer
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07/21/11 09:39 PM
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thewrap
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Re: first dead deer
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07/21/11 10:04 PM
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BMD
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Re: first dead deer
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07/21/11 10:10 PM
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jcoutdoors
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Might have been the victim of a road hunter or a misplaced shot on a bordering property. Would have been a nice buck this year.
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Re: first dead deer
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07/21/11 11:27 PM
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txtrophy85
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found a dead doe right underneath my bow feeder today.....don't know if thats good luck or bad?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: first dead deer
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07/21/11 11:28 PM
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txshntr
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Hate to find any deer, sure hate to find one with that potential.
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Re: first dead deer
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07/21/11 11:44 PM
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Erathkid
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Yeah,that was a dandy buck,sorry for your loss.You can still hang his head in camp.
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it.
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Re: first dead deer
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07/22/11 12:30 AM
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MikeBillington
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Dang that's a nice buck. What a shame.
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Re: first dead deer
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07/22/11 12:40 AM
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jim1961
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That's a shame. he was a nice buck
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Re: first dead deer
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07/22/11 01:50 AM
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Tres
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Dang man that'll make your heart sink
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Re: first dead deer
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07/22/11 05:32 AM
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iluv2hunt
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Right now, in July, bucks antlers are still growing and in velvet?
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Re: first dead deer
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07/22/11 05:36 AM
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He would have been a good one this year!!!
I support Cap and Trade - Cap our spending and Trade Obama
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Re: first dead deer
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07/22/11 12:56 PM
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txtrophy85
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Might have been the victim of a road hunter or a misplaced shot on a bordering property. Would have been a nice buck this year. what would give you that impression?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: first dead deer
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07/22/11 01:21 PM
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bentman
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how do you know he is a 3yr old
If it bleeds I can KILL IT
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Re: first dead deer
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07/22/11 01:30 PM
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txtrophy85
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how do you know he is a 3yr old he prolly found the jaw bone next to the skull
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: first dead deer
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07/22/11 05:58 PM
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redchevy
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Same thing happend on our place, found a nice little 2.5-3.5 YO 10 dead from the rut we asume. His bottom jaw was still atached, teeth say 3, cam pics say 2.5 so we go with either one. I did a euro and it will be the first one in the new camp house. It really sucks to see your up and comers turn up dead, our best buck on the place turned up at the end of the season with a bum leg, but seemed to get better, but havent been able to identify since they lost horns.
matt
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Re: first dead deer
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07/22/11 09:08 PM
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bphillips
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how do you know he is a 3yr old he prolly found the jaw bone next to the skull yep I broke the bottom jaw off.. scored him at 131.. definitely hate to lose one with that much potential
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Re: first dead deer
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07/23/11 05:20 AM
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seohunt
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Re: first dead deer
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07/25/11 12:28 AM
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stxranchman
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Sad, but it is part of managing deer.
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Re: first dead deer
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07/25/11 04:10 AM
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I am confused. I have no doubt that deer is dead, but a hard horned deer in July will not be found. I don't believe he just died. I have seen hard horned deer in East Texas as late as the 3rd weekend of March. I think he has been dead a while and was not scavanged.
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Re: first dead deer
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07/25/11 04:24 AM
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That is rough to see that bud
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Re: first dead deer
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07/27/11 09:45 PM
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bphillips
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I am confused. I have no doubt that deer is dead, but a hard horned deer in July will not be found. I don't believe he just died. I have seen hard horned deer in East Texas as late as the 3rd weekend of March. I think he has been dead a while and was not scavanged. haha in no way saying he just died.. pretty sure it was rut injury or he made it a long ways after bein wounded by a neighbor.. he was bare bones other than the head and we dont have coyotes
Last edited by bphillips; 07/27/11 09:46 PM.
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Re: first dead deer
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#2465783
07/30/11 01:47 PM
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TallTines&Pines
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we found a nice 9 last year right in the middle of an oat field and the skull was already boned out.. had no idea how long it had been there but it hadnt been TOO long.. it really tweeked my melons
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