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 Re: Emaciated Deer
[Re: redchevy]
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10/21/20 10:36 PM
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don k
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I think too many folks worry about wild animals suffering. There is a coyote, vulture, coon, opposum etc. out there trying to feed itself and its young also. If you want to eat it shoot it, if not let nature take its toll. If you didnt get many doe tags then this is your gift horse, dont look it in the mouth. I totally disagree. Winter is coming up. She has 0 chance of getting back in shape unless she is wormed and put in a pen and fed alfalfa hay and protein. Why let her starve to death or let some mangy [censored] coyotes drag her down and start eating on her while she is still alive. Shoot her and drag her off in the brush if you are worried about tagging her.
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Re: Emaciated Deer
[Re: TxHunter87]
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10/21/20 10:46 PM
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There is a school of thought, that I may, or may not have been associated with, that doesn't state you HAVE to put a tag on her when you drag her into the brush. If something is suffering...
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Emaciated Deer
[Re: TxHunter87]
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10/22/20 10:14 AM
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Re: Emaciated Deer
[Re: ETXRaider]
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10/22/20 12:20 PM
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ILUVBIGBUCKS
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Not gonna be CWD. Tooth or digestive issue. ^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^ Likely lack of teeth do to age. She appears to be a very old doe to me.
High fence, low fence, no fence, it really doesn't matter as long as you're hunting!
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Re: Emaciated Deer
[Re: don k]
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10/22/20 12:31 PM
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I think too many folks worry about wild animals suffering. There is a coyote, vulture, coon, opposum etc. out there trying to feed itself and its young also. If you want to eat it shoot it, if not let nature take its toll. If you didnt get many doe tags then this is your gift horse, dont look it in the mouth. I totally disagree. Winter is coming up. She has 0 chance of getting back in shape unless she is wormed and put in a pen and fed alfalfa hay and protein. Why let her starve to death or let some mangy [censored] coyotes drag her down and start eating on her while she is still alive. Shoot her and drag her off in the brush if you are worried about tagging her. I agree with the don on this one. End her life quick, and the coyotes still get to eat. Win/Win
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Emaciated Deer
[Re: Pope&Young]
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10/22/20 12:48 PM
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Is the front half of her bottom jaw missing? It sure looks like it.
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Re: Emaciated Deer
[Re: TxHunter87]
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10/22/20 12:50 PM
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redchevy
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I shot this deer back in 2016-2017 season. For several years she wound up skinny as hell bones poking out all over. She looked bad, near what this one looked like at times. She was very wary and tried several times to kill her but she always seemed to know what was coming and avoided us. That hunt i spotted her at about 400 yards out and climbed down and stalked a little to close the distance and got her. I have no idea how old she was but she was OLD! We ate her, no issues. Some years she looked as poor as the one pictured but like others have said i think she got drawn down from fawns and then progressively got back into better shape. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2020/10/full-625-259367-img_1828_copy.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2020/10/full-625-259368-img_1854_copy.jpg)
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Re: Emaciated Deer
[Re: don k]
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10/22/20 06:05 PM
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ILUVBIGBUCKS
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I think too many folks worry about wild animals suffering. There is a coyote, vulture, coon, opposum etc. out there trying to feed itself and its young also. If you want to eat it shoot it, if not let nature take its toll. If you didnt get many doe tags then this is your gift horse, dont look it in the mouth. I totally disagree. Winter is coming up. She has 0 chance of getting back in shape unless she is wormed and put in a pen and fed alfalfa hay and protein. Why let her starve to death or let some mangy [censored] coyotes drag her down and start eating on her while she is still alive. Shoot her and drag her off in the brush if you are worried about tagging her. I completely agree don k! The humane thing to do is end her suffering quickly!
High fence, low fence, no fence, it really doesn't matter as long as you're hunting!
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Re: Emaciated Deer
[Re: redchevy]
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10/22/20 06:06 PM
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ILUVBIGBUCKS
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High fence, low fence, no fence, it really doesn't matter as long as you're hunting!
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Re: Emaciated Deer
[Re: Creekrunner]
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10/22/20 08:31 PM
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There is a school of thought, that I may, or may not have been associated with, that doesn't state you HAVE to put a tag on her when you drag her into the brush. If something is suffering... I agree with this. Put her down and drag her off, same as deer that break their legs or their neck in pig traps out of season. Just do it and don't publicize it.
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Re: Emaciated Deer
[Re: TxHunter87]
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10/29/20 02:11 AM
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She just needs cream corn and she’ll be fine
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Re: Emaciated Deer
[Re: TxHunter87]
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10/29/20 08:35 AM
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My heart would say "put the poor thing out of its misery."
My head would say "as difficult as it is to see her in that state, lay off the trigger. She will provide a meal for a predator/scavenger. Her weak condition may be exactly what a predator needs in order to teach its pups/cubs how to hunt and how to kill. It's part of the natural cycle so don't interfere unless you want to use the carcass yourself. Let nature take it's course."
Personally, if I saw an arrow sticking out of her or a snare around her neck/foot, then I'd shoot her as it was human interference - not nature - that made her weak.
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Re: Emaciated Deer
[Re: Dimitri]
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10/29/20 11:46 AM
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hook_n_line
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My heart would say "put the poor thing out of its misery."
My head would say "as difficult as it is to see her in that state, lay off the trigger. She will provide a meal for a predator/scavenger. Her weak condition may be exactly what a predator needs in order to teach its pups/cubs how to hunt and how to kill. It's part of the natural cycle so don't interfere unless you want to use the carcass yourself. Let nature take it's course."
Personally, if I saw an arrow sticking out of her or a snare around her neck/foot, then I'd shoot her as it was human interference - not nature - that made her weak.
 I got myself in trouble explaining the circle of life once specially the part about human interference.
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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