Posted By: bphillips
first dead deer - 07/21/11 09:09 PM
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
Posted By: jcoutdoors
Re: first dead deer - 07/21/11 10:10 PM
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.
Posted By: txtrophy85
Re: first dead deer - 07/21/11 11:27 PM
found a dead doe right underneath my bow feeder today.....don't know if thats good luck or bad?
Posted By: txshntr
Re: first dead deer - 07/21/11 11:28 PM
Hate to find any deer, sure hate to find one with that potential.
Posted By: Erathkid
Re: first dead deer - 07/21/11 11:44 PM
Yeah,that was a dandy buck,sorry for your loss.You can still hang his head in camp.
Dang that's a nice buck. What a shame.
Posted By: jim1961
Re: first dead deer - 07/22/11 12:40 AM
That's a shame. he was a nice buck
Posted By: Tres
Re: first dead deer - 07/22/11 01:50 AM
Dang man that'll make your heart sink
Posted By: iluv2hunt
Re: first dead deer - 07/22/11 05:32 AM
Right now, in July, bucks antlers are still growing and in velvet?
Posted By: Seadog
Re: first dead deer - 07/22/11 05:36 AM
He would have been a good one this year!!!
Posted By: txtrophy85
Re: first dead deer - 07/22/11 12:56 PM
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?
Posted By: bentman
Re: first dead deer - 07/22/11 01:21 PM
how do you know he is a 3yr old
Posted By: txtrophy85
Re: first dead deer - 07/22/11 01:30 PM
how do you know he is a 3yr old
he prolly found the jaw bone next to the skull
Posted By: redchevy
Re: first dead deer - 07/22/11 05:58 PM
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
Posted By: bphillips
Re: first dead deer - 07/22/11 09:08 PM
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
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: first dead deer - 07/25/11 12:28 AM
Sad, but it is part of managing deer.
Posted By: Savage388
Re: first dead deer - 07/25/11 04:10 AM
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.
Posted By: ASUhunter21
Re: first dead deer - 07/25/11 04:24 AM
That is rough to see that bud
Posted By: bphillips
Re: first dead deer - 07/27/11 09:45 PM
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
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
That's to bad. Would have been a nice one.