What is this around this deer's neck...

... and how did it get there?

Snare?

Dinner Bell?

Pet Bell?

To me it looks like a loop of fencing wire, barbwire maybe.

Never know where a deer is going to stick its head. I have pictures somewhere of a nubbin buck that got his head stuck in a paint can. He ended up having to be shot because they couldn't catch him.

It looks like a loop of cable twist wire(barbless twisted wire). Many use the wire to tie cornerposts H braces with.

What county is this is... . I know a place with a pet doe and it has a collar with some junk hanging from it

Looks like wire to me. I zoomed in pretty close to get a good look.

Somebody has a pet with a bell on it.

Looks like snare to me

Whatever it is long term it doesn't look good to me

Thats what I was thinking.

Cross necklace, figured if she wore it god wouldnt let yall shoot her

Rosary?

Grunt call from the last hunter that tried to cull her!!

Snare

Yep twisted tie wire, like stx said.

if it was a snare, it would have tightened down & she'd be dead. its wire.

If you zoom up tight, looks to be wire.

Ya, tie wire.

I once drove into a pasture to find a calf wearing something around his neck. Upon closer inspection it turned out to be a toilet seat. I have no idea where it could have come from or how he got it on his head. I came back later that day with a horse and roped the calf to get it off, only to find there was no way to get it off without cutting it. It absolutely would not go back over his head. Animals can get themselves in some strange predicaments.

wire

Wire...got twisted in a fence and lucky enough it looks like it was older wire and was able to break free...usually dont turn out that way

If someone put that on as a coler id like to meet them and slap them across the face.... that looks like a young doe and the bigger it gets that wire will dig into her neck

I would also say it has not been around her neck very long due to the fact the hair is not rubbed or short.

I shot a doe yrs ago that had a red collar and a red bell around her neck
Good way to get hung up somewhere

I'd say fence wire as well

If you get a legal chance i would take her if she dosnt get rid of it by then...

what is bad is if it is wire, and she doesnt get it off, it may not turn out good for her....

bling

Luckily it looks to have plenty of slack, and a doe isn't going to get that much bigger a neck. It would be more of a problem if it was a buck.

Tie wire. Just hope it doesn't grow into her skin.

Is that what she said?

looks like wire

My first thought too... Starting her "hail Mary's" now to avoid the receiving end of your shots next fall!

That's how it looks to me too.

He went to Jarrod...

Looks like somebody's pet..

Looks like fence wire to me too but you'd think there would be some missing hair or wounds of some sort visible...

Looks like wire to me!

Looks like some kind of collar with a bell to me. I would have thought that just some kind of wrapped up wire would have rubbed off the hair. May be, or may have been, someone's pet. Just my guess.

Another vote for wire

I also zoomed the image and I completely agree with you.

I agree, wire

Wire

Rosary FTW