Ma nature can be cruel

[hoot]

I was out on the river other day pullin cam cards and on my way to check some new property. Just as i was docking canoe i heard a faint splash. Thinking it was just another carp or turtle, i turned to look and seen antlers sticking out of water 15ft away. It was a dying buck barely able to keep his head up. I backed canoe out and made my way over. By the time i got to him he had gone under and drowned. Was a sad sight to witness.
I believe he got tagged by a car. Both brows and 2 tines on one side were broken. I didnt see any visible wounds, though i didnt flip it. He appears to be yearling 8pt.
Hate to see em go this way



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[Edcyclopedia]

Hi Gary - I hope your summer went well!

Wow that's quite a coincience of bad luck - hate to see it too...
What about some of the diseases as the possible culprit?

Did you leave it in the water?

[Singing Bridge]

Interesting post, certainly something you don't see every day. That's a lot of broken tines, thanks for putting it up hoot.

[hoot]

hi Ed! Summer was ok. yours? cant wait to sit in a tree though. though schools gonna really limit that this year.
i was talkin to a fellow beast member via text the day i came across it. live actually. gotta love technology sometimes. lol. he mentioned ehd. i contacted local warden and explained story. he gave me email for the local biologist. so i emailed him the story along with pics. pics are gps tagged so it should take him right to it. i also explained where he could find him.
i did leave him in the water. figured it was best. like a burial at sea.

[Dewey]

If he got hit by a car probably had serious internal injuries and headed to water to cool down. Kinda like a liver shot deer does. Just a thought.

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[hoot]

On a side note, my card pulls allowed me to figure out where ill be sitting to get my meat!

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[hoot]

If he got hit by a car probably had serious internal injuries and headed to water to cool down. Kinda like a liver shot deer does. Just a thought.

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thats exactly what i was thinking. i know a wounded deer generally heads to water. the broken tines and lack of visible wounds leads me to believe he got tagged. nearest road is about 1/2-3/4 mile. closer to 3/4

[Jackson Marsh]

On a side note, my card pulls allowed me to figure out where ill be sitting to get my meat!

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Should be good eating!

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[UntouchableNess]

Many cases of EHD around here this year. Seems they seek out water when they get sick. I'd wonder about it.......

[PLB]

What state?? I doubt EHD with the busted headgear...

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[Southern Man]

On a side note, my card pulls allowed me to figure out where ill be sitting to get my meat!

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That will be one mean drag......

[Dewey]

On a side note, my card pulls allowed me to figure out where ill be sitting to get my meat!

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Definately mature..........I'd say a shooter for sure!

[hoot]

What state?? I doubt EHD with the busted headgear...

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This is SE wis.

On a side note, my card pulls allowed me to figure out where ill be sitting to get my meat!

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Should be good eating!

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you bet!

On a side note, my card pulls allowed me to figure out where ill be sitting to get my meat!
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That will be one mean drag......

Sure glad Wis lets us quarter em up now!

[dan]

Guys I know have been finding dead bucks all over the place in S.E. Wisconsin. Last week a friend found three dead bucks in a marsh with 100 yards of each other.

[dreaming bucks]

Guys I know have been finding dead bucks all over the place in S.E. Wisconsin. Last week a friend found three dead bucks in a marsh with 100 yards of each other.

I don't like the sounds of that...