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Ever seen this before?

Unread postby Bowhunter74201 » Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:17 am

i hadn't.. until now.

i shot this doe just before last shooting light, made a questionable shot so i backed out and went in first thing the next morning to recover. i picked up the blood trail, which ran about 75 yards, and this is what was waiting for me at the end of it.

the tail caught my attention..
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i suspect this was the work of a bobcat, but i can't be certain. i've had some bobcats on the trail cams lately. i also thought it may have been a bear, but i haven't had any bear pics in several months. also, i think a bear would have torn this deer up a lot more than it was. pretty crazy though huh?


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Unread postby dreaming bucks » Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:22 am

I always thought coyotes go for the hind quarter first, where all the meat is, but I could be wrong on that.....
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Unread postby oldrank » Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:48 am

My first thought is bear or cougar.. Ive never heard of coyotes covering up a carcass.

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Unread postby vtbuck » Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:51 am

I've heard of cougars doing that. Make a kill, eat some, then try and hide it till they need to feed again. Not sure if that's what this is. Just a thought.

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Unread postby Bowhunter74201 » Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:05 am

supposedly, we don't have any cougars/mountain lions here. or so they say. but we do have bobcats. pretty sure i've read or heard somewhere that its common for cats to bury a kill.

i was pretty stunned when i found it, that's for sure!
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Unread postby PK_ » Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:11 am

Throw that tore up shoulder back there and stick a cam over it.

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Unread postby vtbuck » Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:21 am

What state is this in? The Wisconsin dnr will tell you there are no cougars in Wisconsin but my grandparents farm in Juneau cty is where several cougar attacks occurred on livestock and horses. They shut up pretty quickly when the Feds showed up to see how bad the situation was. Ended up being a mating pair and the Feds told the dnr to stop lying about it. Several hunters in the area had pics of cougars during turkey and deer season. Very pretty animals but really makes you think walking through the woods. Whose hunting me?

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Unread postby Findian » Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:33 am

Bobcats do that.

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Unread postby Horizontal Hunter » Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:36 am

Why is the a deer handle around its neck?

Makes me think poacher who hid his deer too well.

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Unread postby oldrank » Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:37 am

It looks like something smaller due to how little was eating.. Probably a bobcat as u stated earlier.

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Unread postby headgear » Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:42 am

I think that is a cat trait so very likely your bobcat grabbed a quick snack and saved the rest for later.
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Unread postby Bowhunter74201 » Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:58 am

Horizontal Hunter wrote:Why is the a deer handle around its neck?

Makes me think poacher who hid his deer too well.

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because i used the deer handle to pull it out of the brush pile. this was in my backyard, and i was out there past last light and was back out first thing the next morning. definitely my deer, entry wound in the liver/guts, right where i hit her.
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Unread postby dan » Wed Nov 25, 2015 5:34 am

Some sort of cat did that.
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Unread postby mauser06 » Wed Nov 25, 2015 7:47 am

Agreed a cat did it...I don't know that a bear would have been so tidy about his work...

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Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Wed Nov 25, 2015 8:55 am

Fisher will also do this.

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