Jon308 wrote:its not that far of a swim. It’s really a large creek and you see can far from all three sides of peninsula (finger), except the entrance it’s fairly thick. The dead head was at entrance of the finger on a trail. Also the the finger is about 15 or 20 high from waters edge so good vantage point.mike perry wrote:If your assuming the bed you found on the peninsula Is a mature buck bed I think you have to consider how far is it to the next land he would have to swim to to escape. I just don’t feel like a mature buck would allow himself to be that valuable if he had to swim a long distance to escape danger. Not that I think deer are afraid to cross water but it would make more sense for a mature buck to bed where the main land meets the peninsula especially if there is good cover there. Was the big dead head you found in a bed or just on a trail, did you find good bedding where the dead head was found? Chances are that buck felt safe where he died unless he was mortally wounded and died on his feet. I’d start searching around where that dead head was found and go off that.
That makes more sense to me know, I was thinking a peninsula surrounded by a large body of water