Injured deer I saw today.

[Rockspek]

Friend and I were driving down a road headed to a job and he pointed out a deer setting in the middle of a field.  Grabbed my binos and noticed a little blood on its head where it's antlers had fallen off.  The deer did not want to get up as I got out of the car and walked towards it.  I'm thinking this will be my first shed find.  It must have just dropped them.  The deer got up and I felt bad I even got out of the truck.  Barely walked away and had a big lump on it's front shoulder.  I'm gonna guess maybe a bad shot that is infected now but maybe could have been a hit by a car.  No shed score yet.  Wish that you could know weather a deer would make it or not.  Felt bad as he hobbled away.

[ny hunter]

Man that sucks he has to suffer like that..

[Paula]

Let's see the shed, both sides?

[Rockspek]

I didn't find the sheds.  They have to be around there somewhere though.  Earlier last fall we saw a real nice buck chasing 3 or 4 doe in the middle of the day real close to the same place.  Wish I had time and permission to look harder.

[Paula]

Oh ok

[Hock3y24]

Sounds like he got hit

By a car, they fell off in impact or post from stress. Luckily I havnt seen many road killed this year.

[RoadKill44]

The fact that blood is visible on the head and the deer is bedded just off the road would indicate deer/vehicle accident. The big lump and struggle to limp away reinforces the reason for bedding in the open and near a road. If hit by a car the shed may be near the road rather than were bedded.

 

I do have road kill experience - hence the name given to me many years ago.

 

I've seen three or four deer along the road but, where one use worth bothering with, I was on another urgent mission and couldn't take the time. 

[Rockspek]

I do have road kill experience - hence the name given to me many years ago.

LOL

 

 

This deer was in a field very far away from an actual road. I was on a long private drive.  It makes sense that it was hit by a car tho