for those of you who....

[growalot]

have killed or know someone that killed a buck thus far.....How many have seen war wounds on them?

Mine had a neck puncture and a shoulder puncture that had a bit of puss in it....

[WNYBuckHunter]

Mine had notches in its ears, lined right up with its main beams. I am assuming from sparring or fighting.

[rong]

archery hit or battle scar?

[steve863]

archery hit or battle scar?

Did .308 ask you to bring up the archery hits? LOL

[rong]

no,lol ,wasnt trying to stir the pot,i was actually curious

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Did .308 ask you to bring up the archery hits? LOL

I am reallllllly tring to be nice and there you go baiting me...lol

[growalot]

I'm talking battle scars

[Culvercreek hunt club]

One I saw taken had fresh cuts on his face. I had never seen the ear notches WNY talked about until my 9 point from last year. I have to believe with the force they use to snap off tines or main beams, flesh would get torn prety easily.

Was it really infected Grow?

[growalot]

yep Mr B does a better job on the shoulders than I and He was the one that pointed it out to me...he just cut away a big chunk around it...made the dogs happy...I was surprised the one in his neck.... I found when skinning.... wasn't infected...it was pretty deep.... one G2 was broken at tip and his right brow tine was broken

[BigRed44]

I was small game hunting in PA last Saturday and had an 8 point come within 20 yds that had a bloody nose. Figured it must have been from fighting. Wish i could see one like that when I'm in my stand.

[Lawdwaz]

Yesterday morning in Canadice I saw a HOG of a 10 point that looked to have some blood on his neck. He was about 45 yards and I had a good look at him.

I still have no explanation for the dead buck lying 15 yards from my big bodied brute on the 28th of October. He had no visible trauma and I flipped him over to check. I guess he was hit by a car but who knows??

[Doc]

Last year's deer was a mess. I finally theorized that he got the crap kicked out of him and then had some kind of encounter with some toothy critter that took afew chunks of meat out of his rump area. The wounds look like a combination of things. LOL .... No that messed up rear is not the result of a sloppy gutting job. That's the way he was when I finally got up to him.

[Pygmy]

Doc..The deer's rear end damage was defintily the result of a canine attack.. May have been a domestic dog or a coyote..

I would guess a dog..I suspect a coyote would have pressed the attack and there would have been much more damage done.. Just my opinion based on seeing the result of several canid attacks on deer and domestic animals..

[Paula]

yuk