Nice Find

[Lomax]

My sons friend found this 12 pt head and dead carcass recently not far off a county trail.  Would have loved to have stumbled on this find.  Makes one wonder how many big bux die and are never found.  Winter is a great time to find these and sheds from the ones that made it.  Get out for a hike and give it a try you never know what you might find.  

[BizCT]

sweet buck

[Lomax]

Bill I would guess 3 1/2 at least probably older 4 1/2.  It’s a guess just based on the rack.  They had to cut head from they body which they said was mostly bones and hair so kind of hard to tell by the body size to help guess age.  

[Steve D]

https://www.themeateater.com/hunt/whitetail-deer/photos-record-book-whitetail-found-dead-in-ohio

 

Edited January 27, 2021 by Steve D

[Daveboone]

Alot of road kill bucks out there, but certainly there are hunter shot deer that get away. 

[Robhuntandfish]

wow thats a doozy.  Ive had a few on cam that were never seen again and never heard of anyone getting them.  But yet rarely find any deadheads.  Must be they die in the same place they hide during season. lol  

[RangerClay]

I hate finding bucks like that after season.  Then I start speculating how they died.

[SportsmanNH]

Finding only bones and hair sounds like it's been dead since early fall. Did he happen to find it in an area that was affected by EHD ? 

[Lomax]

5 minutes ago, SportsmanNH said:

Finding only bones and hair sounds like it's been dead since early fall. Did he happen to find it in an area that was affected by EHD ? 

No EHD in my area central Fingerlakes Cayuga County.  My guess is One of three things happened a hunter put a bad shot on it that eventually led to its demise Or it got hit by a car as it was found not far from the road or died of some other causes.  With just a carcass of bones and hair and the dead head it’s impossible to tell how it died just glad they found it

[Four Seasons]

6 hours ago, Steve D said:

https://www.themeateater.com/hunt/whitetail-deer/photos-record-book-whitetail-found-dead-in-ohio

 

Shows the difference in the two states.     Oh what we could have only if ..............

[Farflung]

There was a article in the last (or recent) NY Outdoor News regarding a West Point cadet that found a big skull with rack attached.  DEC made him give it up. There was a article (Dan Ladds editorial?) that addressed DEC's position on this. Maybe it was in 2 separate issues?

[crappyice]

There was a article in the last (or recent) NY Outdoor News regarding a West Point cadet that found a big skull with rack attached.  DEC made him give it up. There was a article (Dan Ladds editorial?) that addressed DEC's position on this. Maybe it was in 2 separate issues?

West Point has some SLOBS!


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[SportsmanNH]

8 hours ago, Steve D said:

https://www.themeateater.com/hunt/whitetail-deer/photos-record-book-whitetail-found-dead-in-ohio

 

Looks like this buck died from exhaustion carrying all that weight on its head !