OUCH!

[Cabin Fever]

Sure feel bad for this one! Looks like it has an infection in it's lower leg, that has taken it's toll on the hindquarter. Possibly injured by a vehicle. Everytime I get pics of it, it's by itself...

[Karpteach]

Dang that's a shame!

[Pistol Pete]

shoot it

[Doc]

I hate to see critters in that kind of shape. But next time some animal rights wacko starts giving you a hard time about blowing a deer flat, drag out that picture and show them some of the alternatives to hunting, and the way Mother Nature usually has wildlife meet their end.

[trophy taker]

Hate seeing them suffer like that, but mother nature can be cruel. Coyotes will find her sooner or later.

[Lawdwaz]

Your coyote population must be low?

[nycoyotehounds..BUB]

Survival of the fittest...nature

[ants]

Damn shame. One limped accross the road in front of my truck last week but she didnt look as gaunt as this one.

[skyhunter]

amazing how they can hang on.

[GreeneHunter]

What a shame !

[ny hunter]

You never know,she just might make it thru the cold months and you well see more of her in all year.

[Doc]

You never know,she just might make it thru the cold months and you well see more of her in all year.

I don't know ..... I'm no vet, but I do know that that joint is a fairly complex part of the leg and by the looks of it, it will never function again. I have seen deer that got along just fine with a rear leg completely missing, but they didn't look that unhealthy. I kind of wonder if there isn't more wrong with that deer than just the obvious problem.

[bubba]

If you showed this pic to some anti-peta wacko, they would contend it was done by wounding it by a hunter, and the pic would be on the front cover of their most recent propaganda rag. Why give them ammo.