Buzzards must be hungry

[Chief44]

Buddy of mine shot a buck Friday morning. The buck had a bullet hole through his hoof and an eye gouged out Which I assume was from fighting. He took a pic of the deer and walked out to get the ranger. I went in to help him get the deer and the buzzards were already on him. They had pecked the gouged eye out and crapped all over him. Deer hadn't been dead 30 min. It's like they were following him around just waiting for him to die. Nasty birds.

 

[PalsPal]

That's crazy.

 

[Crappieaddict]

Wow!

 

[xtremedeerman]

I had the same yesterday killed a nice 8 by the time my brother came off the mountain to help drag him the buzzards had already got an eye

 

[Deer Assassin]

I have had crows for the same thing

 

[ROVERBOY]

I hate buzzards sometimes. One species has caused problems for cattle farmers.

 

[backyardtndeer]

I hate buzzards sometimes. One species has caused problems for cattle farmers.

Black vulture. They are much more aggressive than the common turkey vulture. They will kill fawns and calves. Peck their eyes out first.

An fyi, 5 or so years ago Tennessee passed legislation to not comply with federal law in regards to buzzards.

 

[wsm]

They remind me of the DEM . IN CHARGE NOW . JMO

 

[cbhunter]

Great buck

 

[kkh325]

Awesome Buck !

 

[Snake]

That happened to.me once in Giles . Shot a nice eight point . After finding him I went back to get four wheeler and seen them fly off when I pulled up . They must get the eyes first cause that's what they plucked out on him . Nice buck though congrats to your friend.

 

[DoubleRidge]

WOW....that was quick..... congrats on nice buck

 

[Omega]

Yea, they are quick, they had already found the gut pile before I left. But I doubt they are going hungry around this time, they just like being first to the banquet. Nice buck BTW.

 

[catman529]

Dang! And I left a buck overnight next to a huge buzzard roost and the jokers still hadn't found him by 1pm the next day.

 

[Remington700]

Last one we killed had 50 buzzards circling the gut pile within 5 minutes.

 

[KTS]

The black buzzards seem to be taking over everywhere. You see them a lot more than the turkey vultures.

 

[catman529]

The black buzzards seem to be taking over everywhere. You see them a lot more than the turkey vultures.

Black vultures aren't protected in TN anymore. You can shoot em as long as a federal game warden isn't around, as far as I know. They are hell on cattle and I agree they may need some thinning.

 

[Antler Daddy]

Saturday at LBL, I had a bunch fly over me then land in some trees about 300 yards away. I had never seen so many. I estimated at least 50. They came in waves just floating.

 

[catman529]

Saturday at LBL, I had a bunch fly over me then land in some trees about 300 yards away. I had never seen so many. I estimated at least 50. They came in waves just floating.

Probably a roost.

 

[Antler Daddy]

Probably a roost.

They landed at top of some tall red oaks on the 2nd knoll of the Ridge line saddle I was hunting. They did look slightly smaller than turkey cultures. I didn't even know there was more than one type.