Found a huge blood trail on Wednesday

[catman529]

Lookin for squirrels with a coworker (there were none to be found) we were going into some thick woods off a field edge and I saw dried blood on a dead weed stalk.

Ended up being a big blood trail with splatters all on the ground, sticks and even a tree trunk.

A short distance later, 40+ buzzards and this:

On closer inspection, it appeared to have been cut and skinned, and I assume all the major cuts of meat were removed before the buzzards got it. It had no shoulders and the skin was cut around all the ankles.

Was fresh enough, I can only guess it had been killed on the last day of season. I also found a heavy deer trail running parallel to the field, that I will have to go back and see if I can find a way to hunt it next year.

Edit: the way they packed the meat out, it's possible it could have been killed after season closed, and they didn't want to get caught. Only a guess. Could have been a legal hunter taking after Poser as well.


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[Bone Collector]

Edit: the way they packed the meat out, it's possible it could have been killed after season closed, and they didn't want to get caught. Only a guess. Could have been a legal hunter taking after Poser as well.
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I can tell you that is what happened. If I'm not mistaken it rained between Sunday and today. Either way i doubt you'd have found any remnants of blood from last Sunday.

 

[catman529]

Didn't rain here, was clear and sunny as soon as deer season was closed. Snowed a little on Wednesday when we found the deer. Lots of dried blood and the broken ribs suggest a larger rifle not a .22

As fresh as the deer was, it was still possibly killed after season closed, but no way for me to tell. Could have been either


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[Ladys man]

That's crazy

 

[Tennessee Lead]

Leave it to you to stumble upon something like this in the woods lol. Your the findingest rascal I've ever seen . [emoji6]


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[catman529]

Leave it to you to stumble upon something like this in the woods lol. Your the findingest rascal I've ever seen . [emoji6]


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maybe it's a sign I'll find another big skull, lol. If I find another whopper might have to donate it to Tndeer for the vous auction or sumptin lol


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[Tennessee Lead]

I hope you do find one.. Enjoy seeing all your cool finds.


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[catman529]

Hoping to pick up a public land shed or two this year if I can.


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[Shed Hunter]

Hoping to pick up a public land shed or two this year if I can.


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You will if you quit screwing around with those shrooms and feathered rats :poke: :D

 

[landman]

This happened in less than 14 hrs on an island
in the Mississippi River, a client of mine
shot at dark and found 1 hr after daylight a
few years back

 

[TheLBLman]

Yea, the piranha have really moved a lot farther north up the Mississippi over the past several years.

Seem to be getting a little of everything heading north, armadillos, fire ants, killer bees, alligators, cougars, black jaguars, bull sharks, and now we have to get to our deer before the piranha get them!

 

[scn]

Yea, the piranha have really moved a lot farther north up the Mississippi over the past several years.

Seem to be getting a little of everything heading north, armadillos, fire ants, killer bees, alligators, cougars, black jaguars, bull sharks, and now we have to get to our deer before the piranha get them!

Don't forget the 15' python one of our guys shot out of a tree around just down from PI during the last big flood.

 

[Richie]

Yea, the piranha have really moved a lot farther north up the Mississippi over the past several years.

Seem to be getting a little of everything heading north, armadillos, fire ants, killer bees, alligators, cougars, black jaguars, bull sharks, and now we have to get to our deer before the piranha get them!

Don't forget the 15' python one of our guys shot out of a tree around just down from PI during the last big flood.

:rotf: :rotf:

 

[MMHunter]

This happened in less than 14 hrs on an island
in the Mississippi River, a client of mine
shot at dark and found 1 hr after daylight a
few years back

I'd be sick if that happened to me that quick. 14 hr!! My goodness, they got it quick.

 

[ttf909]

Double tap?

 

[ttf909]

Yea, the piranha have really moved a lot farther north up the Mississippi over the past several years.

Seem to be getting a little of everything heading north, armadillos, fire ants, killer bees, alligators, cougars, black jaguars, bull sharks, and now we have to get to our deer before the piranha get them!

Don't forget the 15' python one of our guys shot out of a tree around just down from PI during the last big flood.

Seriously?

 

[ttf909]

Double tap?

 

[ttf909]

Double tap?

 

[Mike Belt]

If enough of them get on it they can do it in over night. I lost a doe a few years back and found nothing but skin and bones the following morning. I've also had buzzards on a deer before I could get out of my stand.

 

[megalomaniac]

BIG difference between the one catman posted and the one landman posted. Coyotes hadn't even found the one catman posted... notice the ribs on the two deer. Yoties love to chew the rib bones. Will do that almost every time.

If you are remote enough... it is MUCH easier to debone and pack meat out on a packframe on your back than try to cart the entire animal or even a field dressed animal out.

 

[catman529]

BIG difference between the one catman posted and the one landman posted. Coyotes hadn't even found the one catman posted... notice the ribs on the two deer. Yoties love to chew the rib bones. Will do that almost every time.

If you are remote enough... it is MUCH easier to debone and pack meat out on a packframe on your back than try to cart the entire animal or even a field dressed animal out.

it was maybe 1/2 mile from road, but on a trail that they use to get the farm equipment to the fields... Would have been easy to cart, but maybe they didn't have a cart, in which case it would make more sense to pack the meat out.


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[444 BLASTER]

THOSE WALKING PIRANHA ARE THE WORST, I'VE HAD TO FIND ONE IN THE MORNING BUT NO PIRANHA GOT TO IT, THAT WOULD CREATE ANOTHER HUNT FOR ME.

 

[Boone 58]

Interesting!

 

[catman529]

Looks like they left behind a perfectly good front shank.

I leave behind shanks too, don't feel like messing with layers of silver skin. Need one of your recipes


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[7mm08]

Prime example of why you leave ONE bullet in your pistol if you ever fall and break a leg/hip and you can't get out...... Coyotes are efficient in picking a body clean! Kill 'em all!!

 

[catman529]

Prime example of why you leave ONE bullet in your pistol if you ever fall and break a leg/hip and you can't get out...... Coyotes are efficient in picking a body clean! Kill 'em all!!

didn't look like yotes got that one yet, nothing had chewed on the ribs and there were just a ton of buzzards


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[gator-n-buck]

This happened in less than 14 hrs on an island
in the Mississippi River, a client of mine
shot at dark and found 1 hr after daylight a
few years back

That was a quick meal....