Incredible/Bittersweet find w/ pictures

[Plateau Hunter]

Yeah familiar terrain-I was born and raised in Grundy and have hunted in Marion a lot in past years…

 

[Big Pop]

Wow! What a story! Congratulations in a strange sort of way!

 

[utvolsfan77]

Wild find! The craziest one i have found dead was a buck that a tree fell on. It landed across his shoulders and neck.

The only thing similar to this that I've ever seen happened during the 2013 deer season. That year we had an unusual amount of high wind storms in upper East Tennessee during the muzzleloader and rifle seasons.

On the walk back to my truck one day, I saw a spot of white in the distance that seemed out of place so I went to investigate. Yep, you guessed it. Three powerline poles had been snapped off during one of the wind storms, allowing two very live power lines to droop to almost ground level. Two young bucks I'd guess at 2.5 years old had let their curiosity get the best of them, and they paid dearly for their inquisitiveness when they were electrocuted. Never seen that before in my 63 years.

 

[tree_ghost]

Incredible!

 

[DoubleRidge]

Magazine worthy. May want to reach out to Field and Stream or Deer and Deer Hunting. They would run your story I'm sure. Thanks for sharing.

Agree....and North American Whitetail magazine also has a section on the back page where readers can submit interesting short stories.

 

[Snake]

Bizarre for sure. I bet they was fighting.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Tennessee24v]

Magazine worthy. May want to reach out to Field and Stream or Deer and Deer Hunting. They would run your story I'm sure. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the suggestion. I will reach out to see if there is any interest.

 

[Racknquack]

Sad it ended that way but have never seen or heard anything like that. Thanks for sharing.

 

[farm208]

Great find and a horrible waste.

 

[Shed Hunter]

Man that's even cooler than killing it to me. Incredible find

 

[41Magnum]

Incredible find! Nature is wild!

And unforgiving at times…

 

[dsa5455]

As mentioned, this would capture my attention on a magazine rack. Thanks for sharing, Can't imagine the struggles of these two in this situation.

 

[grouser]

Great story and pix, thanks for sharing with us.

 

[double browtine]

That kinda reminds me of that movie 127 Hours! Bad way to go for the bucks, but a very unique find. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[farm208]

That is an amazing find indeed

 

[sgtwebb1]

I know of places exactly like that up on Carter Mountain, used to hunt up there in the 1970s, and again when I was a member on the club there about 20 years ago.
Cliffs cracks & and crevasses all over that place, I used to sneak along there looking for this exact sort of thing.
Deer walk along those cliff edges, and trails criss crossing those cracks.
Amazing find & photos.

 

[Shooter77]

amazing story and find! Think of all the deer that disappear and no one ever sees them again.