Interesting find

[HOOK]

So I was scouting in between hunts and then I found this. It was 5 feet up in this tree. Would've been an impressive buck. Had a 19 1/2 inch inside wide spread. Any opinions on how it ended up 5 feet off the ground?

 

[cbhunter]

I suspect someone found it and put it up there, possibly with the intention of coming by back to grab it and never made it back

 

[Omega]

:)

 

[quackaholic]

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Exactly .

 

[MickThompson]

I suspect someone found it and put it up there, possibly with the intention of coming by back to grab it and never made it back

Squirrels probably got on it before it quit stinking

 

[HOOK]

I suspect someone found it and put it up there, possibly with the intention of coming by back to grab it and never made it back

This is private property. I've never had a problem with trespassers.

 

[Gravey]

Been there a long time no doubt with the weathered antlers and moss growing on them. No idea how it got there.

 

[Ski]

This is private property. I've never had a problem with trespassers.

It's hung 5ft up out on twig branches that aren't large enough to support that head if it were fresh, let alone it plus the weight of whatever animal could drag it up there. So it was placed there after it had already decomposed considerably. As far as I know no animals besides humans are hanging rotted deer skulls out on thin branches like Christmas tree ornaments. So IMO you indeed do have a trespasser problem.

 

[TNlandowner]

My forester friend finds buck sheds and head / racks all the time. He always hangs them up to help the landowner find it. He will even hang them on a ladder stand if it is nearby. I once asked him why he didn't carry the rack out of the woods. He showed me his heavy equipment pack and I understood ;o)

 

[Boll Weevil]

Any chance you're in flood prone ground?

 

[Antler Daddy]

So I was scouting in between hunts and then I found this. It was 5 feet up in this tree. Would've been an impressive buck. Had a 19 1/2 inch inside wide spread. Any opinions on how it ended up 5 feet off the ground?

cool find for sure!

 

[yellalinehunter]

Stood up to make a licking branch and got tangled. Or a tornado blew a dead head in the bushes

 

[DayTrader]

Maybe he just hung around a little too long.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Doubtful that any animal would have set it there like that. Have to agree with ski and cbhunter, someone put it there.

 

[Acorn]

When I'm rabbit hunting and find a dead head I will hang them up like that.

 

[HOOK]

Any chance you're in flood prone ground?

Not at all…

 

[Outdoor Enthusiast]

Maybe coon hunters found it and left it there. It's hard to know if they trespass.

 

[Snake]

Tornado ...

 

[rifle02]

Bigfoot!!

 

[backyardtndeer]

Maybe coon hunters found it and left it there. It's hard to know if they trespass.

According to the ones I have caught, they never trespass, even when you have proof otherwise and catch them in the act.