Speaking of tough deer

[slabhead]

A buddy got these pictures yesterday.

 

[Ski]

Attempted head shot or maimed in a fight?

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Looks like a ratchet strap around his neck??

 

[Ski]

Looks like a ratchet strap around his neck??

No. That dangling flesh from being peeled open. Pretty severe trauma.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Wow

 

[JCDEERMAN]

No. That dangling flesh from being peeled open. Pretty severe trauma.

That's a first for me. I'd love to read the story of how that happened

 

[backyardtndeer]

Could be anything from tangled in a fence, to a fight, to a head shot gone wrong.

 

[slabhead]

Yeah pretty wild, he's not sure what happened.

 

[Clay Criner]

They are tough animals. I got this pic early last December. He was still chasing does a few weeks later. Completely healed up and healthy this fall.

 

[Outdoor Enthusiast]

They are tough animals. I got this pic early last December. He was still chasing does a few weeks later. Completely heeled up and healthy this fall.View attachment 203499View attachment 203500

Holy crap. That looked nasty. Was there anything under the skin in the area of the wound.

 

[Snake]

They are tough animals. I got this pic early last December. He was still chasing does a few weeks later. Completely heeled up and healthy this fall.View attachment 203499View attachment 203500

Neck shot gone bad .

 

[backyardtndeer]

They are tough animals. I got this pic early last December. He was still chasing does a few weeks later. Completely heeled up and healthy this fall.View attachment 203499View attachment 203500

That's crazy, a wound like that would seem to be fatal in the wild with potential for infection. Congratulations, he was a good buck.

 

[Clay Criner]

Holy crap. That looked nasty. Was there anything under the skin in the area of the

Holy crap. That looked nasty. Was there anything under the skin in the area of the wound.

No, had a notch in his neck. My thinking was neck shot off by a few inches. Wounded pic was Dec 4th. He was healed up pretty good in 3 weeks.

 

[Wrangler95]

Poor buck!

 

[Omega]

No way that first one is a head shot, it looks like it goes around to the bottom of the neck. He was either in a fence, or a fight. That second one doesn't look like it could be the same animal, the skin would not heal like that, it would have to be sutured to come back together in any form.

 

[killingtime 41]

They obviously don't feel pain like a human. And they have an uncanny way of healing wounds. Probably from millions of years of living in the wild. A human would never survive any of those wounds without medical intervention. Plus the pain would be so severe a human couldn't stand it except in quick adrenaline fueled fight or flight instances. And would die very quickly afterwards

 

[Ski]

We shoot an animal and see a pint of blood along the trail and think it means certain death. These pictures say otherwise. Shooting an animal and having blood on the ground doesn't guarantee anything, even if you hit vitals. You've got to hit vitals really well to ensure death or the deer might just decide to survive.

 

[Lt.Dan]

We shoot an animal and see a pint of blood along the trail and think it means certain death. These pictures say otherwise. Shooting an animal and having blood on the ground doesn't guarantee anything, even if you hit vitals. You've got to hit vitals really well to ensure death or the deer might just decide to survive.

The instict to live is strong in the animal kingdom

 

[Lt.Dan]

I shot this one in 2020. He was quartering away from me. Left a 300+ yard blood trail then dried up and disappeared until I caught him on a scape/ licking branch the following spring. Alive and well. My shot was bad, it was back 6 inches because he stepped forward, it was high, passed through and over vitals. I'm glad he lived.

 

[tntrkkllr]

I shot this one in 2020. He was quartering away from me. Left a 300+ yard blood trail then dried up and disappeared until I caught him on a scape/ licking branch the following spring. Alive and well. I'm glad he lived.
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That's a she not a he ( yes I know it's 2023 )

 

[Lt.Dan]

That's a she not a he ( yes I know it's 2023 )

Lol. I believe his "he" parts are hidden. If it is a she the it was not the deer I shot. And then if that's also the case then now I feel bad again because he may have walked off somewhere and died, unrecovered. This is a picture of the deer im taking about, and that i actually did shoot in 2020.

 

[tntrkkllr]

I zoomed in on its head on the last pic and didn't see any spots where antler's grew could be another deer!

 

[Lt.Dan]

I zoomed in on its head on the last pic and didn't see any spots where antler's grew could be another deer!

Damn. My bubble has now been officially busted.

 

[Clay Criner]

No way that first one is a head shot, it looks like it goes around to the bottom of the neck. He was either in a fence, or a fight. That second one doesn't look like it could be the same animal, the skin would not heal like that, it would have to be sutured to come back together in any form.

This was about 3 weeks after the pic with the open wound.

 

[REM7]

Shot with a bow I am guessing. Buddy killed a doe years back and it opened her up similar. His arrow slightly made contact with a limb deployed the rage and wicked gash ear to shoulder blade, nicked the artery though.

 

[Trapper]

Seen this one this summer in the yard I figured a bad shot by a bow

 

[UTGrad]

I've always said that animals are tougher than us humans. Heck they live outside 24/7. You'd either have to get tough or die.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

No, had a notch in his neck. My thinking was neck shot off by a few inches. Wounded pic was Dec 4th. He was healed up pretty good in 3 weeks.View attachment 203538

Healed?? He looks dead as a hammer!

 

[redblood]

Neck shot gone bad .

Yep. Thats why hunters need to stay fundamentally sound and shoot them behind the shoulder