Speaking of tough deer
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Attempted head shot or maimed in a fight?
JCDEERMAN
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Looks like a ratchet strap around his neck??
No. That dangling flesh from being peeled open. Pretty severe trauma.
Wow
JCDEERMAN
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That's a first for me. I'd love to read the story of how that happened
backyardtndeer
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Could be anything from tangled in a fence, to a fight, to a head shot gone wrong.
Clay Criner
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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.
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Outdoor Enthusiast
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Holy crap. That looked nasty. Was there anything under the skin in the area of the wound.
Neck shot gone bad .
backyardtndeer
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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
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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
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Poor buck!
Omega
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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
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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
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
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.
That's a she not a he ( yes I know it's 2023 )
