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Post by old3arrows on Jan 27, 2010 16:25:36 GMT -5
This poor old gal was injured in October of 2008. I haven't seen her at all and figured she had died of infection or coyote infestation!!! Never once did I catch her on a trail camera or see her in the field while hunting or scouting. Just goes to show how tough deer are. I'm sure this leg is pretty much useless the way she carries it. Got a pic of her backing a fawn down, so nobody bosses her around, and I think she has had fawns because a young deer travels with her. Amazing!!!!!   |
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Post by vectrix on Jan 27, 2010 19:32:13 GMT -5
Same fox pee stump!
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Post by Sasquatch on Jan 27, 2010 19:58:16 GMT -5
They are amazingly resilient beasts.
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Post by jabba on Jan 28, 2010 10:45:12 GMT -5
We had a 3 legged doe near our camp that had amnesty for three years. We watched her rear 3 sets of twins. Then... never knew what happened to her after that.
Jabba
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Post by tickman1961 on Jan 28, 2010 11:30:39 GMT -5
Will to survive is instinctive to all prey animals, weakness cannot be shown and will not be tolerated by fellow beast...
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Post by magnum500 on Jan 30, 2010 21:21:59 GMT -5
It's quite incredible what nature can handle on its own.
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Post by ridgerunner on Feb 1, 2010 18:54:38 GMT -5
Too bad you couldn't get an arrow in her last season and put her out of misery..She'll be some real good eating...mmmm.backstraps galore.
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Post by deerman1 on Feb 1, 2010 22:13:14 GMT -5
Too bad you couldn't get an arrow in her last season and put her out of misery..She'll be some real good eating...mmmm.backstraps galore. She is not in misery at all she does not even know she is actualy hurt or hindered . To her she just is what she has always been a doe deer .And injuries like this are very very common ain the wild and the animal can live for a decade or more with this type injury . |
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Post by ridgerunner on Feb 2, 2010 19:05:32 GMT -5
Too bad you couldn't get an arrow in her last season and put her out of misery..She'll be some real good eating...mmmm.backstraps galore. She is not in misery at all she does not even know she is actualy hurt or hindered . To her she just is what she has always been a doe deer .And injuries like this are very very common ain the wild and the animal can live for a decade or more with this type injury . really?...did you ask her about the injury before you spoke on her behalf...I disagree..I'd put her out of her misery...  |
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Post by tickman1961 on Feb 3, 2010 15:17:45 GMT -5
She is not in misery at all she does not even know she is actualy hurt or hindered . To her she just is what she has always been a doe deer .And injuries like this are very very common ain the wild and the animal can live for a decade or more with this type injury . really?...did you ask her about the injury before you spoke on her behalf...I disagree..I'd put her out of her misery... If this doe shows any weakness to the other deer in the herd she will be shunned. They will keep her away from the good sources of food and water. If she goes down they are likely to use their hooves to pummel her into the dirt. Only the strong survive, natures way, the weak shall perish so the strong may continue the genetics. |
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Post by old3arrows on Feb 3, 2010 17:22:00 GMT -5
Easy boys!!!!!  No sense arguing over a free ranging deer that none of us have any control over. If the good Lord wants her to live, she will. I thought she was dead already, as I didn't see her at all last season. She must be staying pretty close though, and if I see her next season I will try and put her down. I think she has a fawn with her, and I have pics of her acting aggressive toward other deer, so I think she is making it just fine. |
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Post by racktracker on Feb 4, 2010 9:16:07 GMT -5
I've seen more deer than I can count on both hands that were in as bad, if not worse shape. Numerous three legged deer that seemed to do quite well. An injury that would make us humans just lay down and die on the spot is pretty well shrugged off by deer. Tough critters.
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Post by trapperdave on Feb 4, 2010 9:20:05 GMT -5
Misery is an emotion. deer are emotionless. she is what she is. alive and doing well.
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No sense arguing over a free ranging deer that none of us have any control over. If the good Lord wants her to live, she will. I thought she was dead already, as I didn't see her at all last season. She must be staying pretty close though, and if I see her next season I will try and put her down. I think she has a fawn with her, and I have pics of her acting aggressive toward other deer, so I think she is making it just fine. 
