Gimp Deer Crossing

[fly2fish]

We had a doe that was missing her right front leg about six inches up from the knee. She lived to be at least 12 years old and was the leader of the doe herd for most of those years. She could outrun all of them and the only way you could tell her was when she was walking she had a slight hop. When the herd came in to bed down they would sometimes stop in a turnip patch we had planted in the corner of a bean field to feed a while and if started getting passed daylight much she would jump the fence first and head to a thicket to bed and if the rest didn't follow she would give a low snort. If I was in the tree stand nearby and she caught movement she would work her way downwind until she winded me and then really start blowing. The last couple years we saw her she was by herself and we would jump her quail hunting.

F2F

[ulua]

Saw the deer right after that swim. The right rear thigh bone was sticking out real bad. He couldn't make it up the hill.

[John W Kelly]

"A Gimp Deer Swims Across Lake Taneycomo"

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