Deer hunting

[Bill Babler]

Those are simply wonderful deer, congrats.  We hunted up there several years ago.  One of my best friends stuck a huge non-typical 11 point.  Scored mid 160".  He hit it a ways back in the last 1/3 or the ribcage with an arrow, just before dark.  We looked for it till 10 PM and were still finding drops of blood.  We thought we spooked it up once so we pulled back and were on it the first thing the next morning.  We found it about 300 yrds. from where we stopped.  It was completely eaten up.  I mean GONE.  The coyotes ate it clear up right next to the head and then pulled the hide off  the head.  There were some stomach contents and the head and hoofs, hip joint and some femur knuckles and that was it.  Totally cleaned up.  That was in a matter of 8 hrs.  They had even chewed on the antlers and bitten off the tip of one of the brow tines.

Taught us a valuable lesson, that backing out crap don't work well if coyotes are thicker than fleas.

[Champ188]

11 minutes ago, Bill Babler said:

Those are simply wonderful deer, congrats.  We hunted up there several years ago.  One of my best friends stuck a huge non-typical 11 point.  Scored mid 160".  He hit it a ways back in the last 1/3 or the ribcage with an arrow, just before dark.  We looked for it till 10 PM and were still finding drops of blood.  We thought we spooked it up once so we pulled back and were on it the first thing the next morning.  We found it about 300 yrds. from where we stopped.  It was completely eaten up.  I mean GONE.  The coyotes ate it clear up right next to the head and then pulled the hide off  the head.  There were some stomach contents and the head and hoofs, hip joint and some femur knuckles and that was it.  Totally cleaned up.  That was in a matter of 8 hrs.  They had even chewed on the antlers and bitten off the tip of one of the brow tines.

Taught us a valuable lesson, that backing out crap don't work well if coyotes are thicker than fleas.

They should've at least left a thank-you note for the free meal. Greedy turds.

[abkeenan]

10 minutes ago, Champ188 said:

They should've at least left a thank-you note for the free meal. Greedy turds.

I think the turds left at the scene are the thank you note?

[skeeter]

On ‎11‎/‎18‎/‎2016 at 11:18 AM, Champ188 said:

They should've at least left a thank-you note for the free meal. Greedy turds.

Not trying to hi-jack the thread but those danged Coyotes are, in my book,  90% responsible for the serious decline in Turkey population around Table Rock. 

Awesome deer, you can sure tell they aren't from "hill country".   They grow 'em big where they have good access to row crops.  Thought I was looking at an Elk when I first glanced at the picture. 

Thanks for posting !  

[Mitch f]

Excellent quality bucks! Nice to see ?

[Champ188]

On 1/3/2022 at 8:25 PM, brandonking4787 said:

Hunting is a vital wildlife management tool. It keeps nature at a healthy balance of which the available habitat can support (carrying capacity). For many wildlife species, hunting topic also helps to maintain populations at levels compatible with human activity and land use.

Funny how God designed the ecosystem like that, huh?