Buck found dead

[FordMan08]

I went to a local hunting spot today and found a pretty decent 7 point buck dead in the ditch. All the velvet was gone and the inside spread was 14 inches. I'll probably go cut the rack off in the morning after I call the DNR for a tag. I'll post pics. Im not sure what killed it, looked pretty natural. I didnt see any visibal wounds. Its a shame, he would have been really nice next year.

 

[MoparMan]

Hopefully it aint that disease that hit the southern part of the state real bad.

 

[Eprobertson1]

DNR may want to check the carcass for disease. This is in the new regulations book -

Due to the spread of tuberculosis in deer
in Michigan and Minnesota, the Indiana
DNR and Board of Animal Health (BOAH)
are monitoring Indiana’s deer herd for signs
of the disease.​

 

[Blaze261]

When I was a little younger My Grandpa wanted to take me hunting. He said we will go out by one of the corn fields he was in the middle of picking. Told me to get out and walk down the side of the field and go around the corner of the corn. Said I might jump some down there. So I did, got to the corner made my turn and I almosted my pants. There was a nice Mass 8 laying there looking at me. Pulled the gun up, doesn't look right. Lowered gun, Grandpa got me. He had been picking corn came across this freshly dead buck right before he had got him caught in the picker the night before. Propped him up and waited all night to get me the next day. Found a puncture wound on his belly, .22 size or so. Gangrene had sat in. Not sure what got him, it hit him from the bottom side up. I figured he might have gotten it in a fight.

 

[Cpt Caveman]

If he was in the ditch he was probably hit by a car. They can have incredible damage inside and have no visible wounds from the blunt force trauma of a car impact.Helped a buddy skin one hit by a car once. Meat was bad. It looked like someone had beat it with a baseball bat for an hour once we got the hide off.

 

[CountryBoy19]

If he was in the ditch he was probably hit by a car. They can have incredible damage inside and have no visible wounds from the blunt force trauma of a car impact.Helped a buddy skin one hit by a car once. Meat was bad. It looked like someone had beat it with a baseball bat for an hour once we got the hide off.

I agree, given the location, I'm betting it was a car. Blunt force trauma can do INCREDIBLE damage, yet not show a single sign of it.

 

[nox]

When I was a little younger My Grandpa wanted to take me hunting. He said we will go out by one of the corn fields he was in the middle of picking. Told me to get out and walk down the side of the field and go around the corner of the corn. Said I might jump some down there. So I did, got to the corner made my turn and I almosted my pants. There was a nice Mass 8 laying there looking at me. Pulled the gun up, doesn't look right. Lowered gun, Grandpa got me. He had been picking corn came across this freshly dead buck right before he had got him caught in the picker the night before. Propped him up and waited all night to get me the next day. Found a puncture wound on his belly, .22 size or so. Gangrene had sat in. Not sure what got him, it hit him from the bottom side up. I figured he might have gotten it in a fight.

WAT?

 

[FordMan08]

It may have been hit by a car but the ditch in question is 200 yards from the road.

 

[CountryBoy19]

It may have been hit by a car but the ditch in question is 200 yards from the road.

Ah, thats a different story. I was taking "ditch" to mean a side-ditch, right next to a road, which would be an odd place for a deer to lie down and die a slow death (normally how natural/infection/disease deaths happen). I would contact DNR and ask if they want to take any tissue samples for testing or anything.

 

[wmitchell]

wondering if you let the land owner about the deer/cause of death if you called the dnr

 

[Jack Ryan]

It may have been hit by a car but the ditch in question is 200 yards from the road.

I forget the name of that disease/fever that went through last year or so but they said deer got a high fever from it and a lot of them died in streams and water areas.

 

[bigdawgtrucks]

Blue Tongue Disease?

 

[Jack Ryan]

Blue Tongue Disease?

Yep, I think that's it.

Seems like it's also call hemeragic fever or something. Just off the top of my head, I never looked it up or anything so it could be wrong.

 

[jmiller676]

Yep, I think that's it.

Seems like it's also call hemeragic fever or something. Just off the top of my head, I never looked it up or anything so it could be wrong.

Could also be TB

 

[FordMan08]

wondering if you let the land owner about the deer/cause of death if you called the dnr

The DNR ruled it had been hit by a vehicle. He said that some mortaly wounded deer can travel quite a distance before dying. This buck could have been hit on the highway or a county road, who knows. Yes, the land owner was present.

 

[jblomenberg16]

It may have been hit by a car but the ditch in question is 200 yards from the road.

Must have been a big car!

Sounds like you got it worked out. Got any pics?

 

[FordMan08]

I gidn't get a picture but I have the rack. I'll take a picture of it and post it later. Its not that big, but decent for sure.

 

[Mike H]

Prolly blue tongue [EHD] . They get a fever and usually go for water. Thankfully it has not been very prevelant this year.

 

[RJF]

taken any pics yet?

 

[bucmaster]

DEER ARE STARTING TO MOVE BEEN SEEING MORE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROADS AROUND 6 AM