IowaDeerHunter Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Found this deer on some public last. Not sure how it was taken. Never oufnd a bullet hole, could have been taken legally somehow and the tag put on teh antler, but a shame to see the whole deer wasted. Looked really fresh also. The deer appears to have been gutted, rack was cut off, and I am not sure about the hind quarters, if they took them or what. THe deer may not have been shot either, roadkill maybe, but this was off on a B maintanence one way road, still a waste of a nice deer either way. Hind end, the leg is lifted in the air. Not sure if an animal could clean it up that nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. Man that sucks.. Was it a big bodied deer? If it was, chances are it had some nice antlers. I really hate to see deer go to waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp793 Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. I'd venture to say that that was taken by someone who wanted a rack. Got the rack and cut out a few pieces of meat and was to lazy to take care of the rest of it...what a shame! People make me so mad!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAstringking Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. im gonna say that someone was shooting for the rack and thats it. looks like the tarsel glands are gone too but i dont know who would gut a deer if they arent going to take it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need2hunt Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. That's just a sad waste of a lot of good meat. Looks like they took the rack and then cut the steaks from the hind quarters. Don't know why they bothered with gutting it if that was all they were after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. That's kind of weird. The person took the time to gut it, but only took steaks, glands, and rack. I would question why a person would do all the extra work for. Perhaps someone poached it and heard someone coming while they were processing it, so didn't have time to finish, and abandoned it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. Wow, what a shame! Yeah, looks like they took the rack, took a hidnquarter and left the rest.....sad sad sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaDeerHunter Posted January 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. Well I am still trying to figure it out. There was now bullet hole, and not much for noticable damage like it got hit from a car. My dad thought maybe the DNR confiscated it and dropped it there for the coyotes to eat. Could be possible. Or whoever shot it, tagged the antlers, cut em off, and for reason unknown took the hindquarters UNLESS the hindquarters are already eaten by predators. Maybe they gut it in the field drug it to the truck and were just like, screw it lets cut the rack and leave. Who knows really, just a waste though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. Maybe somebody shot it, gutted it, had it hanging, then somebody stole the deer for the antlers and dropped the body off there? Because I can't see why somebody would shoot it and bother gutting it if they just wanted the antlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. What a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaDeerHunter Posted January 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. [ QUOTE ] Maybe somebody shot it, gutted it, had it hanging, then somebody stole the deer for the antlers and dropped the body off there? Because I can't see why somebody would shoot it and bother gutting it if they just wanted the antlers. [/ QUOTE ] Exactly what i couldnt figure out. Kinda weird but who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. That is really weird, just cannot understand why someone would go to the trouble to gut one if they just wanted the rack. Almost looks like the deer had been hung and the skin where it was hung from on the hocks was torn. A shame for sure. Bieng that you found no hole, maybe it was roadkill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. Thats a waste. Wierd that someone would gut it and then not take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. Coulda been a lotta things.I posted a couple years back about a buck we got that had been hit by a car or something, I opened him up to gut it and the infection was terrible inside it, green bloody crap oozed out of it and the smell was worse then anything Ive ever seen.I left it lay where it dropped but if someone had found it it woulda looked a lot like that except I didnt take the antlers.Wouldnt take long for the scavengers to clean up the guts and even cart off a hindquarter if it was cut loose already.If there was something wrong with the deer maybe the rack was all that was salvagable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasDeerHunter Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. Maybee someone shot, tagged, and gutted the deer. When they returned to load it up the coyotes had begun to eat it so they took the tag and antlers. Either way it is a waste to see the yotes get the meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaDeerHunter Posted January 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. My best guess is roadkill, someone gutted it, took what they could get (antlers and hind quarters), and then threw it there for yote food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. they didn't even go for the back straps!! think that would be the first thing you would go for?? wouldn't you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxBowHunter Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. Thats pathetic whoever does that is a terrible person! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okbowman Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. [ QUOTE ] they didn't even go for the back straps!! think that would be the first thing you would go for?? wouldn't you [/ QUOTE ] Yep, I'd rather have backstraps than hind quarters!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. I agree with what Horst said.Maybe it had an infection or it took too long to find after it was shot,and the meat was bad.That would be my best guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravisM Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. Pretty odd. That is a shame to have a big deer wasted like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. That's very odd, you never know with some people these days though. What a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnatecsteve Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. If that was an example of poor hunters ethics, I hope they get caught! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODH Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. could be poaching, or they just didn't want the meat, which is a waste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rad_112176 Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Re: Not what you like to see. I really think it is one of 2 things. You can tell the deer was hung with a deer hook by the holes in its tarsal gland area. So the deer was hung then the hunter either left it too long or didn't want it so he got rid of it, or someone stole it from a hunter and just wanted the rack. Either way it is a terrible thing to waste a deer like that. Don't understand people sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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