Buck Shot and Left to Rot!!!

BooksBucks · Oct 5, 2011

I was scouting the book cliffs and came across some ravens eating on somthing, got out the bino's and seen the carcuss of this deer. walked over to it and seen several spotsthat were the blood trail. I'm guessing opening day muzzy hunter shot and decided to leave it because of the broken antler. My emotions were on fire as I was seeing red, Who could leave an animal after shooting it, this is not a case of not being able to find the animal, I could see it from the road.
I have not contacted anybody in the dwr about this yet but my brother inlaws camera saves the gps cordinants, and could lead them right to it. Any body no who I should call?
By the way this is a fun forum to follow thanks for letting me join!!

eldorado · Oct 5, 2011

More like poached. The buck was probably left because the poacher lost his nerve at the last minute. What a terrible waste and a beautiful buck at that.

Eldorado

BooksBucks · Oct 5, 2011

I agree, wished he would've lost the nerve before he pulled the trigger! Had my 10 year old son with me, a very good life lesson on ethics for him!

predator · Oct 5, 2011

1-800-662-DEER. It is the poaching hotline.

Looks like a case of tagging up......

cjboz · Oct 5, 2011

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Sooo you ran your metal detector over the buck and found the Sabot? Or since you are a veterinarian that speacializes in Wildlife you could determine he did not die from a fractured skull due his horn being broke off so close to the base?? You also determined that he did not have anything internally wrong with him after your post mortem(autopsy)of him? And the blood spots you found close to the "carcuss" were not from guts and pieces being drug off by wildlife??

BooksBucks · Oct 5, 2011

First of all thanks for the welcome! But if you look close in the first picture you yourself can see the entry wound directly behind the left front shoulder! Clearly telling everyone it was shot, the blood spots were 40-75 yards away from the animal, no i'm not an expert in csi investigation, but have killed and been around many harvested animals to be able to tell one that has been shot.
Not sure if you are pro poaching, or just ignorant!

Longun · Oct 6, 2011

another scenario....maybe the buck was hit by a vehicle flying down the road and somebody put him out of his misery???

Gamewatcher · Oct 6, 2011

It is possible that it was "poached" and left behind by a hunter, but we don't now the facts of what happened. It could be the hunter shot him and couldn't find him, or a young kid shot him and didn't k ow how to put forth the effort to find him, or his dad said he missed or Ect. I would hope it wasn't done on purpose. The best thing to do is call the poaching hot line and report it. They will come and look for an arrow or bullet or something and keep it on record for the future. And hopfully they will find out the truth. And maybe the guy who did this (on purpose or by accident) will read your post and come
forward. Sad to see that!!!

BooksBucks · Oct 6, 2011

Your right, i'm sorry for jumping to assumptions. This is a hot button for me, I will call and give info to them and consider my part done. Thanks for the comments, it helps me see the whole picture! Looking forward to bookcliffs rifle hunt, yahoo!!

BrowningRage · Oct 6, 2011

I can see where it looks like the deer was shot. I hope it was a case of a lost deer. Seeing it from the road obvisouly makes it more suspicious...

Call the poaching hotline, give em the details. With some real luck, they will find a rifle bullet in the deer that matches bullets from other poached deer, they catch the guy, and as your reward, you get a Book Cliffs tag for next year too...!!

Way to keep an eye out... See you our there in 2 weeks with a rifle. Hope my dad can get on the big one...

"Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!" 2 Ne. 28: 24

cattle69 · Oct 8, 2011

>First of all thanks for the
>welcome! But if you
>Not sure if you are pro
>poaching, or just ignorant!

Just chalk UP CJ IS IGNORANT

ElmerFudd · Oct 8, 2011

Probabally a bullet hole... But I am wondering how the buck could have survived long with the antler getting ripped off like that. Think it could have had the antler ripped off and took a tine behind the shoulder from sparing with another buck? Although, maybe the first bullet behind the shoulder, the second took the antler off...

soupcreek · Oct 10, 2011

Last fall I had a land owner that showed me a beautiful typical whitetail (about 155 class) that he had killed. The first shot busted his back and he made the mistake of trying to finish it off from 150 yards. Blew the right antler off at the base. I was glad he tagged the buck and took it home, but not everyone would do that. I'd bet the number of people who would leave it is directly proportional to the draw odds of the tag.
Sad that this happened, but yes, if it indeed was a poaching case then it is lots more upsetting.
Soup