WOW, that is one of the symptoms i have read about, loose fear to normal danger. I found a doe about 10 years ago that nothing would touch either. The bones arestill there to this day.
ORIGINAL: shawneeslinger
We've got it in Southern IL. But not as bad as expected according to the state wildlife biologist. I found a nice buck last monday afternoon standing in the shade and looking sick. Dropping lots of foam from the mouth. I pulled the 4 wheeler right up to him and he never even flinched. Tuesday was just the same. I knew he was dying, no two ways about it. Saturday I went back and sure enough, he was dead. Here's whats crazy. In just a few days, that deer had disolved into nothing but a skeleton. No hair or hide except around the head. No organs, no nothing. And the coyotes and buzzards hadn't touched it. That carcass is still 100% intact. At least the skeleton. It was clean all the way to the bone. I took pics on my camera on the phone, and if I can ever figure out how to get them from phone to computer I'll post 'em.