I've never made any statement about any deer being opened up and finding bark and pine needles.

It's easy to see if malnutrition was a cause of death.All you have to do is brak open the femur bone.Bone marrow should be white.If it's pink or red,it means that the deer was starving to death.I have some pictures of the femurshowing red bone marrow on some deer.

You really have alot to learn about deer,the habitat and the relationship deer play with it.