NATURE CAN BE CRUEL
08-29-2008, 03:39 AM
#13
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2007
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RE: NATURE CAN BE CRUEL
I HAVE KNOWN SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THAT SITUATION, FOUND BUCKS LOCKED AND HARVESTED ONE BECAUSE THE OTHER WAS DEAD OR HARVESTED BOTH AND A FEW WHO JUST FOUND THEM BOTH DEAD, I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT, SEEN LOTS FIGHTING HARD AND FOUND SOME BROKEN HORNS IN NOVEMBER BUT NEVER SEEN LOCKED ONES, ONE DAY MAYBE!!!!
08-29-2008, 06:04 AM
#14
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Nekoosa Wi USA
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RE: NATURE CAN BE CRUEL
I know id do the same thing if I had the chance, but how would you register that in WI? would it be one buck since they are locked? Or would the DNR have to make that call???
08-29-2008, 08:04 AM
#15
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Stillwater OK
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RE: NATURE CAN BE CRUEL
ORIGINAL: wis_bow_huntr
I know id do the same thing if I had the chance, but how would you register that in WI? would it be one buck since they are locked? Or would the DNR have to make that call???
I know id do the same thing if I had the chance, but how would you register that in WI? would it be one buck since they are locked? Or would the DNR have to make that call???
08-29-2008, 06:26 PM
#19
Fork Horn
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RE: NATURE CAN BE CRUEL
I contacted one of the EnCon officers I work with on occassion. He tells me that if that happened here in NY that you would just need to contact an ECO. He/she would inspect the bucks to determine the validity of the claim and then issue a deer carcass tag if everything is legitimate.
Personally I think the living buck would have died in time. I can't say that I have seen anyone find a set of horns shed that were attached to a dead deer skull. I have seen skulls found that were locked together a whole lot more frequently. IMOH
Personally I think the living buck would have died in time. I can't say that I have seen anyone find a set of horns shed that were attached to a dead deer skull. I have seen skulls found that were locked together a whole lot more frequently. IMOH
08-29-2008, 08:04 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Monroe County, IL
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RE: NATURE CAN BE CRUEL
Ya I think he would have been able to keep both and I would have mounted them locked up like that.. I'm sure someone will be willing to pay big money for them locked up and mounted, i would not sell though..
Unless they were closer to shedding their antlers I think he may have died from it, he's dragging around another good sized deer. But I'm sure weather, terrain and hunting pressure would have had a lot to do with him surviving but my bet is him dying...
Unless they were closer to shedding their antlers I think he may have died from it, he's dragging around another good sized deer. But I'm sure weather, terrain and hunting pressure would have had a lot to do with him surviving but my bet is him dying...
