haystack

Poachers are nothing but low down thieves. Having total disregard for the law, the game animals and the negative impact they have on hunting is of no concern to them. Usually they are involved in other criminal activity and that's what gets them "took out" most of the time.

Contacting the Game Commission is and was the right thing to do. I would make sure you kept the name of the guy you talked too also, that way if you're around when someone else discovers a crime has been committed, you are not suspect #1.

I've seen this kind of stuff for over 30 years and each time anger gets the best of me. I will say the more people aware of what's going on in the community, the better the odds of these guys getting caught. Although the penalties is no where near stiff enough!!

petasux

Poachers arent always after the meat, they kill for different reasons and sometimes no reason at all other than to kill something.

Weve had guys here kill bucks and just cut the heads/antlers off and leave the rest lay.

Weve got guys that kill anything and take the meat.

And weve got guys here that kill em and just leave the whole deer to rot.A lot of the time, here anyway these guys arent hunters but pissed off farmers who dont like the deer eating thier crops or younger people just out killing something for the sake of killing it.

A few years back a couple of these farmers were popping deer with .22s after dark south of town and it was pretty sickening, bucks, does, fawns, all shot and let to run off lying in fields and fencelines all over the place.Everytime I went out it seemed I found a couple more rotting away somewhere.The DNR couldnt catch em but everyone knew who was doing it, unfortunately unless caught red handed they cant do much about it.

Ava

It is indeed very frustrating!

DVXDUDE

thats very wierd to have all them in should a close spot. I can't see a pack of coyotes taking down THREE deer all so close together. There would have to be 20 coyotes to take them down that fast that close together. By the look of the marks on the head, I'm almost convinced its poachers, Look at the angle the cut in the head is, V shape, typical cut from removing the rack. Don't wanna get close to the rack, leave lots of bone to keep the rack together. Likely cut a few steaks off and the rack and left em to rot. You ever see a tresspasser, give em hell and prosecute them to the full extend of the law, maybe they will learn a lesson.

bearklr

I agree, poachers all the way. That first pic that you call 2 fawns looks like a momma deer and 1 fawn. Look at the belly on the one, I would bet dollars to doughnuts she's still producing a little milk. The second pic is definitely a buck with the horns cut off. I'd say he was following momma when all three got picked off. Are there any fields nearby? Chance are they were shot from a distance and then brought in there to be concealed. Maybe they weren't finished getting what they wanted when they got chased off. Who know, maybe they heard the yotes and got the jitters and got out. That's when the yotes finished them off.

silas

yep sorry to say but them deer were poached

SecondChance

I only have one word, POACHERS!!!!!!

Sheridan

Worse then coyotes, and even wolves !!!

rbduck

Not to hijack this thread but this is what yotes did to a deer of mine last year that had been left overnight. It was a big doe shot at just before dark in an open marsh/field. It only went about 50yds but we just could`nt find it in the dark. Came back at first light and found it in a matter of minutes. Might have been eight hours.


Ron

3rexII7

Look at the two pictures and compare. Seems to me it's a poacher. Must've been in the middle of cutting the back straps off all three but something must've spooked em and made em run. And yotes killing 3 deer within such a short parameter is not impossible, but unbelievable. Which yote in their right mind would leave so much dinner behind? Had to take quite a few of em to take down all three. At least one of the yotes would've been hungry enough to consume some of the deer (and not partically the backstraps).