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DEER SUFFERS GRUESOME DEATH

Old 12-27-2008 | 06:00 PM
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I posted this in the bowhunting forum, but wanted to share it with my friends in the deer hunting forum.

Has anyone ever seen this before? What a sad sight it was in person.

I'm curious as what your thoughts are on this.

Deer suffers gruesome death article (click here)

Nature is beautiful, but it can go the other way in a hurry.
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Old 12-27-2008 | 06:03 PM
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and peta says hunters are cruel i wonder what they would think seeing an animal like that struggle till it died
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Old 12-27-2008 | 06:31 PM
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Yes it can be cruel at times...
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Old 12-27-2008 | 07:53 PM
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I never said natural causes, I just think the deer went to drink, and it slipped on the ice, and was cooked...

No wolves here, only coyotes...

Disagree?
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Old 12-27-2008 | 08:22 PM
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I recently saw this video on youtube. I never knew deer struggled to walk on ice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upzDTAewdEY


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Old 12-28-2008 | 05:31 AM
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yep, natural causes was a bad statement, I don't believe it drowned and if it fell it would regain its feet and manage to get off. its a well known predators tactic to chase prey onto the ice, its vulnerable there.
I watched a doe one time on 1/2" of ice on a steep hillside, she fell, slid 40 yards down the hill on her side and collided with a tree, she layed there non-chalantly for a few mins, then struggled to her feet, slow and easy stepped till she was off the ice and then went on about her business. they can walk on ice if they're not being pursued.
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Many times when a deer slips on ice its legs go out to the sides, and they are often dislocated at the shoulders, rendering it impossible to get up.


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Old 12-28-2008 | 10:19 AM
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I've seen the shoulders go out, but never thought of them dislocating. Interesting....
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Old 12-28-2008 | 07:25 PM
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i saw one dislocate its back legs on the pond behind my house not pretty but tasted just as good as any other deer
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Old 12-28-2008 | 07:38 PM
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Last winter I found 2 doe carcasses frozen in the river, halves stick out of ice were eaten by coyotes.
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Old 12-29-2008 | 12:25 AM
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Last winter I found 2 doe carcasses frozen in the river, halves stick out of ice were eaten by coyotes.
That is kind of what this looked like! Crazy!
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