Deer vs. Fence

[Ron G.]

Here are some pics that I've been meaning to post for a while. My dad took these pictures up where he lives. There are (were) a couple of nice bucks that usually show up in the subdivision during the rut looking for does.

 

The story behind these pictures is that a guy my dad knows was pulling out of his drive way and this buck spooked and ran across the road, crashing into the fence. The guy said he saw the buck's neck snap back when he hit the fence. Sad part is that there is an open drive way about 2-3 feet to the right of the buck. You can see the gravel from the driveway in one of the pictures.

 

Crazy thing about this is about 2 lots down from here several years ago a doe and fawn were in someone's fenced yard and the owner came out of their house, spooking the fawn. The fawn ran into a tree and broke its neck... Maybe the deer up there aren't too bright or can't see well...

 

 

 

 

PS - G&F were contacted and responded to the scene.

[deserthntr]

man what a great buck, i would love to live where you dad does!

[CouesWhitetail]

Fences sure are a hazard to wildlife. That's really sad.

 

Amanda

[firstcoueswas80]

Gorgeous buck! Reminds me of the buck that Phil Cramer killed, just a nice basket rack buck!

[Buckhunter]

Did the guy ask for a salvage permit for the deer, or did GF take away?

[Gr8 White Jr]

Thats too bad! What a nice buck and a shame to die that way.

 

Angie and I were out checking my trail camera back in March and came accross this poore little mule deer buck. At first I thought that he must have been poached so I called game and fish and they sent out an officer. Upon further investigation it was realized that the small buck, while on a dead run, tried to go between the top and middle wire of the fence and caught an antler breaking his neck. What a shame!

 

 

-Tracy

[RAM]

Hey Tracy, remind me to put up my tree stand in your dads front yard lol. Great buck.

 

Sad that it died that way. I hope your dad was able to keep the head.

 

-Ryan

[BML]

Thats too bad! What a nice buck and a shame to die that way.

 

Angie and I were out checking my trail camera back in March and came accross this poore little mule deer buck. At first I thought that he must have been poached so I called game and fish and they sent out an officer. Upon further investigation it was realized that the small buck, while on a dead run, tried to go between the top and middle wire of the fence and caught an antler breaking his neck. What a shame!

 

 

-Tracy

 

 

Holy crap man!! Do you drive a big butt Dodge and have quite and attractive lady friend?? If so, we drove right by you guys out there talking to the GF officer. We were guiding some predator hunters. We were in my buddies Ford Diesel and our hunters were in a yellow jeep behind us. That looks just like the buck that we saw laying there when we drove by. Small world.

[Gr8 White Jr]

Thats too bad! What a nice buck and a shame to die that way.

 

Angie and I were out checking my trail camera back in March and came accross this poore little mule deer buck. At first I thought that he must have been poached so I called game and fish and they sent out an officer. Upon further investigation it was realized that the small buck, while on a dead run, tried to go between the top and middle wire of the fence and caught an antler breaking his neck. What a shame!

 

 

-Tracy

 

 

Holy crap man!! Do you drive a big butt Dodge and have quite and attractive lady friend?? If so, we drove right by you guys out there talking to the GF officer. We were guiding some predator hunters. We were in my buddies Ford Diesel and our hunters were in a yellow jeep behind us. That looks just like the buck that we saw laying there when we drove by. Small world.

 

 

Yes sir! That would be me. Everybody allways notices Angie and my truck! Haha! I remember you guys driving by while Angie and I were talking to the GF officer. I figured you guys must have been predator calling. I'm surprised you didn't see my coueswhitail.com sticker. It is indeed a small world!

 

-Tracy

[BML]

I may have seen it, but I don't remember. I don't remember what I did last week and I am really not joking. It's something I just have to deal with! LOL

 

Oh and when you put your truck, Angie and you together, you will be the last one noticed every time!!! :lol:

[Gr8 White Jr]

Oh and when you put your truck, Angie and you together, you will be the last one noticed every time!!! :lol:

 

 

[Coues Archer]

That sucks that a deer of that potential dies in some fence hitting accident.

[billrquimby]

Below is from my book, "Sixty Years A Hunter," which the publisher has promised to publish late this year. -- Bill Quimby

 

 

 

One of the things that bothered me on our trips to Texas was the many white-tailed deer we found caught in barbed wire fences. We couldn’t drive very far on a country road without seeing a deer hanging by a front or rear foot from a fence. They must have died horrible deaths. I found several fence-kills on my friend's ranches over the years I hunted there, and Alex was with me when we found a deer hung up in a fence and still alive.

 

It was a buck with good antlers and either of us would have shot it under any other circumstance. Instead, we spent at least ten minutes working with a stick to get enough slack in the twisted strands of wire to free the buck’s leg, all the while it was struggling and bleating pathetically. Both of us expected the deer to run off when we freed it but it was so exhausted that it couldn’t stand up. It obviously was terrified to have two humans handle it but it wasn’t strong enough to escape us. We watched it for a while then left it alone to recover while we hunted elsewhere.

 

We found the buck dead, apparently from shock and exhaustion, when we returned later that day to check on it. It hadn’t moved from the spot where we’d left it.*

 

BEGIN FOOTNOTE: *Alex and I also found a mule deer doe caught by its front hoof by the top two strands of a barbed-wire fence on Arizona’s Kaibab Plateau. It still was alive even though a large portion of its rump had been eaten by coyotes during the night. We saw one of them run away when we drove up, and were attracted to the deer by its pitiful bleating. END FOOTNOTE.