BASS Report post Posted August 25, 2005 While out and about the other day I stumbled upon this little gem. As you can see it must be from a kill, as there is still hair, and part of the skull still attached. I looked around, but couldn't find any other bones, or the other side. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DEERSLAM Report post Posted August 25, 2005 Nice find BASS. Wonder how it got broke off the skull plate and so far from the rest of the deer? I found an elk antler just like that a number of years ago, no other bones around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
More D Report post Posted August 26, 2005 Nice! When ever I see one like that I always imagine a coyote carrying some thing like that around as toy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KGAINES Report post Posted August 26, 2005 Aliens, ask Lark, they do more than just mow lawns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BASS Report post Posted August 26, 2005 Nice! When ever I see one like that I always imagine a coyote carrying some thing like that around as toy. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That might have to be the one I'm going to use. As for the aliens, when they get done mowing the yards, I'll ask him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BowhuntCoues Report post Posted August 29, 2005 Nice find!! How do you know the coyotes are not the aliens? You know they are pretty smart, maybe they have allways been fooling us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted August 29, 2005 no aliens. mt. lions. coues deer are the ideal lion food. about the right size for them to eat before they get too ripe. not too big and fairly easy to bring down. and they live in ideal lion country. they probly kill more bucks than does. bucks will try to fight em instead of running. first place they'll bite one is usually in the neck. after they're done eatin' on one then the coyotes and foxes and birds take over. sometimes a bear will finish em off. between all the different carrion eaters the bones get munched up and scattered pretty well, even the skull, a lotta times. sometimes a coyote will pack whatever it can back to it's den for pups to gnaw on. no telling for sure why you didn't find the whole skull, othere that it got chewed up by one or all of the above. then porkypines will eat up the antlers if they find em. nature is an unending cycle. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BASS Report post Posted August 29, 2005 Thanks for the info Lark, I never really thought about how each preditor would come in next for a bite to eat, but it makes perfect sense. As for the antler, I have it sitting on my desk, it is the biggest I have found from a deer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ernesto C Report post Posted August 30, 2005 It looks to me like a mule deer antler. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
More D Report post Posted August 30, 2005 Nice to hear from you hermano. Glad to see that you check up on us! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
