henry d Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Had a bit of a who(or what)dunnit in the spring.Farmer phones me to say a buck is dead in the end rig of one of his fields and wondered if I had wounded and lost one,which I hadn`t but I`d checkit out the next day.This is what I found....(will add more details and pics as we go)any guesses what did the deed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 my guess would be a mix of cars badgers and foxes, its strange looking, but the legs look seriously broken, so i would guess a car played a major part in the demise of the creature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted August 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Legs are fine it is however 60yds from road(very little traffic on typical country road)and is next to 3 strand wire fence with barbed wire top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 in which case your guess is as good as mine, i would have thought car strike and then the flesh wound from the local wild life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topmantim Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 ever seen jason.In the halloween FILMS,REAL BAD *** WITH THAT SWORD.KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted August 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 In the next photo you`ll see how far it was dragged,from when the farmer found it until I could get out,it started a foot or two from the bottom right corner.(oops should have rotated it 90`anti clockwise) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted August 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 And this is the spoor(track)in the end rig...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted August 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 and the full track..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackthorn Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 giant caterpillar thats lost most of its legs on is left hand side am i right or what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High velocity Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Doesnt seem to be any neck damage, i would say very possibly not cat. mind you who dropped all those cartridges ?:D? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Id say if it was a big cat,( like jaguar or leopard) it would take it up a tree and eat the whole lot. Same for any other big cat, tree dwelling or not, the whole carcase would be or nearly all gone. Roe are small deer, and it would not take much effort to eat one up. Would it be shot and left there by irresponsible poachers i wonder and as Nick says, the wild life, badgers foxes ect picking at it after? Them prints look a bit like old badger prints, which are powerfull enough to drag a carcase of a roe deer aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 have you checked the fence for any damage? ive found roe deer before that have broken their necks running into or tripping over fences. they then tend to scramble away and die. scavengers can then help themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 It's pretty obvious to me - somebody has tried to shoot it with a 12 bore, but all of the shells were duds, hence the trail of unfired green shells - so they beat the hell out of it with the gun instead.... I'm surprised nobody has thought of that one already.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted August 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 (edited) paulos closest yet....there was a fair amount of pins on the barbed wire and neck was broken......so the fence was to blame,now who ate most of the hind leg on the first night, and who ate the front leg and most of the paunch and tried dragging it away from the wood and towards the burn(300m)?.....to be continued... Edited August 31, 2005 by henry d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 A BADGER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted September 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 I sat out over two nights with every firearm available to me as there were 2 separate reports of big cats the previous summer!However the only predator I saw was a fox and it wouldn`t stay in the lamp(I found a den that was scraped out but it wasn`t in use 3-400 yds away)and the buck appeared to have hung itself on the fence by its hind leg,as there was paint and pins on the wire,and died upside down only to be eaten partially one night and dragged a short distance away the next and then another belly full was eaten....Had me worried for a while and I had aspirations of getting a good picture of a big cat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Red Fox Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 what do you mean picture? surely you mean trophy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 .222 and a BIG pussy.....you`re having a Giraffe...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ratcatcher Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 could have been a dog or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 A BADGER :yp: Im telling ya . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted September 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 No Badgers in the area,i believe it died on the fence and was eaten by a(some) fox(es). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 (edited) Fair enough. Badgers can drag a carcass for 100s of meters, i have witness this on the lamp once when i came across a dead deer one cold january night. It was a massive badger, i can tell you , gave me a fright :yp: . It was a fallow Buck that it was draging, draged it for over at least 300 meters to its set. . Edited September 8, 2005 by Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Hi, Badgers be tough strong beasties all muscle and would have no problem dragging something heavy about! FM P.S They are visious too! :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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