cocker3 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) had a call from a farmer last saturday morning he had a roe deer in one of the fields behind his house and it looked injured and could i come and have a look . so i packed the rifle and dog into to car and set off i arrived to find a roe buck sitting in the middle of a rape field i checked with the farmer to comfirm this was the deer he had seen .it was a young buckand it was first seen in the field on thursday night and and been there all of friday and was still in the same part of the field now . i got the binos out and had a good look at it but could see no signs of injury we sat for 25 min and it just sat there not moving so i decided to walk in to it and se how it would react at150 yards it could see me quite clearly but did not move so i stopped and got a good shooting postion after 10 more min it stood up and i could tell straight away it had a back leg missing just above the joint. i felt it was the kindest thing to do and put it out its misery. now this is where i am a bit baffled the leg had been removed clean about 2" above the knee a very clean cut no bits of bone no loose skin just this very neat wound i have never seen a wound so neat before and cant think what did it ie a snare , fence , or was it removed then released your thoughts please the deer was not ot thin but a bit under weight sorry for the poor pictures only had the phone with me Edited March 16, 2012 by cocker3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game_boy Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Poor ******, looks a fresh wound? Take it it's going for dog food or a midden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker3 Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Poor ******, looks a fresh wound? Take it it's going for dog food or a midden? yup chopped up and in the freezer for the dogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 what a shame ,,but you did the right thing :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) Lots of things could have caused an injury like that . But fence or gun shot comes to mind . I have seen some really terrible injury's on deer that have run into wire fences . Incidently it is possible that it could have survived that injury if it hadn't lost to much blood or if infection didn't set in . I would have shot it had I been called out . Harnser . Edited March 16, 2012 by Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker3 Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Lots of things could have caused an injury like that . But fence or gun shot comes to mind . I have seen some really terrible injury's on deer that have run into wire fences . Incidently it is possible that it could have survived that injury if it hadn't lost to much blood or if infection didn't set in . I would have shot it had I been called out . Harnser . hi harnser yeh your right a fence could have caused it but it just seemed very neat like the bone had been cut clean through i have seen plenty of roe caught in fences but never seen one like that usualy they have loose skin a ragged wound where the animal has ripped its self free but as i say the bone seems to be cut about 2 inches above the joint if it had been broken surly there would be bits of broken bone i thought of a snare but would that cut clean through bone .and as you say it may have survived but at the time i made a calculated decition and stick by it .its only after you dispatch the animal you can get a realy good look at its wounds not always easy to call at the time atb andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 My bet is double stranded barbed wire, they will often amputate there caught leg, get called to a few each year locally, damned stuff should be banned. I am sure you did the right thing but we come across quite a few 3 legged deer who seem to get on ok, I remember one Roe doe down Exeter way that we were told about, looked for her for several months, eventually found her with two young and she raised them and a family the following year. After she had the young and they seemed to be doing ok, we didnt have the heart to cull her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenntay Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Seen red deer with the same injury also seen them fully recover from them as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Few things could have caused it fella but top job on ending the misery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Some good points about three legged deer surviving well. I would reiterate that the fact a female deer is on three legs in not sufficient justification to shoot does out of season, primarily because she may well have dependent young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 scolopax I'd hope you would take a view more on the general condition of the animal rather than simply leaving it. A doe with a healed up injury is one thing one with a gangrenous one another, dependant young if need be are worth culling as well if they won't survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alendil Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 such a clean cut !! Aliens :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 scolopax I'd hope you would take a view more on the general condition of the animal rather than simply leaving it. A doe with a healed up injury is one thing one with a gangrenous one another, dependant young if need be are worth culling as well if they won't survive. yes, of course, but I have read of accounts when folk have justified shooting a doe out of season purely because it has three legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Good work Mr U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yds Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 good do, that was a great beast to remove. well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 such a clean cut !! A deer running at full pelt and then jumping a fence and catching its leg between two strands of barbed wire is a recipe for disaster . The barbed wire will act as a saw and cleanly saw of a limb like a knife through butter . Harnser . Aliens :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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