My farm has a pretty large Deer population. Always several nice Bucks here during mating season.
My Son got a good pic of this Buck on one of his game cameras taken in Mid November. I found him dead, caught by one back hoof in a barbed wire fence about 100ft from where this pic was taken. That was in early January.
I would have cut him free if I'd found him alive. He died a horrible death. Coyotes were eating on him before he died. Thrashed around so much he knocked both of his horns off. My Wife has them displayed in our living room. Beautiful, healthy, young Buck. Would have had a glorious rack next year.
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