I knew I hit this deer... He just did not leave a very good blood trail.. Spring and early summer rains have grown the weeds very tall this year... I walked within 20 or 30 yards of him, while searching with all the earnestness at my command... Had a sinking feeling I was going to loose this one...
I walked though the area I suspected him to be, walking back to hunt that stand... This last time while walking in, I smelt it... The dead body smell... I exhaled vapor from an e-cig to get a better line of sight on wind direction.. I started zig zagging working my way to the source of the smell... This is what I found;
The characteristics of a non-typical whitetail;
Most agree that the meat of a younger deer tastes best... This one would not have tasted as good being 8 1/2 years old;
Guess I could ask the coyotes how he tasted.
Can't blame coyote for being coyote..
3 February 2016
Went to the taxidermist to pic up this guy;
I took him a deer I had mounted a few years ago, it was a smaller buck I should not have mounted.. Anyway, he was able to remove the old antlers are replace them with this year's muzzle loader buck;
For only being a mainframe 8, I am pleased with the way it turned out;
I walked though the area I suspected him to be, walking back to hunt that stand... This last time while walking in, I smelt it... The dead body smell... I exhaled vapor from an e-cig to get a better line of sight on wind direction.. I started zig zagging working my way to the source of the smell... This is what I found;
The characteristics of a non-typical whitetail;
Most agree that the meat of a younger deer tastes best... This one would not have tasted as good being 8 1/2 years old;
Guess I could ask the coyotes how he tasted.
Can't blame coyote for being coyote..
3 February 2016
Went to the taxidermist to pic up this guy;
I took him a deer I had mounted a few years ago, it was a smaller buck I should not have mounted.. Anyway, he was able to remove the old antlers are replace them with this year's muzzle loader buck;
For only being a mainframe 8, I am pleased with the way it turned out;