Went to deer hunt this evening with little hope of seeing a mature buck, but a the real possibility for a hog. I can be getting picture of them every night and occasionally in the day light. One in particular has been hanging around for about a week when I checked my camera on Wednesday. Been hunting a different stand, but went to that one this evening.
The feeder goes off at 3:30, and I was running a little behind. Less that a minute after closing the door on the blind the feeder went off. Almost immediately, he stepped out and went to eating corn. The Creedmoor barked and he died with only a faint squeal.
I had noticed from pictures that he had a big knot on his right front leg, and was rail thin with hips and backbone protruding.
I skinned out the front leg, and the knot had splinted bone. I am guessing he had been shot before.
The first for 2021, but judging by the pics on the camera, it will only be the first of many.
The feeder goes off at 3:30, and I was running a little behind. Less that a minute after closing the door on the blind the feeder went off. Almost immediately, he stepped out and went to eating corn. The Creedmoor barked and he died with only a faint squeal.
I had noticed from pictures that he had a big knot on his right front leg, and was rail thin with hips and backbone protruding.
I skinned out the front leg, and the knot had splinted bone. I am guessing he had been shot before.
The first for 2021, but judging by the pics on the camera, it will only be the first of many.