Poached buck

JPblind · Nov 17, 2022

Found this guy today 15yrds off trail season for bucks ended 31 Oct. Looks like he was shot 1 or 2 days ago. F ang G has head now was a heavy 27in. The shooter might have heard someone coming and tried to hide it in sagebrush. Eagles and magpies gave it away. Can see where the bullet entered in the ribcage. Would've made a nice euro mount.

TheOneRidgeRunner · Nov 17, 2022

What State?

JPblind · Nov 17, 2022

Idaho unit 45

Muleman1 · Nov 17, 2022

What a shame

twdjr · Nov 17, 2022

Hate to see that.

roadrunner · Nov 17, 2022

Found a 6x6 muley one year off the main road in a unit in NM. Never seen an actual mule deer with 3 sets of forks on each side. Called game and fish, they confirmed it was poached.

Shame.

Outdoordan · Nov 17, 2022

Very sad.

BrowningRage · Nov 17, 2022

Bummer deal. He is a nice buck...

buckhorn · Nov 17, 2022

Some folks out coyote hunting can’t resist the temptation. No way I’m saying everyone does it but I’m sure there are a few

elkassassin · Nov 18, 2022

I've Seen 2 Big 6X6 Bucks Like That In My Life That Had 3 Sets Of Forks on Each Side!

Indeed Very Cool Antler Configuration!

I've Never Harvested One Though!

roadrunner said:
Found a 6x6 muley one year off the main road in a unit in NM. Never seen an actual mule deer with 3 sets of forks on each side. Called game and fish, they confirmed it was poached.

Shame.

JPickett · Nov 18, 2022

They’ll never catch them. You might as well as kept it as a dead head

Neverdrawn · Nov 20, 2022

Is it possible it was gored and not shot? I'm not certain how often it happens with muley's but I know it does with elk. I had a friend videoing elk on the San Juan years ago that watched a six point ram another bull in the side and watched it die right there.

Sparks Shooter · Nov 20, 2022

Yep, I’ve seen it too. I was watching two bucks fighting right at dusk on a Utah late hunt. Came back in the morning and one was dead with a hole in the ribs.

Called the warden and got it confirmed as a rut injury. Freshest deadhead I ever got. Couldn’t believe he offered it to me on the spot. ——SS

nontypical · Nov 22, 2022

I have video of a buck actually killing another buck. Got him on the ground and gored him in the stomach for what seemed an eternity. We could clearly hear the loser buck bawling in pain. The winner finally let him up and he ran off and later died. Game warden told me it's not unusual for him to find 3-4 dead bucks every rut.

BrowningRage · Nov 22, 2022

My dad killed a buck in 2011 and upon walking up on him and later skinning him, he had been gored in the back, through the skin, all that back fat, and a bit into the backstrap. Not a fatal gore, but we hypothesized he got "rolled" by another buck.