Dead in the middle of my farm. My 14 year old found it this morning. Got to love the people that can't shoot hunting neighbors land. This valley seems to be a wounded buck escape route. find one about every other year.

Nice buck

Not that they can't shoot, that buck is dead, it's the fact they can't track or follow a blood trail.

What was found to make you think it was shot?

Strange to assume it was shot. There are any number of things that kill deer all the time, cars, predators, rival bucks, CWD, etc...

That Buck is Dead

And has been for some time from the looks of it.

I txt picture to the neighbor on one side that lives there to see if he had lost it. It was not him or his sons. He sent me pictures back of it on his trail cams said he had 6 years of pictures of him. I'm not sure he was that old but he was not in good shape so who knows. I don't know the #s or all the different people hunting on the other sides so can't ask them. probably a good thing because it would end badly if I found out whom was scoping my kids with their rifle early in the year.

So I guess I will have a European mount done on the stinking thing so it can be used for my wife's educational classes she gives and she won't be taking one the boys have killed and working about damaging them. So at least it won't go to wast. I just wish who ever shot it had made a better shot and was able to recover him.

We don't have cdw in my area yet, it was over 300 yard from the nearest road but yes car is possible but the biggest thing is its been gun and black powder season and there are a lot of hunt 2 weekend a year hit a paper plate at 50 yards my gun is sited in guys that hunt on the ground behind me and across the road. Old guy across the road told me he missed one then said the blood ran out. Basically if it does not drop or he doesn't see it go down its a miss!!!. Then there is the guy that was pointing his gun at my kids this year. Basically a lot of people not responsible. Yes it was to far gone to see if it were shot and could be other things but during our gun season and it's location the most probable is it was shot.

A guy north of me in the river found one that scored 191 died of disease, they counted over a hundred dead, and I don’t hardly see any around here anymore.

You don't know anything of that deer. Guilty until proven innocent. Merica!

You got a metal detector. Assuming no exit

Looks like a grizz got him

What’s wrong with your boys arm

Se the pasted info below. With over 30 million deer in the USA it is just 1 nice buck and we don't know how it died, but it did not go to waste. Looks like other wildlife or feral animals picked it really clean. Use what you can where you can and move on.

Bryce

approximately 30 million
How Many Deer Are In the United States? In 1930, there were 300,000 deer scattered throughout the United States. Today, there are approximately 30 million white-tailed deer and other cervid family members roaming the country; and they are causing billions of dollars in crop damage on landscapes along the way.

He broke it.

No guts, heart lungs, skin or meat on much of it. Not going to find anything at this point.

Indiana has CWD. Check your State Fish and Game site. Probably not a good idea to play with the parts, especially without gloves.

not in my area.

Regardless of how he died, it's a shame to see a fine animal like that go to waste.