Pretty big rack there. Did you get to keep the deer/rack Lugnut?

I probably would have, but the cop knows me and I ain’t paying no $10 a point for an antler permit. I thought about keeping the meat, but it’s an older buck that was just passed the peak of the rut and I don’t know how long it laid there before the township guys found it and called the cop to dispatch it.

I’m thinking it would not have been top-quality meat. I’m leaving for Deer Camp the end of this week where I’ll target some nice tender doe for the freezer.

The cop said he was going to have the dispatcher call the Pennsylvania Game Commission and try to get them to come out and pick it up. I told him, “good luck with that.” The PGC isn’t known for being Johnny-on-the-spot when it comes to picking up roadkill deer.

My buddy told me he wanted the head to do a euro-mount. If by some chance the rack is still there when I get back out that way after Deer Camp, I’ll probably take it then.

But the cop had me drag the deer from up against the barn out to the edge of the road. In case the PGC did come to get it, so they could find it. So I highly doubt the rack will still be there. It’s probably gone already.

Dealing with crippled deer on the interstate is tricky here you don’t want them doing a bonsai run into traffic if the shots off. I went on an injured deer call on I-90 and found a dead deer and one laying next to it that looked pretty healthy but popped it to avoid traffic risks. When I got back to the office the CO asked what was wrong with it, I said bullets!

Either that's an old buck in his last year or he's ailing with something.

He is in very poor physical condition.....more than what the rut normally does to one of em.

I don’t know what the laws are here, but I won’t let them lay there suffering. You can get a permit free from the DNR and maybe the cops too to keep any or all the deer, but I’m not sure I’d call them if I had shot it to end its suffering. I should probably look into that in case the situation arises.

Pretty big rack there. Did you get to keep the deer/rack Lugnut?