Bugs get it done
#1
Typical Buck
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Bugs get it done
Last Fall I shot a deer which was nice but borderline for spending money. He was a dandy for the conditions ( sub zero all week ) with a real good story on the hunt.
So I put him in the rose garden for the Summer, I just pulled him out and those bugs did a number on him, The lower jaw and neck just fell away.
So I put him in the rose garden for the Summer, I just pulled him out and those bugs did a number on him, The lower jaw and neck just fell away.
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Yes. Out back of the house and put a cover over it for the winter and never removed it. The cover was something your put over a plant to protect it for the winter so it didn't really look out of place.
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#4
I'm curious about this one....Do you have to bury one in a rose garden or would just burying one anywhere with nothing but the antlers above ground be sufficient as long as you made sure that predators/carrion eaters couldn't haul it away?
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I'm sure it didn't need this long. There was not a spec of flesh left and aside from being stained, it's perfect. Just a quick rinse with the hose and it's clean as a whistle. I plan on whitening it up with hydrogen peroxide and sunshine.
#6
You can burry it anywhere. I live in the city so the landscaping around my house was the only option. I did have a critter go after it this spring. I put a planting pot on top of the cover and shoveled a little dirt around the edges.
I'm sure it didn't need this long. There was not a spec of flesh left and aside from being stained, it's perfect. Just a quick rinse with the hose and it's clean as a whistle. I plan on whitening it up with hydrogen peroxide and sunshine.
I'm sure it didn't need this long. There was not a spec of flesh left and aside from being stained, it's perfect. Just a quick rinse with the hose and it's clean as a whistle. I plan on whitening it up with hydrogen peroxide and sunshine.
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Last edited by Blackpowdersmoke; 07-12-2014 at 07:29 PM.
#9
my friend throws all his skulls on the steel roof of his barn to let the birds clean them and to bleach out. But he discovered Ravens will haul them off.
We have a lot of Ravens (much bigger then crows) up where I live.
We have a lot of Ravens (much bigger then crows) up where I live.
#10
We have them here in my neck of the woods as well. Definitely bigger than crows and their "CAW" is deeper and more raspy than the common crow. I also believe they're more solitary in nature than crows.
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