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10-20-2003, 08:45 PM

#11

MarengoJoe

Join Date: Oct 2003

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RE: Dead deer

Hello all, I am a long time listener but a first time caller. For my first opinion I would like to add that this could also be the work of an opossum. They will many times start at the rump and work in, sometimes even staying in the carcass. Quite the nasty critters they are.

10-21-2003, 05:22 AM

#12

Gryan

Join Date: Sep 2003

Posts: 368

RE: Dead deer

Skunks and possums eat the rear-ends out. This happens overnight. In our area, deer get hit by cars very often. I' ll bet that is what happened.

Greg

10-21-2003, 07:20 AM

#13

RacHunter

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Join Date: Aug 2003

Location: Flatwoods, WV

Posts: 185

RE: Dead deer

Sounds like the neighborhood dogs that everyone says never hurt anything...

10-21-2003, 07:23 AM

#14

uncle matt

Giant Nontypical

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: Darien, IL

Posts: 6,744

RE: Dead deer

White Castles?

10-21-2003, 08:16 AM

#15

mainehunt

Join Date: Oct 2003

Location: Maine

Posts: 690

RE: Dead deer

I would also bet that you have Coyotes as well.
But, I don' t think they got the deer. I agree with the guy that said Opossum. I once got very angry with a bird dog because he wouldn' t stop growling at a dead sheep carcass. To show the dog how stupid he was, I kicked the carcass. I was the stupid one, beacuse a ' possum ran out of the sheep' s butt!

10-21-2003, 01:28 PM

#16

GBhunter

Join Date: Aug 2003

Location: Elcho and GB Sconny

Posts: 166

RE: Dead deer

you should always look ina dead carcass of a sheep before you kick it

10-22-2003, 12:33 PM

#17

kevin1

Dominant Buck

Join Date: May 2003

Location: Ramsey , Indiana

Posts: 22,545

RE: Dead deer

MarengoJoe , by any chance are you in Marengo , IN. ?
If so , I live in Milltown .

10-22-2003, 06:57 PM

#18

KoBear

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Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: 20' up, NJ

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RE: Dead deer

alot of animals will start in the rear of the animal: fox, raccoons, skunks, opposums, vultures, hawks, eagles, badgers, cats, bob-cats, etc, etc, etc. the rear end is full of meat, is pretty easy to grab onto. alot of animals can get their jaws around the stomach or break through the ribs. most all scavengers will start in the anus and work their way in.