Dead deer
10-20-2003, 05:40 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Dead deer
I found a deer, a small doe and it was dead its rear end looked like it was scooped out and there was no other sign of injury what would have caused it? we live in a residential area so theres not coyotes around? why would only the one part be gone if something was eating on it why not more? It wouldn' t be caused by a buck could it?
10-20-2003, 05:47 PM
#4
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: the woods of NJ.
Posts: 5,643
RE: Dead deer
Sounds like it was hit by a car and an animal got to it. Just cause your in a residential area doesn' t mean there aren' t any predators around. I' ve seen a couple like that. Could it have been there long enough for maggots to do that?, as that is one of the first places a fly can lay its eggs.
10-20-2003, 06:01 PM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lexington NC USA
Posts: 459
RE: Dead deer
Sounds like dogs to me. I' m not sure why but a dog will eat the butt right out of a deer every time. I have no idea how it died. Maybe got hit by a car and ran to where you found it. A lot of times when a deer gets hit by a car there is are no visible injuries but run off to die from internal injuries. Since you said this was in a residential area my guess is that dogs are what chewed on it.
10-20-2003, 06:43 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co. Maryland
Posts: 1,574
RE: Dead deer
Yotes are very elusive, which is why the average suburban dweller doesn' t even know they have the night time pests. I' d bet that the deer was hit by a car, had internal bleeding, died, and was knawed on by coyotes.