Found my #1 dead
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: Hessticles
15-Nov-21
Found my #1 dead. They got locked up and drowned. Pulling them out they came apart pretty easy but they couldn't touch in the little pocket of water they were in.
From: sticksender
15-Nov-21
What a shame. Terrible way to lose a couple of nice bucks.
From: NobleStag
15-Nov-21
What a shame. Great looking bucks. I hope another big one takes their place in your area.
From: Hessticles
15-Nov-21
From: DanaC
15-Nov-21
bummer
From: rattling_junkie
15-Nov-21
Cool find nonetheless!
From: Paul@thefort
15-Nov-21
That has to put a tear or two in your eye.
From: Shug
15-Nov-21
Wow crazy … sorry for your loss
From: Supernaut
15-Nov-21
Bummer for those fellas.
From: SIP
15-Nov-21
Be a rough way to go. Kinda fits in with the other thread about a shot not going as we hope and the result for the animal….
From: Bowfinatic
15-Nov-21
That's a gut punch for sure Glad you found them at least
From: elkmtngear
15-Nov-21
Sorry Tanner, sucks to lose 2 great bucks like that.
From: APauls
15-Nov-21
Dang it!!!! Man that sucks dude. Prob hardly locked up just fell in during the chaos and each sucked in water. neither can swim cause they're going opposite directions.
From: drycreek
15-Nov-21
Dammit !
From: Copperhead
15-Nov-21
What a shame.
From: LINK
15-Nov-21
That sucks.
From: RT
15-Nov-21
Bummer
From: 12yards
15-Nov-21
Well that sure sucks!
From: M.Pauls
15-Nov-21
That’s a sinking feeling! Sorry to hear that Tanner. You’ve got a history with some big whitetails in it, and this is no exception. The fact that you came upon them (seems like) in pretty short order means you are tuned in. Something to be said for that
From: Hessticles
15-Nov-21
Crazy thing is, I shot a buck Friday night (which I passed once already) and I mistaken him for a different deer. When I went to track him I heard rattling in the trees where he headed. I knew exactly what was going on so I quit blood trailing and went right in, the bigger buck that drowned was beating the sh*t out of my dead buck. I felt pretty bad about shooting a buck I wanted to pass but atleast I got a cool experience out of it. So the 2 that were locked up couldn't have been there for more than a day.
From: Bowboy
15-Nov-21
That sucks!
From: midwest
15-Nov-21
Wow....great story regardless!
That buck was a brawler! Live by the sword....die by the sword.
From: LUNG$HOT
15-Nov-21
Man that’s some wild $h!t.
From: LBshooter
15-Nov-21
Lungshot x2. Mothers NA true is cruel, time go after number 3. Are you able to keep the racks?
From: t-roy
15-Nov-21
That’s a kick in nads! :-(
It’s not much, bet at least a little consolation to know what happened to them.
From: Hessticles
15-Nov-21
Yes I was able to keep them, and beings I shot the one Friday night I am tagged out on bucks. I may not even shoot does as we got hit with EHD and our numbers seem down.
From: lewis
15-Nov-21
Ouch that one hurts me nothing is fair out there but seeing something like that just hurts good luck Lewis
From: wildwilderness
15-Nov-21
Too bad, at least you know what happened and have the skull. EHD is a killer for sure. Has hit some areas this year
From: keepemsharp
15-Nov-21
Mother nature is a cruel mistress.
From: Hessticles
15-Nov-21
Wildwilderness they were locked together and drowned
From: Sidekick
15-Nov-21
An acquaintance lost his #'s 2 & 3 that way last year. #1 was shot by a neighbor's daughter during the WI youth gun hunt.
From: ki-ke
15-Nov-21
Wow! Cool, but depressing find, I'm sure.
From: SBH
16-Nov-21
Least you know why you won't be seeing him around. That always drives a guy crazy wondering where a buck ended up when he disappears.
From: INbowdude
17-Nov-21
Curious, did you happen to save the meat?
From: Hessticles
17-Nov-21
No I did not, I didn't wanna chance it
From: IdyllwildArcher
18-Nov-21
My condolences. That's a bummer.
From: Hessticles
11-Dec-21
Got the euros back, it took me a while to get them back together how they were locked.
From: craigmcalvey
11-Dec-21
That’s a conversation piece for sure.
From: sir misalots
11-Dec-21
nature rules
From: elkmtngear
11-Dec-21
Great idea, I love it!
From: orionsbrother
11-Dec-21
Bummer that they ended that way...
But that is a really cool tangled pair of Euros!
From: Timberking
11-Dec-21
Ugh, what a shame!
From: sitO
11-Dec-21
Went out doin what they do, it's a cool Euro
From: Milhouse
11-Dec-21
Too bad finding them that way.... the European mounts look great though. Once in most people's lifetime find.
From: 8's or Better
11-Dec-21
Awesome
From: Heat
11-Dec-21
Tough ending but nice display!
From: molsonarcher
12-Dec-21
That’s a great looking mount. Too bad you couldn’t arrow him, but very cool you were able to find them.
From: TREESTANDWOLF
12-Dec-21
Those euros will start many conversations.
Looking good
From: Bou'bound
12-Dec-21
Super mount nice job
From: Grey Ghost
12-Dec-21
The euros are a nice tribute to 2 bucks who had an unfortunate demise.
Every time I see a pair of antlers locked up I'm reminded of a set of elk antlers at a ranch I used to hunt. The 2 bulls were sparring from opposite sides of a barb wire fence. I'm not sure why, but I've seen other bulls do this a few times. These 2 bulls got tangled in the barbed wire. According to the ranch owner, by the time they died, they had torn down over 100 yards of fence. The rat's nest of wire was twined around their antlers tighter than piano strings. Mother Nature doesn't feel sympathy.
Matt
From: Supernaut
13-Dec-21
Nice mount!
From: deerhunter72
13-Dec-21
Love the euros! Surprised that you could get them apart and back together the same way. The set I have don't come apart at all.
From: Hessticles
13-Dec-21
They came apart when I pulled them out, but it took me about a half hr and some muscle to get them back together.
From: TonyBear
14-Dec-21
Next time a bunny loving tree hugger or anti-hunter complains about hunting being "unnatural: and inhumane show them this picture. Or several out there with a buck partially fed upon by coyotes and wolves and the other one is still alive.
We had a situation like this at a metro deer control hunt and someone just took the heads without reporting it to DNR, was looked at as possibly being a poaching dump site in the pond.
