Thread: Hell of a way to die …..

Out stalking the last few days and I came across this. I smelt him long before I found him. Been there about 2 weeks I’m guessing. He’s been going round and round trying to free himself from the tussock and that’s where he stayed.

Nature can be bloody cruel.

Over the years iv saved some fallow deer from the pampas or toitoi but have come across dead ones to I do think that theres probably a few they loss there life a year like that

I came across a red one time that had caught its hind leg between the two top fence wires as it was jumping over.

What a lousy way to go.

Originally Posted by Sh00ter

I came across a red one time that had caught its hind leg between the two top fence wires as it was jumping over.

What a lousy way to go.

watched it happen..then hind manged to free itself,seen many that didnt make it free

Originally Posted by Sh00ter

I came across a red one time that had caught its hind leg between the two top fence wires as it was jumping over.

What a lousy way to go.

Not that uncommon sadly in country with old fences. Over the years I've found four or five deer that died with back legs caught in fences.

Winter 2006 saved this stags life at Waihora. There were marks all around him of his mates coming to see how he was getting on.

Originally Posted by Gamehunter

Winter 2006 saved this stags life at Waihora. There were marks all around him of his mates coming to see how he was getting on.

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Looks close to death. Is he bleeding from the eyes?


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The second one was still really warm, so I butchered and ate it.





It’s always upsetting to come across this.

Not a nice way to go,lot of fallow get caught up in fences every year.

our son found red hind hooked up just like that,he euthanised her with .22lr and carried her home....her ladyship went off her rocker at him for shooting a deer,he let her rant n rave then produced his camera and showed video of hind BEFORE he shot her....shut her up right smartly.

Untangled quite a few Sika stags off the top wire of fences

They often limp very slowly away for 20 yrds and sit down
I retreat quietly and leave

Coming back the next day I have always found them dead where they sat down

The stress gets them

What remains with me is their fear, as you get close their eyes bulge and they tense and shake, then the instant you grab their antlers they let out a yell/roar. Eeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr. Just in sheer terror at being touched

I hate seeing animals suffer in any way, any animal

it could also be the bad blood on far side of trapped limb.... blood poisoning sort of thing. why crush victims arent automatically whipped out from understuff if they have been there for any length of time..current best practise is,if you didnt see it happen yourself,its too late for quick extraction.

Originally Posted by MSL

Looks close to death. Is he bleeding from the eyes?


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243 between the ears.

We see lots hooked up in top wire also see lots of bucks with there antlers wound up in fences