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Unusual deer encounter
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11/28/15 07:02 AM
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My wife and I were hunting in Cotulla the last couple of days. Yesterday morning we had corned a sendero and were just watching to see what would come in. We noticed the young bucks were aggravating the does and being a general nuisance. About 30 yds from us, a doe was being followed by another doe. We thought this odd until we looked closer and noticed this doe had a package. We looked extra careful to see if there might be spikes or buttons on the head but this deer was a total slickhead and she/he had a pecker. We do want to take this deer out of the herd but have to be careful we're shooting the right one. I have seen does with horns but has anyone seen a deer such as this? My wife is no stranger to whitetails as she has been involved with TTHA and TDA and comes from a strong hunting background but she has never seen this before either.
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Re: Unusual deer encounter
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11/28/15 12:53 PM
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Transgendeer.. Sorry couldn't help myself lol
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11/28/15 12:57 PM
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Interesting, OP. A horny, hornless buck? Clever. Very, very clever.
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Re: Unusual deer encounter
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11/28/15 02:35 PM
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I have never heard of it before, but I'd bet it isn't a 1st. Why didn't you shoot it right then when you had her/him pegged?
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Re: Unusual deer encounter
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11/28/15 02:40 PM
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Re: Unusual deer encounter
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11/28/15 03:24 PM
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We kept it as a pet for several months until it got run over by a truck. Then we ate him.
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Re: Unusual deer encounter
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11/28/15 03:27 PM
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Years ago in my native CO I show what I thought was a big cow elk during the muzzleloader season. When I rolled the "cow" over I saw it had danglins. The top of the skull where the pedicle for growing antlers should be was really soft and kind of spongy. Normally I boned out elk and left evidence of sex on part of the carcass but I couldn't do that in this case so I halved the carcass and left the head attached. I had a game biologist check it out and he said it was just some sort of defect in the animal. I wonder if the same thing is true of the deer you saw?
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Re: Unusual deer encounter
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11/29/15 06:00 AM
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I have never heard of it before, but I'd bet it isn't a 1st. Why didn't you shoot it right then when you had her/him pegged? That was our intention. It followed the doe into the brush and a few minutes later 5 more deer popped out. We tried to ID the same deer again but couldn't at the time. Next time we go down, he will be hunted very hard.
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Re: Unusual deer encounter
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11/29/15 09:40 AM
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I have never heard of it before, but I'd bet it isn't a 1st. Why didn't you shoot it right then when you had her/him pegged? That was our intention. It followed the doe into the brush and a few minutes later 5 more deer popped out. We tried to ID the same deer again but couldn't at the time. Next time we go down, he will be hunted very hard. Got ya, I can see where that would make it a PITA, not like you can line them up and do a "herd check"
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Re: Unusual deer encounter
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11/29/15 12:22 PM
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I have a picture for that but I would go into the wall of shame LOL!! Never seen that before as well.
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Re: Unusual deer encounter
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11/30/15 07:18 AM
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As soon as I or she gets him, I'll post a pic on here of him. Shes deadly with her 22-250. She nailed a coyote Thursday at 225 yds. I was impressed.
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