What's going on?!?

[westtexashottie]

While driving home yesterday my husband and I noticed that all the dead deer on the side of the road...and even in the road had their heads cut smooth off!! It was a clean cut and about halfway down the neck.
Does anyone know who or why someone would do that!?!? I just thought it was strange.

[Cull]

The number of deer killed by cars goes up drastically during the rut.

With other thoughts on their minds, a higher than normal percentage is bucks.

[TX_Kevin]

Poachers.

[Fightinaggies]

people taking the horns off of either roadkill deer or poached deer. Either way it's illiegal

[westtexashottie]

Should I call someone?!? I saw atleast 10 deer like this.

[Branham]

Saw what i guessed was a buck beheaded on side of the road on I-20 between Cisco and Eastland yesterday as well. Had not seen one with the head cut off before either.

[skyhawk]

Never quite understood why that was illegal. If I find a carcass on my property, it's not illegal for me to take the skull, is it? I guess because it is on the public right-of-way it belongs to the state?
Just curious.

[Bowshark]

Game warden’s will cut the head off bucks to keep people from stopping on the side of the road trying to take the horns and/or causing and accident.

[TX_Kevin]

Should I call someone?!? I saw atleast 10 deer like this.

I think I would report to the Operation Game Thief hotline.

[Fightinaggies]

They know this is going on, Driving on I-10 west and 87 I probably see 10-20 every weekend. If you really want to call someone I guess operation game thief would be it

[ATXBowhunter]

There could be numerous reasons for these sightings - poachers ditching the bodies after harvesting the racks; game wardens cutting them off of car-hit bucks to prevent others from doing so; etc...still makes you wonder.

[brshcntryhntr]

I think I would report to the Operation Game Thief hotline.

Yeah, a quick heads up to OGT would be a good idea.

[westguy76]

saw 2 dead doe, a coyote, and 3 racoon dead on 59N coming up from Corpus yesterday afternoon.

[Wilson]

Chupacabra's

[jgrogers1978]

i wish i saw dead animals on the sides of the road on the way to my lease. i saw one about two years ago and had to turn around and make sure i wasnt seeing things.