Weird buck

[bps3040]

I did not want to step the other old deer post. My buddy shot a weird Mulie last week. It had the gray face of an old Mulie but was the size of a yearling. I watched him for 3 days, called him Graybeard. He tried but could not eat corn. He would swallow 5 kernels and go eat brush and then come back to try again.
My buddy shot him. His head was big. His skin was like an obese person who lost a lot of weight. Hanging loose everywhere. Big bones and feet. But no meat.

Turned out he was starving. He had no teeth. When we skinned him he had no fat on body. He would have died this winter, we think. He was weak. He shot him(bow), he walked 10 yards and fell over.





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[flywise]

So you do you think he could not eat because of the teeth or do you suspect something else might have been wrong with him?
Any case good thing he got shot and put down quick

[boh347]

Got any pics of him dead?

[PreacherT]

CWD, or just old?

[HunterU]

CWD, or just old?

could be CWD. I would have it checked before I processed him.

[bps3040]

He had no teeth, so I say old. Instead of eating corn, he would try to eat bushes. I watched him tearing them up. The corn he "ate", it appeared he swallowed whole. My buddy might have taken extra pics, I will check. I was skinning it(owed him one).


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[big_smith]

Probably old. Let’s see jaw