Wolfman got my deer ...

[Mr.Magoo]

Alright.  You know how this is going to end, but I'll tell the story anyway.

It had rained a lot the night before and during the day but the rain had slacked-off and I went to hunt last evening.

About 15 minutes before the end of shooting light a doe appeared out of some scrub pine and started working her way towards me on a line that would take her about 20 yards behind me.

She took a turn when she got close and looked like she was going to walk right under my left side.  Right then she looked up and saw me.  She gave me the head bob, but I stayed still and she just back tracked a few steps and continued on her line behind me ...

[Mr.Magoo]

She stops about 18 yards behind my left side and gave me a good broadside shot.

I draw and the arrow is on its way.  I hear a loud 'crack' and the deer turns inside out and is gone.

I get down and look for my arrow.  Nowhere to be seen.  I look for blood at the shot, nothing.  So I start tracking the way the deer ran.

Soon I find blood on the ground and it starts to rain.

[Mr.Magoo]

The ground's wet, it's pitch black outside and it's slow going.  The blood is literally getting washed away as I track it.

At one point my light hits a pair of eyes about 15 yards away and it's a big fox walking parallel to me heading in the way my deer ran.  On one level it's really cool.  On another level I think 'oh no'.

After about 100 yards and a couple of hours I lose the trail.  I'll have to take up the trail in the morning.  But it's going to be a cold night so I'm not too worried.

The sun is up and I'm out on the trail with my dog.  He starts off well, but soon decides there are too many things to look at and pee on, so he runs around while I shoot compass bearings (it's impossible to find any blood).

As you already guessed.  I find my deer, or what's left.

Now I've had a few I've had to leave overnight and once in a while they've had a chunk missing, but I've never seen anything like this around here.  You'll have to pardon my commentary ... I was a bit flustered.

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son-of-a-....!  :eek:    they musta been starving!!!

[doug77]

holy somkes I've lost 2 to coyotes but never nothing like that.

doug77

[Mudd]

That's the results of some serious eaters.

If you hunt from the ground, I wouldn't advise taking a nap while doing it...lol

God bless,Mudd

[wv lungbuster]

Something devoured her, I've never seen one like that in just an overnight time period. Your pretty sure that was the deer you hit, did you find your arrow on the trail leading to her??

[briarsdad]

I feel your pain,I had one almost as bad 10 or so years ago. I shot the deer at first light with my bow and went home to eat breakfast and wait an hour or so for my hunting buddy to come out of the woods to help me drag out my deer. There had only been 2 1/2 hours max from the time I shot until we found what was left of it less than 100 yards from where I shot it. That was the worst I had ever seen the coyotes do in such a short time.

[mmgrode]

Interesting...amazed that a fox or two could clean up a deer to that level overnight!  Definitely not coyotes, they'd have the carcass and bones chewed/torn to bits and scattered throughout the area.

[KentuckyTJ]

WOW

[Kituwa]

Do you have bears in your area?

[LV2HUNT]

Wolfman for sure, that is quick work.

[Red Tailed Hawk]

I think BIGFOOT lives in them woods!! BE Careful..

[huntnmuleys]

wow.  i cant believe coyotes would work that quickly.  yikes!!

[tecum-tha]

Oh yes, they do. Happened to me once as well. They cleaned that big buck out overnight, but left enough for the shoulder mount. I was not happy, but these guys have superior senses...

[Izzy]

If there is no animal scat present Id check your neighbors freezer.

[Millertime10]

That's amazing!!

My dad shot a small buck about 7-8 years ago and had 2 coyotes on it and started to eat the hind end 45 mins after he shot it. It is amazing what they can do.

[hardtimes]

Originally posted by Izzy:
If there is no animal scat present Id check your neighbors freezer.

Thats what I was thinking. Looks too clean, both the deer and the surounding area. I have been known to be wrong thou. If it were coyotes all I can say is WOW.

[GRS]

I feel for you. I lost a big bodied 8 pointer last year. When I found him the next morning, everything behind the front shoulders was gone! Just like yours, the area around the deer was clean as a table top. My only consolation was, I did get the antlers. Since I am only 125 mi. west of you, maybe it was the same wolfman? Seriously, we have seen a few coyotes last few years, but it seems to me it would take 5-6 of them to do that.
Gerald

[slayer1]

That for sure was coyotes. I am only about 45 to 60 mins from you, and I have the same problem. I have been observing coyotes running in packs of 4 or 5. Last year I lost a deer to them that I left overnight, went back the next morning and the deer looked just like that. I bet it was a pack. I shoot every one that I see. Rumor here is the DNR started releasing them a few years ago to help regulate the deer population.