What happened to this deer?

[leech~~]

BTW - if the neighbors dog had gotten into it (not sure if they even have one), there isn't much I could or would do about it, being that I was on their property when I found her and cleaned her out.

LB, That was a pretty big detail to leave out on us! If the dog was on his owners land that does make it a little different! There now no one has to go after anyones family over a dog!

[Surface Tension]

A small puncture by a broken rib in the abdomen isn't unheard of.

If I read correctly the recovery took a few hours.

In that amount of time the stomach would have bloated a lot.

A small hole in the abdomen + the extreme pressure from bloating = well something has to give.

Yes that will tear a small hole into big hole.

The green trail is stomach contents that flew after the gut broke.

[InTheNorthwoods]

I am inclined to say that a coyote or other scavenger got to the animal first. They will usually go for the stomach/guts first and they (especially coyotes) will open up a hole like you described in the animal.

I don't think it was bloating and "exploding" as the time for this to have occurred doesn't seem likely in the temperatures we were having over opener. Bloating to the stage of "exploding" would take more than a couple hours in my experience.

The end result is that a lot of weird things could have happened leading to this situation, and you'll probably never know exactly what caused it.

[LightningBG]

how about I'll just put the picture up and see what everyone thinks. There was a picture of a scavenged bear on here, so this may be ok. If it doesn't fly, the admin can take it down.

[DonBo]

Coyotes, no question.

[JBone]

yep yotes

[eyeguy 54]

blb was hungry :>)

[sdpikehntr]

Just a thought... Are you 100% sure that this is the doe you shot, and how far is the nearest road or highway? The reason I ask is I hunt 1/2 mile from a busy highway and there have been several times that we have had auto hit deer in the area I hunt. I have even shot a deer and as it ran off it was hit by a truck. Is it possible that it was hit after you shot it or could it have been another deer. That is a pretty big hole and mess, it almost look like an internal combustion.

Using Dukes of Hazard arrows??

[pureinsanity]

The fur looks awful wet. I bet it was yotes. they often pee all over their food...

[Archerysniper]

Yotes look at the rib bones clean as a whistle and look to be chewed off.

[LightningBG]

Just a thought... Are you 100% sure that this is the doe you shot, and how far is the nearest road or highway? The reason I ask is I hunt 1/2 mile from a busy highway and there have been several times that we have had auto hit deer in the area I hunt. I have even shot a deer and as it ran off it was hit by a truck. Is it possible that it was hit after you shot it or could it have been another deer. That is a pretty big hole and mess, it almost look like an internal combustion.

Using Dukes of Hazard arrows??

I'm pretty sure it was the deer. There are some country roads within 1/4 mile, but they aren't in between where I shot it and where I found it. It was in the general direction of where it ran off too. There is the hole forward of the big hole with the 3 prong cut (using G5 Striker) in the same location I thought the shot hit. It was still warm when I cleaned it out, so I'm sure it wasn't an older kill. There were plenty of bad smells but none urine that I could tell. No urine coloring either.

I know it looks like I used one of these

[DonBo]

What the heck are those? Are those exploding tiped arrows? Who, what, where did, how....?

[sdpikehntr]

What the heck are those? Are those exploding tiped arrows? Who, what, where did, how....?

You want some... Don't yah???

[LightningBG]

Now I really want to shoot a coyote. Only problem is I've never ever seen one in the area. My sister in law used to see them a couple years ago standing next to her car in the driveway when she would go to work in the morning (almost daily). Too bad I am not so lucky. Any thoughts on how to bring them in? Are calls about the only option?

Maybe I should just try to whack another deer and leave it for a little while, see if they come in for another snack.