Death by Hay Bale

[perfectstorm]

An interesting find out in the pasture. He's not a familiar buck & looks to have passed away last year or prior to that. He's a 9 point with a broke tine & his right beam is tangled in hay baling net. Thinking that's what killed him.

[metalmangeorge]

I have seen a few over the years walking around with bailing twine on their antlers. Not sure how it would kill them unless they got stuck to the bale.

Cool find for sure.

[gig one]

Sad

[Shallowater]

That's a bummer. I'm just glad this wasnt a report of a farm fatality of a different kind.

[Dakota7493]

That's a bummer. I'm just glad this wasnt a report of a farm fatality of a different kind.

Just what I was thinking when I read the title of the thread.

[Shane]

A buddy just texted me a LDP of a buck on of his hunters just killed, and the buck has a LOT more twine stuck in his antlers than this. Twine isn't deadly, it's just a fashion statement.

[apc10]

Hate to see them go like that. I have actually caught and released a handful of fallow bucks that were stuck to round bales. And I used to always see them with string on their antlers.

[perfectstorm]

I have seen a few over the years walking around with bailing twine on their antlers. Not sure how it would kill them unless they got stuck to the bale.

Cool find for sure.

I assumed maybe he got stuck to the bale & maybe coyotes got him. Really I have no clue. This is just the first time we are ever seeing one with twine on the antlers, he's dead on a large tract of acreage and none of us know him-- so I made the leap. This is actually the first time we've found any bucks head-- regardless of twine. Pretty neat, although a little sad-- looks like he was going to be a nice buck one day.

[Brannon74]

Friends son killed a monster a few years ago that had a ton of hot wire wrapped in his antlers. He was doing just fine.

[Atfulldraw]

one of our residents at the lake.....

[CastAndBlast]

I would be very surprised if a buck couldn't break bailing twine if hung in it. They are a lot more powerful than most expect.

I am willing to bet he died from something else...still a cool find

[cheez]

I really doubt the twine had anything to do with his death. I've seen deer with much more twine and they were fine.

[ShockValue]

Had this poor guy running around last year in Brady.

We also found a buck skull with twine wrapped all around it. Not sure if that was the cause of death but wouldn't be surprised.