Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: osage outlaw on February 24, 2014, 06:00:42 pm
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We found this gruesome site while looking for sheds. A dead buck hung up in an old fallen osage tree. It looks like it tried jumping over the tree and didn't make it. It has already shed its antlers. We had a lot of snow and ice up until this past week. I'm guessing it happened when we still had the ice. I'm thinking it broke its neck or hit its head when it fell. I didn't see any scrape marks on the ground like you would expect to see if it was trying to free itself. It was a pretty good sized deer. The hooves and head looked fairly large but the antler bases were kind of small. Maybe it was an old buck that was already weakened by the harsh winter we have had. I tried checking the tooth wear but I couldn't see them good enough to tell.
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I have a theory now that Ive seen more pics. Id guess he didn't clear the log and when his body fell forward and his legs stayed straight up, his back broke. It either killed him on the spot, or he suffered...........too bad for that poor dude.
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that's a shame that the yotes didn't even get to eat him
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One way or another, Osage would have gotten him...To bad it was not at the end of an arrow flung by an Osage bow....Sad to see that. Nature can be cruel..
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Looks like the buzzards are the only thing working on it. The coyotes are all over the other side of our property. I'm surprised they didn't find this easy meal. We are going to try and salvage the skull. My Dad has a nice rack on a skull cap that he wants to try to turn into a Euro mount. He is going to go cut it off and bury it so the bugs and bacteria can finish cleaning it off.
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Didn't find a white flag nearby indicating surrender before you ambushed him with all those news bows did you? >:D that is an odd one though. I've found them hanging in fencing but not Osage .
Tracy
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That section where he is caught looks straight. I wonder if it has any sound wood left inside. It would be kind of cool to make a bow from wood that has already killed a deer.
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That section where he is caught looks straight. I wonder if it has any sound wood left inside. It would be kind of cool to make a bow from wood that has already killed a deer.
Mucho mojo!
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Could the tree have been covered in snow, and he got tangled, and not know what had him. And wore himself out, and simply froze to death, or starved, succumbed to the elements? Hate to see such things, but they happen.
Wayne
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Cut that tree and bust out some staves dude!! You have a knack for finding a story line behind Osage staves. Way cool.
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Such is life......crazy!!!
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I would have never even found that, coyotes around here clean up in a night before anyone has a chance to see anything... probably should make me a a coy coat!
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To bad but I suspect a lot more die in situations like that than we know. I think if I was a deer I would rather die tripping over Osage than hit by a car. ;) :) I would for sure check out the log and see if their was a bow in it,that would be to cool. :)
Pappy
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I might carry the homelite down there today and see how solid the wood is.
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Save me one Clintster.
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maybe it was shot and bolted off and dropped dead as it jumped the log. is that a hole in its neck or just where the buzzards have been. it seems abit strange to die like that naturally it doesnt look like it is stuck, it just looks draped over the tree. surely a fit deer would be able to free itself from that position?
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just re looked and maybe the back right leg could be stuck. its a strange one either way.
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I don't think it was shot. It had already lost its antlers so I know it survived hunting season. I doubt a poacher would shoot at a deer without antlers. For the past several weeks the ground was covered in several inches of snow and a very thick layer of ice. I could walk on it without breaking the layer of ice. I think the deer either broke its neck/back when it fell or got stuck and wasn't able to free itself because of the ice.
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That really does make me cringe. Nature can be cruel, is right. I'm bothered lately about the potential of my Mom falling and being able to access help. Happened to a neighbor not long ago, broke her leg and was screaming in pain and no one could hear her....ugh...
Mom's got Parkinson's and lives alone.
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when i read the title i expected to see a deer under a fallen osage, not the other way around.
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Save me one Clintster.
+1
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We were able to get two sections from the tree. The wood is still very solid. Its checked fairly bad but I think there might be a bow or two in each piece. When my Dad was removing the head we noticed the hair on the back of its ear was rubbed off. It must have been alive and struggling for a while. I think it just couldn't get itself free because of the ice. That was a terrible way to go.
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I think your right on the cause of his demise Clint. Were just starting to see bare ground around here, deep snow for weeks and treacherous ice have been the norm. Heck I can barely walk the dog each night on sidewalks without risking injury, slippery as a hockey rink.
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That's a tough way to go. Haven't seen any caught on trees but a few hung in wire.
If you get a couple of good bows from staves from that tree it will make a good story.
bretto
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OK Pearly and Greg. I think I'll have a deer killer stave to give to you the next time we meet up. I was able to split them into 5 staves that look very promising and 3 that might have a chance to make a bendy bow. The center of the big piece had a loose core and had turned black. Osage never ceases to amaze me. This tree has been dead for many years and it looks like it is still good solid wood inside.
The five on the left are the staves that I am pretty sure will make a bow.
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I grabbed the smallest of the good staves and started cleaning it up. This is what I found just a few rings down.
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:o wow that's amazing. 8) wood
DBar
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Wow gorgeous wood and amazing wood once again
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Clint,
How much sapwood was there? Looks like it weathered away over the years.
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The sapwood had pretty much rotted off.
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That gives me some ideas as to how to get through the tough sapwood easier but I think I would have to wait toooo long. ;D ;)
That some cool wood.
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Clint;
Save me one of those and I'll add more to the trade when we get to Pappy's. :) I like wood with a story.
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Will do Mullet. I like wood with a little history also. That leaves one left as a back up in case one of the others doesn't work out.
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Great story Clint.
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How long would u leave it to dry Clint? I just hauled and split one that looks just like it. Sapwood long gone. Deep orange. Pretty stuff
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I'm not sure on how long to let it dry. I might rough out a bow and start on it this summer.
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2-3 weeks inside a dry house is good enough for me. Its been seasoning for years and years.