this is posted on other forumns for the obvious reason
last night
i met up with muddy and cwd222 at a farm i hav permission to stalk on
whilst leaving muddy in a good vantage point myself and cwd went for a stroll when we happened across this fella
this roebuck was no more than 25yrds approx, from us but was facing and walking away, cwd set up sticks and readied himself for the shot at this he then barked at the buck , no response so i whistled , still no response , the buck kept on walking away so we both shouted at it, still no response
at this i told cwd just take the shot, as there was obviously something wrong,
so cwd put crosshairs on his chest and pulled the trigger the buck dropped dead on the spot
it was only when we reached the buck we knew why his behaviour was so odd
this pic shows the exit wound of cwd's shot exit through the shoulder and a wound in the buck's neck, which was full of maggots and the stench was quite bad,the wound went all the way back upto his ear on the inside of the skin it was hollow except for the maggots
this pic shows what flyblow can look like after a few days
this pic
if you look carefully on the left of the flyblow is a small entry wound, on the right of the flyblow is the exit wound
this buck looks like it had a lucky escape from a non fatal neck shot, (which had been taken from a side on shot , which struck high in the neck )
i think not
how long he had been wandering around like this trying to feed and how far he had travelled since he had initially been shot is anybodys guess and with what calibre he was shot with also is up for debate
just thought a few of you might like to see the end results of what could happen if a badly /missed placed neck or head shot occurs
well done cwd what a first buck you took with me
last night
i met up with muddy and cwd222 at a farm i hav permission to stalk on
whilst leaving muddy in a good vantage point myself and cwd went for a stroll when we happened across this fella
this roebuck was no more than 25yrds approx, from us but was facing and walking away, cwd set up sticks and readied himself for the shot at this he then barked at the buck , no response so i whistled , still no response , the buck kept on walking away so we both shouted at it, still no response
at this i told cwd just take the shot, as there was obviously something wrong,
so cwd put crosshairs on his chest and pulled the trigger the buck dropped dead on the spot
it was only when we reached the buck we knew why his behaviour was so odd
this pic shows the exit wound of cwd's shot exit through the shoulder and a wound in the buck's neck, which was full of maggots and the stench was quite bad,the wound went all the way back upto his ear on the inside of the skin it was hollow except for the maggots
this pic shows what flyblow can look like after a few days
this pic
if you look carefully on the left of the flyblow is a small entry wound, on the right of the flyblow is the exit wound
this buck looks like it had a lucky escape from a non fatal neck shot, (which had been taken from a side on shot , which struck high in the neck )
i think not
how long he had been wandering around like this trying to feed and how far he had travelled since he had initially been shot is anybodys guess and with what calibre he was shot with also is up for debate
just thought a few of you might like to see the end results of what could happen if a badly /missed placed neck or head shot occurs
well done cwd what a first buck you took with me