Metal bracelet on does leg

[f17ant]

Hi everyone,

I shot a beautiful fallow doe last weekend, but noticed she had a metal bracelet around her leg. I could spin it, though not very easily. I reckon that as she grew, it could have caused problems or even led to an infection.

Has anyone come across something like this before? I’m not sure whether it was an accident or possibly from a trap. Would be interested to hear your thoughts.

 

[farrieral]

More likely a freak accident/fluke that she'd managed to stand on/through it perhaps

 

[Sheamus]

Hi everyone,

I shot a beautiful fallow doe last weekend, but noticed she had a metal bracelet around her leg. I could spin it, though not very easily. I reckon that as she grew, it could have caused problems or even led to an infection.

Has anyone come across something like this before? I’m not sure whether it was an accident or possibly from a trap. Would be interested to hear your thoughts.


View attachment 456435

Yes ive come across similar things. Well objects stuck on Deers feet.
Its not some form of trap
Just unlucky that it's trodden on something thats slid up its foot.

 

[Klenchblaize]

That be witchcraft as practiced throughout the Essex Levels. Trust me!

K

 

[Sheamus]

 

[f17ant]

Thought it was a accident too,
Poor girl was freezing last week and that metal was COLD !

 

[f17ant]

View attachment 456441

Thanks for sharing !

 

[Klenchblaize]

View attachment 456441

K

 

[Tim.243]

That be witchcraft as practiced throughout the Essex Levels. Trust me!

K

The Canewdon witch story isn't about a single "burning basket," but rather deep folklore surrounding witchcraft in Canewdon, Essex, a historical centre for witch trials where people believed witches met at St. Nicholas Church, with legends of the Devil appearing if you walk around the church anticlockwise, and ghostly witches, like a headless figure, haunting the area and churchyard. The village avoided the worst of the 17th-century witch hunts led by Matthew Hopkins, possibly due to its cursed reputation or local protection, with tales saying a new witch replaces one who dies as long as the church tower stands.

Come on down Richard....

 

[Robby56]

The Canewdon witch story isn't about a single "burning basket," but rather deep folklore surrounding witchcraft in Canewdon, Essex, a historical centre for witch trials where people believed witches met at St. Nicholas Church, with legends of the Devil appearing if you walk around the church anticlockwise, and ghostly witches, like a headless figure, haunting the area and churchyard. The village avoided the worst of the 17th-century witch hunts led by Matthew Hopkins, possibly due to its cursed reputation or local protection, with tales saying a new witch replaces one who dies as long as the church tower stands.

Come on down Richard....

As kids, we was always told that if you run three times round the church anti clockwise (widdershins), then you'd meet the devil. B******s I know, but when you're kids.....well.

 

[VSS]

It's a pipe offcut or similar that she's trodden on. Quite common.
You find lots of short bits like that in the crushed demolition rubble that's often used in field gateways and sometimes for backfilling field drains.

 

[An Sionnach]

Had a sika hind with something similar
looks to be an off cut of pipe
Possibly stood into it as a calf and wasn’t able to dislodge it before she grew to a size where it couldn’t fall off

 

[f17ant]

View attachment 456686Had a sika hind with something similar
looks to be an off cut of pipe
Possibly stood into it as a calf and wasn’t able to dislodge it before she grew to a size where it couldn’t fall off

Same as mine! Thanks for sharing

 

[Taff]

I thought they were criminal deer who had home detention

 

[Jh1986]

Just like Essex deer to have knock off jewellery. Probably has a "Swarovski" 'Live, Laugh, Love' sign on a nearby tree