Here’s one more pic of the buck from the story. I talked more with Kent this afternoon about what possibly might have happened. He said that when he finally got the deer unhung from the trees that it wasn’t even stiff yet…..which means that it hadn’t been dead very long. We think now what might have happened was that the noise he heard WAS actually bucks fighting. He said he thinks maybe another buck was fighting with this one and he got his head hung in the process. He also said that he didn’t hear any dogs barking the evening before which you would have very likely heard if the dogs were on him. He thinks the buck stayed hung up in the trees all night and the pack of dogs found him this morning. That scenario does seem a lot more plausible when looking at the evidence. He also confirmed that the original shot was indeed a high back shot just under the skin at the top of the shoulders. It makes you wonder if the shot wound played a role in it or if it’s just a crazy coincidence.
