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Frank
Aug 1, 2012, 2:34:57 PM8/1/12
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Neighbor said he found blood and fur in his front yard, which is less
than 100 feet from my house, and deer carcass dragged up hill into pines
along house about 50 feet away where it was partially eaten. I saw the
maggot infested, what looked like yearling doe, about 10 feet from the
road in the corner of his property.
He had dragged it out there to try to get the state to pick up but they
came out, looked at it and said it was not close to the road and refused
to take it. Deer had been dead a few days.
I did not know about it as I did not discover it until I cut the grass
and smelled it. Our AC has been on all summer and we had not smelled it.
Neighbor did not have sense enough to get rid of it before blow flies
set in but he and his son put it in a tarp and hauled it away in pickup
yesterday.
What is most interesting and how it relates to hunting is I suspect deer
was killed by a cougar. We have them here in Northern Delaware and
South Eastern Pennsylvania a few mile away. They have been spotted 2
miles from my house.
I can't think of another animal that could have done it. Coyotes have
also been seen maybe 5 miles from here but according to Delaware Fish
and Game only get young fawns and are not a threat to deer population.
Quite a few deer around here. I saw three in back yard this morning and
a few months ago, maybe March, saw a herd of 17 walking through the back
yard. Strange that 2 were still sporting antlers.
Ultimate frustration as wife does not want me hunting them and we are
surrounded by neighbors. Couple of years ago I found a 5 point half
shed in a neighbors back yard.
The cougar is welcome to all the deer they want. Deer are a real PITA
with flowers, trees and bushes.
than 100 feet from my house, and deer carcass dragged up hill into pines
along house about 50 feet away where it was partially eaten. I saw the
maggot infested, what looked like yearling doe, about 10 feet from the
road in the corner of his property.
He had dragged it out there to try to get the state to pick up but they
came out, looked at it and said it was not close to the road and refused
to take it. Deer had been dead a few days.
I did not know about it as I did not discover it until I cut the grass
and smelled it. Our AC has been on all summer and we had not smelled it.
Neighbor did not have sense enough to get rid of it before blow flies
set in but he and his son put it in a tarp and hauled it away in pickup
yesterday.
What is most interesting and how it relates to hunting is I suspect deer
was killed by a cougar. We have them here in Northern Delaware and
South Eastern Pennsylvania a few mile away. They have been spotted 2
miles from my house.
I can't think of another animal that could have done it. Coyotes have
also been seen maybe 5 miles from here but according to Delaware Fish
and Game only get young fawns and are not a threat to deer population.
Quite a few deer around here. I saw three in back yard this morning and
a few months ago, maybe March, saw a herd of 17 walking through the back
yard. Strange that 2 were still sporting antlers.
Ultimate frustration as wife does not want me hunting them and we are
surrounded by neighbors. Couple of years ago I found a 5 point half
shed in a neighbors back yard.
The cougar is welcome to all the deer they want. Deer are a real PITA
with flowers, trees and bushes.
Jim Phyllis
Aug 24, 2012, 7:51:44 PM8/24/12
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What are the chyances that a car got it? A cougar would take the vitals and then the flesh, but would they have left it around? I thought they hid them and fed on them.
Frank
Aug 24, 2012, 8:50:34 PM8/24/12
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On 8/24/2012 7:51 PM, Jim Phyllis wrote:
> What are the chyances that a car got it? A cougar would take the vitals and then the flesh, but would they have left it around? I thought they hid them and fed on them.
>
That was my first thought but we live 1/4 mile off a road on cul-de-sac
> What are the chyances that a car got it? A cougar would take the vitals and then the flesh, but would they have left it around? I thought they hid them and fed on them.
>
street on a hill. Seldom does anyone drive past my house at even as
much as 25 mph.
Neighbor said there was blood and hair in his front yard and found
carcass maybe 50 feet up hill in his bushes/pines where it was partially
eaten. He said more was eaten with time. We were out of town at the
time the deer was killed.
I also mentioned that cougar had been spotted and filmed only about 2
miles from here.
When I saw the deer where neighbor had dragged out near road it was
about 2/3 eaten mostly in midsection and completely maggot infested.
We're loaded with deer that I cannot shoot. I shooed a half dozen out
of the yard this afternoon. Area is very hilly and most of us have 1-2
acre lots most of which are wooded and not manicured. Guy next to
neighborhood has 22 acres. There is a golf course and park land nearby
as well as creek with flood plan.
Cougars are far ranging and apparently are clean and do not den in the
same place and foul it. There are coyotes in the county, seldom seen,
and are more a danger to young fawns, not the mature deer in neighbors
yard. That could leave something like dogs but I doubt if there are any
big, hungry ones, roaming free. This leaves my best guess as a cougar.
Jim Phyllis
Aug 31, 2012, 7:27:04 PM8/31/12
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Eaten mid-section would make sense with a cougar. I would expect coyotes to take a lot of the meat from the haunches. At least they do in MS.
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