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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 30, 2007 7:31:42 GMT -5
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Post by gillgrabber on Nov 30, 2007 8:13:08 GMT -5
Such a waste.....sad.
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Post by hoosbwhtr on Nov 30, 2007 9:38:53 GMT -5
Did this happen this year? There were two bucks that drowned not far from me a few years ago in a small lake. Measured in the 160's and 140's. Happens more often than one thinks.
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Post by bigbuck on Nov 30, 2007 11:25:16 GMT -5
Yeah, this happened this year. Just a couple of weeks ago. It was in the Fort Wayne Newspaper.
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Post by bigbuck on Nov 30, 2007 11:26:58 GMT -5
The DNR are getting the bucks mounted just like they are and I think their going to hang them up in building at Chain O Lakes.
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Post by dbd870 on Nov 30, 2007 11:47:59 GMT -5
Good idea.
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Post by hoosbwhtr on Nov 30, 2007 15:45:19 GMT -5
FROM LAST YEAR, THEY DID A FULL BODY MOUNT FOR BOTH DEER AND ARE DISPLAYED AT THE INTERPRETIVE CENTER. SEEM TO BE HAPPENING MORE OFTEN.
Deer Die After Antlers Lock During Combat
TIPPECANOE, Ind., Feb. 25, 2006
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(AP) A pair of deer died in a northern Indiana pond after their antlers were locked during combat. Later this year, if all goes well, their intertwined antlers will be on display at Potawatomi Wildlife Park in southern Marshall County.
Bill and Peggy Maki of Fort Wayne found the two 12-point bucks Feb. 11 during a walk in some woods on property belonging to Wayne Bessinger, a member of the wildlife park's board.
The deer hadn't been dead long when they were found, The Rochester Sentinel reported in a story Thursday.
"They broke through the ice," Bessinger said of the bucks. "Their horns was locked and they stumbled down to the pond and the ice broke through and they drowned."
Bessinger ignored the cold and waded into the pond about 30 miles south of South Bend to retrieve the bodies.
"When I pulled them up on shore, I couldn't believe it," he said.
The antlers would have to be cut or broken to be separated. Bessinger is having them mounted in their fighting posture and plans to exhibit them at the wildlife park.
He estimates the display, which should be ready by late summer, will cost about $6,000.
MMVI The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Post by solohunter on Nov 30, 2007 19:55:22 GMT -5
The DNR are getting the bucks mounted just like they are and I think their going to hang them up in building at Chain O Lakes. You are correct..Solo |
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Post by hunterjosh8 on Dec 1, 2007 21:00:47 GMT -5
That is ashamed that they had to die that way
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Dec 3, 2007 11:03:36 GMT -5
What a beast!
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