Kentucky Zombie Deer

[Bestoutwest]

Anyone else see this story on the hunter that bagged a deer with two heads? Talk about a once-in-a-lifetime deal.

https://idahonews.com/news/offbeat/kent ... -been-dead

 

[M.Magis]

I saw that earlier, I can only recall a couple other times in the last 30 years I've heard of that. Imagine the stink that thing was carrying around on it's head for weeks.

 

[76 Bar]

Certainly possible but I thought the photo odd.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

That right there is why I don't go in the woods.

 

[True Grit Farms]

That right there is why I don't go in the woods.

And all this time I figured you were just scared to get your boots dirty.

 

[JMJ Farms]

Here's a couple of pics I ran across a few years back. 3 Ohio bucks locked together.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

That right there is why I don't go in the woods.

And all this time I figured you were just scared to get your boots dirty.

That too.

 

[greybeard]

Here's a couple of pics I ran across a few years back. 3 Ohio bucks locked together.

I guess they don't have alligators in Ohio...

 

[Bright Raven]

Certainly possible but I thought the photo odd.

It is authentic according to Kentucky Fish and Game. The deer is not "two-headed". The head of a deer it was fighting with is entangled in its antlers.

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources said on its Facebook page that a man in Ballard County, Kentucky, harvested a buck that had the rack of another buck's decomposing head entangled in it.

 

[ez14.]

Certainly possible but I thought the photo odd.

It is authentic according to Kentucky Fish and Game. The deer is not "two-headed". The head of a deer it was fighting with is entangled in its antlers.

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources said on its Facebook page that a man in Ballard County, Kentucky, harvested a buck that had the rack of another buck's decomposing head entangled in it.

I don't believe the buck could have survived long enough with another buck hanging off it's head for it to decompose like that

 

[Bright Raven]

Certainly possible but I thought the photo odd.

It is authentic according to Kentucky Fish and Game. The deer is not "two-headed". The head of a deer it was fighting with is entangled in its antlers.

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources said on its Facebook page that a man in Ballard County, Kentucky, harvested a buck that had the rack of another buck's decomposing head entangled in it.

I don't believe the buck could have survived long enough with another buck hanging off it's head for it to decompose like that

I am also skeptical. Take a close look at how their antlers are entangled. It does not look natural. IDK. May be more to this story!

 

[JMJ Farms]

It is authentic according to Kentucky Fish and Game. The deer is not "two-headed". The head of a deer it was fighting with is entangled in its antlers.

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources said on its Facebook page that a man in Ballard County, Kentucky, harvested a buck that had the rack of another buck's decomposing head entangled in it.

I don't believe the buck could have survived long enough with another buck hanging off it's head for it to decompose like that

I am also skeptical. Take a close look at how their antlers are entangled. It does not look natural. IDK. May be more to this story!

I see nothing that would make me think that it's not authentic. Whitetail bucks that are truly fighting and not sparring can get really intense. There's a good chance the decaying buck had his neck broken during the ordeal and the position of his head may have made it difficult for the second buck to eat and drink but certainly would not have prohibited it completely.

Kinda like a goat getting his head stuck in a fence. Nature too often won't let them reverse the process and free themselves.

 

[Bright Raven]

I don't believe the buck could have survived long enough with another buck hanging off it's head for it to decompose like that

I am also skeptical. Take a close look at how their antlers are entangled. It does not look natural. IDK. May be more to this story!

I see nothing that would make me think that it's not authentic. Whitetail bucks that are truly fighting and not sparring can get really intense. There's a good chance the decaying buck had his neck broken during the ordeal and the position of his head may have made it difficult for the second buck to eat and drink but certainly would not have prohibited it completely.

Kinda like a goat getting his head stuck in a fence. Nature too often won't let them reverse the process and free themselves.

Apparently, Kentucky Fish and Game agrees. The angle in which they are entangled seems unnatural.

 

[ez14.]

I don't believe the buck could have survived long enough with another buck hanging off it's head for it to decompose like that

I am also skeptical. Take a close look at how their antlers are entangled. It does not look natural. IDK. May be more to this story!

I see nothing that would make me think that it's not authentic. Whitetail bucks that are truly fighting and not sparring can get really intense. There's a good chance the decaying buck had his neck broken during the ordeal and the position of his head may have made it difficult for the second buck to eat and drink but certainly would not have prohibited it completely.

Kinda like a goat getting his head stuck in a fence. Nature too often won't let them reverse the process and free themselves.

I do believe that a buck could kill another buck in a fight but I don't believe the other buck would be able to live for weeks well the other buck was decaying enough to fall off. With the challenges of eating and drinking and also getting around and out running predators I just don't see that happening

 

[tja477t]

funny that cattle people dont believe this. i still dont believe some of my calves actually got into the trouble they did on their own either.

 

[M.Magis]

Yeah, I'm not sure what's not to believe. It doesn't happen often, most of the time both bucks die. But this isn't the only time one died and the other survived with the dead buck hanging from his head. One would assume the dead one is quickly eaten by buzzards/vultures while the living deer is laying down to recuperate.