Old Deer, Ready to Die

This is a very old deer that we rode up on while exploring a new hunting area. He was sleeping in the middle of the road. We thought he was dead until we walked up to him and realized he was just resting. This is one of those once in a lifetime opportunities that most people will never experience. I can only imagine how old he was but I am guessing 7 or 8. He was losing all his hair and was emaciated due to lack of nutrition. He was blind in one eye and deaf. I don't know if his nose even worked anymore. You can tell that he had really bad arthritis in his hips. This deer was probably days away from death.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• deer
• hunting
• buck
• old
• whitetail

[ordum08]

yall are fucked up you should have put him down not video tape him

[ladychiere]

Thank you for sharing. He reminds me of our old buck. We had a hobby herd of Fallow deer and the senior buck died when he was 15 years old. His last good rack was when he was 11; after that it just got sparser each year. His last year they were like sticks, and he showed no interest in the does. He got thin and arthritic, and spent his last month laying in the sunny patches. One day he went to sleep and didn't wake up. We found him in his favorite spot, resting peacefully forever.

[northbendsk8]

@wanttoseemysnake haha you must be stupid as shit. you cant tell exactly the age,but you can tell roughly, try again you dumbass.

[Mr1badxj]

if i found him i would have put him down instead of suffering like that he could get up hardly nature is beautiful and hard

[bocephus3006]

dossnt look very old to me but he sure as hell looks very sick

[korea902]

@ordum08 I think letting it naturally die is better than shooting it.....

[MrADjam5]

Death by fang and claw is a much more violent fate than the one the hunter bestows.

Nature can be cruel. Natural selection at work.

[SuperCBeach]

For those of u who are thinking that this deer is young because of his antlers, he's not the deer have peek in antler size then they slowly decline. The older they get the harder the nutritions are for them to keep in their body. The size of the rack has to do with nutrients along with genetics. They way I can tell this is an old deer is because he has a really deep neck. The tighter the neck the younger they usually are.

[secreatkilla]

That deers ready to put his hoof in your ass

[ladychiere]

@ladychiere Your old buck must have been a peach in his prime! You don't get to be an old buck unless your were some kinda tough as a young buck! I'm sure he's left a legacy of spy young ones to carry on for him.

[wanttoseemysnake]

@dirtyjc25 They do, they are called health care aids in the old folks home...