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Deer number one:

Here are a couple deer that I have obtained recently. the little one (doe) was a CDA on Feb 4 and the bigger spike was a CDA on Feb 8. Was able to use both shoulders, hind quarters and backstraps from the little one, but could only get the left side front shoulder and left hind quarter and both backstraps from the spike as he was hit pretty solid on the right side (you can see that his front right hoof is just a touch out of whack ). Due to various reasons, I have missed picking up at least 6 deer in the last 2 months that were hit by cars, but did manage to get these 2 as well as one in Oct.

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Deer 4

Deer number 4 on Dec. 3rd, 2012:

Here is my latest addition to the freezer:

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The story behind this one….Central Dispatch called out for a car/deer accident at about 0705 on Dec. 3rd and it wasn’t very far away (about 5 miles), so I headed that way after leaving work at 0800…got to the area and could not find the deer, so I headed for home…and on the way back, I saw 2 cars parked on the side of the road (one on each side) and thought maybe someone had hit one but kept driving. Didn’t make it but maybe 3/4 mile when a co-worker, who had the day off, called and said that he got a call from work that a deer had been hit where I just was. So, I turned around and asked the guy if he wanted it, which he did not, and then waited for the local LEO to show up. Kinda funny how it all worked out. And the LEO that showed up was the one who responded to the 0705 call and told me that deer survived.

We had been watching this guy for a while now..little spike (tines about 6″) as well as a 4 point and a really nice 8 point…was hit about a 1/4 as the crow flies from where I work.

Deer 5

Deer number 5 on Dec. 31st, 2012:

And one more for the freezer. ‘Tis a button buck, about 120lbs or so. Was hit about 0750 and was still alive when I got there at 0810. The LEO got there at about 0815 and finished it off as I don’t carry with me. Back right leg was broke but salvageable and both shoulders looked really bad, so I didn’t touch them. Last one for the 2012 year….Happy New Year or a belated Christmas present to me?

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Deer 7

Deer number 7 on Feb 28th, 2013:

Wow, heard 2 CDA’s on the 27th., but by the time I left work and arrived to the first one, it was gone (we are talking about 20 minutes), so on to the next, which was about 15 miles farther up the road. Wayyyy outa my way, but I’m getting a bit desperate, and I did have the next few days off, so I went. BIG doe, took both myself and the Deputy to load her…and on the way home, a co-worker calls me and says that Central Dispatch called him to inform him of another, so when I got home, I called Central up only to find they had called up the road commision to remove it…my loss…but I had this one, plus the one from the day before, so I thought all was well….until I cut into her…ugh…she was hit so hard that both the hindquarters were majorly blown apart! About all I got from this one was the backstraps…but some is better than none I guess.

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Deer 9

Deer number 9 on Mar 23rd, 2013:

And another…starting to get the freezer back up to where I would like it.
There was 2 hit, but the other was mangled so bad that it was beyond wanting to put it in my car. If there would have been someplace to backstrap it, I might have taken the straps, but it was just “YUCK”, but I did get this one…wasn’t too awful bad. Got it on March 23rd. I took this picture where she lay, whereas I usually take the picture at home…had better cell signal here.

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