What's your take on this?

sliverpicker · 05-06-2007, 02:37 PM

Saw this whitetail doe in the Sled Springs unit last weekend. At first I thought she was just shedding a bunch of hair, but upon examination of the photo it looks like it's right down to the hide. Wonder if she side stepped a lion and all he ended up with was a fist full of fur?

I cropped a close up of her side.

baltz526 · 05-06-2007, 02:58 PM

looks like an injury got infected and made a hot spot causing the hair loss. cougar? road rash? bullet? arrow?

RAGHORN! · 05-06-2007, 03:30 PM

It looks like she has a patch missing on her rump as well?????

RidgeRunner · 05-06-2007, 04:21 PM

I'd say she side stepped a cougar. Even looks like a small puncutre wound on the front injury near the top of the back. Hope she makes it.

Blackbeardown · 05-06-2007, 07:38 PM

I sent this post to the game biologist in Enterprise that I know. I'll let you know what he thinks when he gets back to me.

Jellyhead · 05-06-2007, 09:11 PM

My first thought is "road rash". Looks like she might have side stepped an F150:grin:

Aaron

Luckybill · 05-07-2007, 05:03 AM

wow, i've seen similiar marks on some salmon this year.

i'd say it was predator of some type. Most likely a Mercury Cougar doing about 35 i'd say - hard to tell.

CombinationLicense · 05-07-2007, 02:13 PM

Pretty hard to tell but one thing's for sure - she's lucky. Cougar, vehicle maybe - what about a barb wire fence or something similar? Either way it might be a good place to go set up for a predator hunt....

"CL"

goforchrome · 05-07-2007, 03:23 PM

Was she down by Bonneville?

Sealion.

micah · 05-07-2007, 04:14 PM

Looks like a wound that got infected and got inflamed really bad. Whatever did it, she's lucky.

sliverpicker · 05-12-2007, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blackbeardown

I sent this post to the game biologist in Enterprise that I know. I'll let you know what he thinks when he gets back to me.

If you sent it to Vic and his compadres, what did they have to say?