What in the hell did this to this deer? (possibly nsfw)
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We hit a (much bigger) deer up near Fort William in my friends Honda Civic many years ago.
Wrote the car off as it crumpled the front like we'd hit a lamppost. The head smashed the windscreen, the rear end went under the car and the deer split in half much the same as this one.
So I'm going to say I think they're just designed to split in half on impact.
Wrote the car off as it crumpled the front like we'd hit a lamppost. The head smashed the windscreen, the rear end went under the car and the deer split in half much the same as this one.
So I'm going to say I think they're just designed to split in half on impact.
m3jappa said:
Yes, i should have said its a muntjac dear so not a massive great thing.
I think its got to be a poacher thats dumped it, pikies use this bit of road as a rat run down to their lair so perhaps one has been out shooting, took the meat end and chucked it out.
Do people eat these? i suppose they might do.
Just seemed a seriously bizaree corpse, i have never seen one effectively cut in half like that.
If you are shooting them for meat what you normally do is then open up the stomach cavity (length ways across the bottom) and leave the contents on the field for scavengers. The head and hoofs are then removed (hoves make great dog chews). The animal is then strung up, neck end up, and skinned. Then laid on a table and dissected into all the different meat cuts. I think its got to be a poacher thats dumped it, pikies use this bit of road as a rat run down to their lair so perhaps one has been out shooting, took the meat end and chucked it out.
Do people eat these? i suppose they might do.
Just seemed a seriously bizaree corpse, i have never seen one effectively cut in half like that.
If it was a poacher then I would not expect any of it to have been left at the road as they are wasting half the meat.
You should have given it a proper send off, we would have....
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K50 DEL said:
Mr Magooagain said:
People don’t eat enough of them. Everyone’s gone soft and don’t eat roadkill or wild meat anymore apart from a few. Most of it is good lean meat as well.
Driving around Norfolk a few years back I couldn’t believe seeing so many dead animals on the road side that haven’t been dealt with.
I suppose people don’t know how to deal with it anymore.
30 years ago people used to bring such things into the (rural) pub I worked at.Driving around Norfolk a few years back I couldn’t believe seeing so many dead animals on the road side that haven’t been dealt with.
I suppose people don’t know how to deal with it anymore.
All of us in the kitchen knew how to hang then skin and prepare deer, rabbit, pheasant and anything else that was brought into us.
It all ended up on the menu, certainly wasn't much left at the side of the roads nearby lol
This one has just been sheared in half by a particularly boxy vehicle at speed. The shoulders are good meat too so wouldn't be wasted intentionally.
Gnits said:
I grew up in the countryside and can say with some confidence this was either:
Shark or
Baby Predator.
Yeh, I've seen photos of the countryside so that kind of makes me a qualified expert, and I agree with your conclusion as I've heard that sharks can survive out of water for quite a few days, and this one may have grown feet. Case closed Shark or
Baby Predator.
fourstardan said:
Lot of this happening in my area im dorset, my bet is it was poachers.
The deer in the op is almost certainly road kill, poachers wouldn't do the above. I see loads of deer on the side of the road looking similar. I hit one before Christmas and took it's head clean off, made a right mess of the front of my car where it went under and through the wheel arch.Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff