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From: lawsonj@groupw.cns.vt.edu (John Lawson)
Newsgroups: rec.hunting
Subject: Re: Bear/Deer Hunt Story (mostly true!)
Message-ID: <1991May27.171430.29479@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
Date: 27 May 91 22:14:29 GMT
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My Dad has had a couple of experiences with game he has bagged having
old wounds. One was his first white-tail buck, a fine, old 12 pointer. I
had been watching the old boy for about a month prior to the season and
hadn't mentioned it to anyone. My dad and I set out well before daylight
on opening morning and I just couldn't keep my "secret" any longer. I
told him about the buck and where I had seen him traveling to his
bedding area. We parted and headed for our stands, mine was already
picked out, his was not. Well for my trouble of telling him about the
buck, he took a stand a little further up the trail the buck was
traveling. That was the last time I told him any secrets. :-) He killed
the buck shortly after daylight and when we skinned him we found one
buckshot pellet and one small caliber rifle bullet lodged under his
skin. Apparently he had survived both wounds well because they were both
completely healed and fatty tissue had formed around both of them. The
other was a gobbler he took with a bow just a few years ago. When he saw
the turkey, he thought it's gate was a little funny. He didn't pay too
much attention to it and arrowed that turkey while he wasn't looking. We
met back at his house around lunchtime and I looked the bird over. A
fine turkey it was with about a 7 inch beard, only something was wrong.
Upon examining it a little closer, I discovered that this turkey's right
leg had been broken at some time and had healed again. Only when it
healed, it had grown back very crooked and curved way out to the right
making it's leg about 2 inches shorter than the other. I've been telling
him ever since that he's really not a very good hunter because of the
animals being already wounded and slowed somewhat :-). BTW, Both of
these animals were in very good health and didn't seem to be adversely
affected in any way by these old wounds....