My KS buck has Wire tangled in antlers!

[Tony Trietch]

I thought you guys might like to see the web my buck built in his left antler this year. I asked the farmer that lets me hunt his land if he was trying to tie them up for me.

 

[Shrek]

Congratulations ! Is the wire just wrapped around the antler or is it grown in ?

 

[realunlucky]

Bruiser of a buck. Guess he rubbed one fence post to many. Congratulations

 

[Tony Trietch]

Congratulations ! Is the wire just wrapped around the antler or is it grown in ?

It's wrapped around. Looks to be post velvet.
He has it tied up pretty good. There is a 4' tag end that was running along his head, neck and shoulder. It was formed fairly tight to his body. I presume from running through grass and brush.

This pic is how he died. It shows the wire running along his side.

 

[MarlinMark]

Cool buck and accessories!

 

[Retterath]

awesome deer

 

[Browtine]

He's a stud! Congrats.

 

[Forestryguy]

Nice buck. Glad he did not get tangled in the fence and stuck there.

 

[Broomd]

Great deer; amazing the things that wildlife endure out there, much of it we never see......

 

[Tony Trietch]

Nice buck. Glad he did not get tangled in the fence and stuck there.

It's crazy how often I catch my feet on an old fence that has fell to the ground only to be grown over by the grass. KS has a lot of toppled fences.
Not nearly as hard on the deer as the "hog fences" type. The 6"-8" square fencing. I see deer trapped in them every year. I have only been able to save one before the coyotes found her. Usually all you find is a hind leg stuck in the top two rows of wire.

 

[Browtine]

It's crazy how often I catch my feet on an old fence that has fell to the ground only to be grown over by the grass. KS has a lot of toppled fences. .

I can't count the times I've had to untangle wire from around my drive shaft! I don't need too much detail, but what part of the state did you hunt if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Tony Trietch]

I can't count the times I've had to untangle wire from around my drive shaft! I don't need too much detail, but what part of the state did you hunt if you don't mind me asking?

West KS.