fawn found dead

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i didn't have a camera with me so this is not going to be a very visual account but....

 

w as out last night and came through some spruce that have very little bottom to it and makes a very good silent pathway to a bank side i like to spy from. so there i was gently picking my way through when i thought i saw a fawn laying up. so i gingerly stalked up to it and realised that the poor bugger was dead.

it was blown up a bit, stone cold but its coat hadn't flattened yet and the ground under it showed it hadn't been there long - i was guessing it either died that morning or the night before.

there was a very slight blood residue on its nose and it had a blind right eye (fairly comon around us) but they were the only signs that anyting was wrong. it was not very underweight, about right for this time of year, its coat was fairly dodge condition but then it was in a dark wood and dead etc.

 

i was wondering what it could be - first thought was pnemonia or similar

 

any thoughts?

 

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[leegreen 2,170]

Any roads near you, could of escaped a minor collision and died after a long walk (internal bleeding)

[dicehorn 38]

Any roads near you, could of escaped a minor collision and died after a long walk (internal bleeding)

 

 

That would also be my conclusion bearing in mind the blood on it's nose.

[hubbs 178]

Sounds like it was hit yep definately agree.. Blood from the nose it could have ran off...

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could have been but there are only bloody small moor roads (25 - 30 mph jobs) within a couple of miles. i suppose it could have been RTA but there weren't any obvious scrapes or cuts to be seen on my brief inspection. ah well, poor little bugger.

 

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[4bellp 0]

what did ya do with it? just leave it?

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well the thing was that i was working on the assuption that it had died of illness, and i was wanting to get on and it was blown up...so yes i left it. don't get me wrong they can be fine blown up but i didn't really want to be finding it had something dodgy and then me be up to my elbows in its blood and then up to my chin extreamly tender but possibly diseased venison. had enough of the sh*ts lately.

 

it'll get eaten by something, and then i will probably try to run down that something later on in the year with my dog....circle of life.

 

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[apollo 9]

I have found a few over the years, both roe and fallow, i think its just the way it is natural selection i think.......

 

 

[Boghossian 0]

Why are some deer blind in one eye in your area?

[FJager 0]

Possibly poisoned ie the blood, from herbicide or there are many other conditions that can effect livestock, especially the young

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i don't know why we seem to get the odd blind one, must either be a disease related thing or part of the genetic make up in the local population.

infact i woulod love to know from some of the pros what makes deer go blind, why its generally only one eye (although i have seen cloudiness in both before) and if it affects them a lot (as i have shot a roe that was old old that had a blind eye).

 

any help would be great

 

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