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    Last day doe...

    I was fortunate to get a nice sized doe at 60 yards on the last day of the season. Lyman 311041 out of my Marlin 30-30. Nothing to see here. Except...

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    She only has one ear! Never saw a one eared doe before. There was no hole for an ear canal, just a hard lump under the hide. I don't know if it was torn off by a coyote years ago, or she was hit by a car or what happened exactly. Anyone want to guess?

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    No ear... don't know

    What do you call a deer without eyes...no eye deer

    What do you call a deer with no legs and no eyes...still no eye deer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Winger Ed. View Post
    Good going.
    In this weather--- you sure earned it.
    Well, actually our season ended on the 10th. I'm just finally getting around to posting pics. We've been slammed at work and I've been sick, so I'm slowly getting back to normal. Nice big doe though!

    Bullet took her behind the left shoulder and exited in front of the right shoulder. Messed the lungs up. She ran about 20 yards then stumbled and fell down a hill. That was it. Heart was in perfect shape and made good chili!

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    Congrats on your last day doe!

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    Congratulations on a successful hunt. Did she drop quickly from that forward shoulder shot?


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    Like a lot of hunters I’ve shoe deer with about everything from 22-250/ 220 swift up thru 300 mag, 338 Mar MX. And the most with a 30/30. In its place it just plain works. But since I started with a Henry 45/70 with close to mouse fart cast loads, that is just plain cool.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Texas by God View Post
    Congratulations on a successful hunt. Did she drop quickly from that forward shoulder shot?


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    Bullet went behind left shoulder and in front of right shoulder. If it had hit either one I'm sure she would have dropped on the spot.

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    Good shot on a dandy doe. Could be that she was born without the ear, only the rudiments of what didn't fully develop. One things for sure, she didn't hear but half of your shot. (Corny, I know)

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    Nice! Our holiday hunt started today though Jan 1st. Sounds like I'll be home on the 28th so I can hunt a few days. My guess a coyote. I had a few doe running around without tails a few years back. I watched a coyote one day biting a fawn in the rear while a it was in a circle of die and fawn with there heads facing out. The coyote kept circling them while mama doe head butted it a few times. The dirty coyote finally gave up and walked down by me. I stuck it with an arrow. I had a few fawn missing tails on camera that year. Had them on camera and walking by during bow season all grown up the following 2 years. They must-have been shot or moved on because I haven't seen them the last couple seasons.
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    Awesome job, congrats.

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    Congrats!

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    Thanks everybody!

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    Some other ideas on the ear could have been caused from frost bite, ripped, or shot off as well. Still leaning towards a rotten coyote.

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    Great and great eating hard to beat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tripplebeards View Post
    Some other ideas on the ear could have been caused from frost bite, ripped, or shot off as well. Still leaning towards a rotten coyote.
    I don't know. There was no hole you could stick your finger in. Totally closed over, and there was a hard lump underneath the hide so it had been healed over for some time.

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    Congratulations on a nice doe and some good shooting as well. Kudos

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    Congrats on a good hunt

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