Reid Taylor scores his first deer
Here’s a great shot from TOMT, also known as The Other Mark Taylor. This is his son Reid with Reid’s first deer. I’m including Mark’s entire note because there’s something he’s seeking reader input on.
“Reid connected on this fat spike buck on Nov. 24 on my buddy’s land in Bedford County. It is his first deer. He got a nice coyote last year but all the deer managed to survive his deadly aim. Please give a special thanks to Jack Cunningham for allowing us to hunt his ground, and to David Pedigo for helping me drag this beast.
Reid made a great shot at about 100 yards with his youth model 7-08mm. However, this buck’s will to live carried it off the side of the mountain. That meant a very steep drag, uphill, through incredibly dense greenbriers. Mr. Pedigo happily assisted
On a side note, I wanted to let you and the readers know that once we got this deer to the butcher we discovered that he had some sort of disease. Green slimy puss was everywhere and seeping from all the internal area of the deer. He appeared very healthy and fat in the field and was acting normal. My butcher had not seen anything like it before. If you could provide a little color or if any readers have encountered this, I would love to know what it was???
Lastly, loved your story about Beck. He is a classmate of both my sons and I coached him in tee ball. What a great kid and kudos to you for getting him out there.”
I haven’t seen anything like that disease. I’m guessing that’s as far as the processing got! Anyone have any insight?
Anyway, congrats on a great hunt and I’m Reid has many more bucks in his future!
January 8, 2013 - 9:55 AM
Good work Reid!
Check out this thread from 2010 in another state…
http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php?t=326889
Sounds like maybe a shotgun wound from an earlier unsuccessful hunter?
Way to go Reid on your great Buck!!! Congratulations!
First off, congratulations, Reid, on a great shot!
I have seen something like this before, but the deer in this case had obviously been wounded a few days earlier. When my hunting buddy began skinning it and saw alot of yellow-green puss, the processing stopped right there. The carcass was left to the area wildlife.
I can’t see how an apparently uninjured deer would have an internal infection like that, but it is pretty disturbing.
Contact the Virginia department of game and inland fisheries. Their biologist can tell you what the disease is.
That deer had peritonitis. An inflammation of the membrane that covers the internal organs. Could have been due to a wound with a shotgun pellet or a puncture of the body wall in some other way. It could even have been caused by ingesting a sharp object like a piece of wire. This happens to cattle. It probably was a fairly recent event; maybe a few days duration. The deer would have been in considerable pain; the hunter put him out of it. He would have died within a few more days.