What would cover up a deer?

[theck]

A friend of mine found a deer that had been covered with leaves and brush. It had also been dragged a pretty good ways. Would a bear do this?

[kycowboy]

yes a bear would

[headoftheholler]

A poacher waiting till dark to claim his ill gotten prize.

[KYhunter79]

A cat will do this too I believe.

[theck]

What kind of cat. It was near the ky, tn, va border.

[KYhunter79]

Any kind of Big cat.

[gurn]

If nothing had been eating off it, more than likely it was a poacher. :mad:

[Realtree man]

it was probably one of them large cats Jughead was talking about in another thread!!:) But if i had my guess i would pick a poacher!:mad:

[nwest]

A bengal Tiger always covers thier prey with leaves, be careful its a jungle out there...

[huntinthemfields]

I have a friend that is a CO and he said that alot of poachers will cover thier ill gotten game with limbs and leaves to pickup after dark

[buzzbaiter83]

Could be a big cat. Check out the new links I put on the big cat thread. I live in the KY TN VA border and cats are here. Bears are here too, but black bears rarely kill deer. Depends on the site for a poacher. Most poachers here don't work like that. They drag deer out and dont call them in.

Did it have bullet wounds or markings?

[WildmanWilson]

Cats will.....I watched our house cat cover up a little piece of steak with my wifes flip flop the other night.......:D

[Foam Steak]

Mountain Lions will do that for sure, I didnt know bears would. Deer are also one of the Mountain Lions favorite foods! I used to live in an area with plenty of bears and mountain lions and I would find deer covered up on occasion. Sort of gave me the willies, especially if I was in for a long hike after dark.:eek:

[quackrstackr]

Mountain gorilla.....

[deerslayer61]

Bigfoot has been known to cover his food up. Think maybe I saw it on the Animal channel.

[grouser68]

Bigfoot has been known to cover his food up. Think maybe I saw it on the Animal channel.Naw, I just happen to be close enough to Mr. Foot to know, he's a vegetarian!:D

[GSP]

Mountain gorilla.....\\Speaking of that, didn't Trustme say he had been gone a couple of days?:eek:

[grouser68]

\\Speaking of that, didn't Trustme say he had been gone a couple of days?:eek:Yes.............he did!:eek: Are you thinking what i'm thinking?

[trust me]

I'm innocent, I tell ya! So what if a size 13 boot print was there. Lots of people wear 13's! I never even heard of Pine Mountain, anyway! You can't prove a thing!

[Rat]

Easy answer to your question is to see what type of wounds are on the animal.

[hotdog]

I know a Bobcat will cover a deer carcass.The two that I was getting pic's of dragged the deer about 20 feet and completely covered It In leaves.

[killinmammals]

Could be squirrels, they usually cover their food...usually its acorns but I haven't seen many acorns this year. Maybe the squirrels went carnivorous to survive??

[Ballard County Bounty]

;);)Could be squirrels, they usually cover their food...usually its acorns but I haven't seen many acorns this year. Maybe the squirrels went carnivorous to survive??

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

[deerslayer61]

Those are some pretty mean squirrels. I'd hate to run into a group of 5 or more squirrels. No telling what they would do. This is just another reason for being allowed to carry a side arm while bow hunting. Ha, HA, Ha

[aceoky]

How about the deer? Did it have bite marks on and around the neck/spine???

[killinmammals]

Those are some pretty mean squirrels. I'd hate to run into a group of 5 or more squirrels. No telling what they would do. This is just another reason for being allowed to carry a side arm while bow hunting. Ha, HA, Ha
Had a squirrel jump on my blind this season...he just winked at me and I took it as a warning to stay away from his deer!

[Kygun]

About 6 years ago I was living just outside of Somerset and found a dead button buck in a draw near my house. It was right after gun season had closed and i figured that it had been shot and not found. I looked it over as well as I could, without turning it over, for entry/exit holes and found none. The only thing out of the ordinary were bubbles coming out of the deers nose/mouth. A few days later I was in the same area crow hunting and thought I would check out the deer to see if the coyotes had got it. What I found was the deer completely covered over with leaves and pine needles and a section of the throat area had been eaten out. My first thought was big cat. I checked on it a couple of times over the next few weeks and more and more was eaten and always covered up. I would have loved to have had a game camera back then. I assume it was a bobcat.

[allxs]

I've been theorizing about carnivorous turks, Just seems funny to me that the turkey populations have began to thrive about the same time that the deer numbers are going down. If something was eating the deer, wouldnt it be eating the turkeys also ..... unless its the turkeys eating the deer, hmmm?

[Jughead]

after a kill, a large cat will eat what it can and try to conceal the remains so it can eat again later. this is a technique large cats will use to avoid having the remains eaten by scavengers.

[grouser68]

In hindsight, I remembered, I have covered up deer before.Drag them out close to the road and have to go get the truck. I was afraid someone would find it, and take it while I was gone.

[Bray]

The deer could have died from any numerous injuries or conditions. It is very common for a bob cat to stumble on a fresh kill and cover the body for later consumption.

[Thunder Head]

Any preadator that could not eat the whole thing would cover it to try and conceal it from other preadators and scavengers.

[Snareman2]

A friend of mine found a deer that had been covered with leaves and brush. It had also been dragged a pretty good ways. Would a bear do this?

Here ya go, perfect time. All you Big cat lovers, Put up or Shut up! Get your trail cams on this dude.