Kentucky hunter bags buck with two heads; one had already been dead

[Satanica]

https://kutv.com/news/offbeat/kentucky-hunter-bags-deer-with-two-heads-one-had-already-been-dead

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The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources said the hunter, Bob Long, saw huge antlers when he went to aim - but the discovery of the buck was "astounding."

As assumed, one buck head was attached to the deer that was just shot. The other, however, was already decomposing and had apparently been dead for quite a while.

The antlers of both deer heads were intertwined.

"It's unclear exactly what circumstances led up to this buck's carrying around another set of antlers and part of a decomposing carcass. Regardless, it was truly a rare harvest," the wildlife wrote on Facebook.

USA Today reports wildlife officials believe the decaying head belonged to a deer that "had been dead for weeks after locking its antlers in a fight."

 

[lithiumgirl]

I thought this was going to be a weird story about a two headed deer ... but its just a story about about EWWWWW!

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

Poor deer.....
Probably had a tough time stuck to the dead deer , struggling free, then dragging that dead head around.
A deer version of the Walking Dead.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

My pony had a dead mummified bird stuck in his forelock.

It was weird and cool all at the same time.

 

[Fellofftheporch]

I guess its too late to tell someone to shoot it and put it out of its misery.

 

[Sejanus]

Oh dear, oh deer!

 

[ghosttruck]

I thought this was going to be a weird story about a two headed deer ... but its just a story about about EWWWWW!

Right!!! I was sickened and fascinated at the same time...

 

[Craygor]

This is not unusual at all, here's a trail camera photo from North Dakota taken in less than a year ago:

Here's a Google image search result of "two bucks head locked dead"

 

[Turd Fergusen]

That's a crazy drop tine on buck the hunter killed!

 

[Ripley]

Here's a Google image search result of "two bucks head locked dead"

From the article: “Normally it’s all torn and the spine is dangling...”

 

[JackBurton]

Im curious how the head becomes separated from the body. Does the surviving deer just keep shakin the shit out of it until it rips off?

 

[notchback]

Im curious how the head becomes separated from the body. Does the surviving deer just keep shakin the shit out of it until it rips off?

That's pretty much it. Most don't survive having to drag around the dead deer for the time. This was one of the "lucky" ones that lived until it was shot.

There were three bucks that got hooked up one time. When they were found, one was still alive. They cut the horns off the dead ones and the one that was still alive managed to get up and run away.