Dog attack ?

[ZXR17]

I found this buck dead on our track .
It has puncture wounds to its groin and as you can see from the pictures the wound has ruptured it’s intestine . Do you think this was bought down by a dog ?

 

[toquark]

Possibly, maybe its been gut shot then chewed on by a dog/badger/fox?

 

[ShooTa]

unlikely dog.

 

[Treecreeper]

Doesn't look like a dog is responsible to me, possibly caused by another buck when fighting especially if its multiple punctures.

 

[Dry Rot]

A dog attack will usually exhibit multiple wounds and bruising as the dog will not be an experienced killer and these probably won't be visible from an external inspection. Ideally, the corpse needs to be skinned. Also, wounds on a living animal will bleed. A corpse does not bleed, though there could be some blood even after death.

I also agree with Treecreeper. "Tame" roe bucks kept as pets and left entire can be extremely dangerous when mature and have killed several of their keepers, so can certainly kill rivals.

 

[Cowmansam]

If a dog fetched it down be more mess on the leg ripped skin and the like

 

[Wilksy]

I found one presumed killed by dogs,as said badly damaged on rear quarter and matted hair, bites (saliva) around the neck

 

[Cowmansam]

I found one presumed killed by dogs,as said badly damaged on rear quarter and matted hair, bites (saliva) around the neck

That sound like dog

 

[primmiemoo]

Could he have been impaled on fencing and freed himself? Are fence posts wooden, or the fashionable metal ones around the area? I found myself wondering about the safety of metal spikes as fence posts as a nearly finished lamb cleared a hurdle, today.

 

[Jameshenry]

The rest of it looks too clean to have been brought down by a dog, i would have thought a dog would of at least ragged it around a bit, doesn't look like it's been gutshot either, i would say possibly fighting with another buck or maybe clipped by a car

 

[CopperBeech]

Very unlikely a dog. Any dog that had got the deer by the back leg, would most likely have moved to the throat to kill it, if it had killed it by gripping it there etc, it would have been a fair bit of thrashing about.

Most of the ones we find like that are either RTA and run on or a bad rifle shot and run on.

 

[ZXR17]

I hadn't thought about two bucks fighting but does make sense . I'm pretty sure it hadn't been shot , there were no signs of a shot .

 

[puppet]

That wound was made after death, probably by a big bird just like they do with a cowped sheep.