I had to put this poor chap out of his misery today .

[ZXR17]

I wasn't sure which section to put this in .
I found this poor roe buck out in one of our fields this afternoon . I've not seen fly strike on a deer before .
Grizzly photo alert !

 

[jellybean]

Well done for sorting that out! I have to say fly strike would be fairly unusual in deer simply because there are almost no bits of their bodies they cannot reach to lick and clean up. I wonder if in this instance it started with a wound close to the base of the antlers by fighting with another buck and there was no way for him to reach it.

 

[Daniel Larn]

Crikey, good job you caught him. Poor bugger.

 

[Brisel]

You did that one a favour. It must have been in agony.

 

[primmiemoo]

Poor thing. You've done the right thing by him. Not an easy thing to do.

 

[Man_in_black]

Looks like it the start of a perruque head IMO but flies have got in.

 

[ajcc]

Good meat, good job done, enjoy the result loin steaks pepper sauce,chips and salad....easy prep for lovely tucker! ?