sandhills hunter
Ten Pointer
About 5:05 this afternoon, watching across about a 2 acre field, I saw a deer walking inside the wood-line about 150 yds away. He turned coming out into the field, I quickly noticed he was a buck. 8pt about 12-14 inch spread, a deer that I have put a plenty just like him in the freezer over the years. My nearly 60 year old eyes knew something wasn't quite right with this buck. Put the binoculars on him and quickly saw that this deer was nearly hairless from just behind his front shoulders to his head. His skin was pinkish-purple, looked thick and wrinkly. Deer mange. Watched it till it was dark, he was the only deer that showed. Thought long about shooting him but wasn't sure if the meat was safe to eat and already have 3 this year packaged away in the freezer. Now have read the meat is good. First deer I've seem like this in my 50 years of hunting. Robeson County.