and I was told of another being shot nearby on the previous day. I started to seriously question whether any legal bucks were still around. Hunters had been up and down every good piece of nearby public land already
Table 1. Location, status, and number of red deer (Cervus elaphus) individuals sampled. Blood or blood clots were collected and centrifuged to obtain serum. Since animal carcasses were stiff, we used a sterile plastic speculum to open the nasal cavity; then, using a thick swab, we collecte...
(serum, faeces, spleen, lung, nasal swabs, and trachea) collected from wild deer and cattle, with PCR amplification obtained in all specimen types except lung and spleen. Our results reveal the predominance of GI and concomitant detection of both genogroups in wild deer and cattle. In ...
To check what kind of shot you got off, look at the blood on the ground near where you shot the animal. If the blood is: Brown hair and pink blood, with air bubbles, you've probably hit heart or lung. That's great news. It means your deer is probably somewhere close and not ...