Am I blind or am I seeing things? Two does and maybe a buck?

[caddisguy]

I was over in Merritt a few last weekend and could only find does... I ended up taking some pictures and just noticed this... look at the doe on the left and 10 feet closer. Was I standing 20 yards from a buck, taking pictures of does?!
http://stabs.org/deer.jpg

[Drillbit]

Dead one? Looks like a stick to me

[caddisguy]

A stick pointing up and branching into two points, attached to something that looks like a bedded deer? I hope so... just noticed it now and my heart sank a little.

[hare_assassin]

Stick-deer.

I see them all the time! ;)

[Hank Hunter]

2 does and a dead 2pt stick

[Sofa King]

definitely a branch, a dead branch.
everyone knows there's no bucks in region 3.

[caddisguy]

Hahah thanks guys. I see a lot of stick deer, stump deer, stump moose, etc. This is the first time I have seen one in a photo that I took with no chance for a second look. I also found this in the general area... is it a buck rub or something else? http://stabs.org/rub.jpg

[Rackem]

LOL like my moose stump...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/282445_10151150463250754_448644908_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/12095_10151150464035754_128945122_n.jpg

[Cookie1965]

I wanna know who drives around the province stacking rocks in the ditch to look like bunnies and birds:confused:

[caddisguy]

Here's a closer look... so branch deer for sure? I hope so, or I am turning in my hunting license, giving my guns to charity and getting glasses ;-Phttp://stabs.org/closer.jpg

[Rackem]

It's a stick deer. If it were an actual deer, it would be dead. And stinky. Like my moose above lol...looked so damn real.

[Fella]

definitely a stick

[TheProvider]

I know of a great moose stump my dad showed me in northern ontario in a clear cut up on a hill. Never went up to it but I imagine there may be a bullet hole or two in it.

[Daybreak]

Rest easy Cadisguy, it's not something you would put in the freezer.

[caddisguy]

Rest easy Cadisguy, it's not something you would put in the freezer.

If it would have been a live buck that was bedded down I'd want it in my freezer. If it was a dead buck, I wouldn't want to be anywhere near it (though I'd still feel silly for missing it) ... if it's a stick, I'm a happy camper :D ... I think all the replies from seasoned hunters saying stick is enough to calm down my buck fever hallucinations. You folks are awesome!

[winbuckhunter]

lol like my moose stump...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/282445_10151150463250754_448644908_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/12095_10151150464035754_128945122_n.jpg

wonder how many bullet holes are in that thing

[Rackem]

a bajillion...

[adriaticum]

We will never know, unless you go back and check it out. :)

[dd3boss]

LOL like my moose stump...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/282445_10151150463250754_448644908_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/12095_10151150464035754_128945122_n.jpg

I want to shoot it and THEN get a second opinion!

[ace76]

I wonder how many times that moose root was shot