White-Tailed Buck Gobbles Up Injured Bird

[Dan Schmidt]

We have reported in the past that white-tailed deer will eat meat when desperate, but this video is proof they don't need to be desperate! Thanks to D&DH reader Nancy Jo Adams for pointing this one out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOQdBLHrLk

Watch more videos of deer behavior in the Whitetail Behavior DVD, from Deer & Deer Hunting TV.

[Ifishandhunt]

Wow! That's unreal!

[scottflesher]

I will usually rupture the stomach when i'm finished field dressing a deer to determine what they are eating in an effort to learn more about the heard on the area I hunt. Imagine finding a bird skeleton when you're expecting corn.

[Bryan78]

Yeah somebody posted this already, man that is unreal.  Another poster posted pics of a doe eating a dead rabbit as well, but it was in the winter as there was snow on the ground.

Hey Dan in that video, the deer is a spike buck.

[Dan Schmidt]

Good catch, Bryan! Thanks!

[Woods Walker]

I wonder how long it will be until we see advertising for a deer scent called, "Fresh Dead Bird".

[Gulfcapt]

All the more reason for us to keep our guns!!


Who knows when they will try and EAT us!!!!! lol

[msbadger]

Ohh...nooo that was pure SPITE...lol ..."I'll show you!...buzz my face will ya!"[:D][8D]

[retiredsailor]

Couple of years ago I had some foxes in the woods around my house. Throughout the year I would occasionally put out a can a meaty dog-food for them. On several occasions I watched deer (usually an older doe) gobble up the dog food. At the time I figured she was eating it, despite the meat by-product, to get the corn, which is found in most canned dog food. Maybe I was wrong, perhaps she wanted the meat after all. Go figure.

[69Viking]

Awesome video, never seen a deer eat anything like that! Doesn't look like the deer was hard up for food either, almost looks like it took advantage of a young or injured bird out of convenience, very interesting!