Deer & Deer Hunting

D&DH FLASHBACK VIEW TO A KILL

When Marlin Smith placed his Moultrie trail camera on his hunting lease this summer, he was hoping to capture some stunning images of white-tailed bucks. Those hopes were realized within the first week of the camera being in the woods, but in a way that Smith would have never imagined.

Documented in extreme detail — more than 200 photos — was the grisly death scene of a record-class buck at the jaws of some bloodthirsty coyotes.

Smith, a northeast Texas resident, had placed his Moultrie camera on his 4,800-acre lease in nearby Oklahoma. The property he hunts is owned by a large timber company and is located in some foothills far removed from paved roads and county highways. This is

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