Sucks that two big boys would die like that, must of been the big boys in the area, I had bucks sparring monday night. I assumed they were getting the picking order in line for this fall.
Now that's surprising! Dang shame too! Nice deer, hate seeing them die like that. Imagine the yotes were on them before one or both weren't dead yet. SMH
I've got pictures of them pushing and shoving already so I guess yeah it could happen early. The wrong twist at the wrong time and you've got a problem.
If I'm not mistaken Chad(Gern) found two dandy bucks locked together in a ditch along a road up around his place in the NW a few years back and remember thinking that was pretty early as well!