Found a floater this afternoon. 2 years old, 3.90 lbs LMB. I was gonna toss it back up in the woods for the wild things to enjoy but then I decided I wanted to see if I could find anything as to cause of death.
The only thing I could identify with naked eye were the red irritation splotches in LMB mouth:
And YES, opening up the abdomen - that first cut - WHOO! What a smell!
I'm no closer to identifying cause of death after cutting open the LMB.
