Wounded deer or wasting disease?

[Trent]

Yup, I agree C&L.

They're out of season now. Still, a part of me just wants to put it down and leave it for the 'yotes. By next year..?? Holy crap that thing is going to be in bad shape, if it even survives.

Probably go blind before then, run out in front of someone's car, and mess them up.

Oh well, I'll shut up now. No need in saying anything else.

 

[Cocked & Locked]

yes, 'nuff said

 

[buck460XVR]

In the picture, the doe still looks to be in good shape for this time of year and odds are she will throw a healthy fawn or two this spring. The first picture of the animals so close to the buildings make me wonder if they are not there because of a feeder. Artificial feeding of deer in a small area is one way the parasite is transmitted, altho exposure to the parasite early in life can promote immunity to the wart-like growths later on in life. Many deer carry the parasite while only a few develop tumors. Many of those deer that show tumors will have them disappear in a few months. Odds are, those tumors bother us more than the deer they're on.

 

[Cocked & Locked]

It is actually a virus.

http://www.mdwfp.com/wildlife-hunti...ses-and-abnormalities/cutaneous-fibromas.aspx

 

[Trent]

Buck460;

That's my garage in the first pic, and there's no feeder on my property. We live in a (rare for the area) section of lake, hills, and woods, and are surrounded on all sides by miles of wide open corn fields.

Deer wander through everyone's yards out here where we live. I usually see between 10-15 deer for the first two miles of my drive to work *every* morning and evening. (I've stopped and counted before when I see large herds, biggest has been 43 heads.)

They're incredibly densely populated in this area.

They don't even fear my DOGS. Not even the big one. They'll be standing on the far side of my yard when I let them out and just watch us, while my dogs go about their business.

And when I say I have a big dog, I mean a really big frigging dog.

 

[Cocked & Locked]

Yes Sir that is a Big Dawg!

 

[Mike1234567]

Man... I don't like to hunt but I'd put that deer out of it's misery.

 

[DT Guy]

Yes Sir that is a Big Dawg!

What, behind the pony?



Larry

 

[buck460XVR]

It is actually a virus.

http://www.mdwfp.com/wildlife-hunti...ses-and-abnormalities/cutaneous-fibromas.aspx

This is correct, I typed Parasite by mistake.

Trent, the dense population makes for more animals to be exposed. Fortunately, unlike CWD and and/or EHD, this disease is rarely fatal or even as obvious as in your game cam pic. Hope you put blaze orange on that dog during deer season!