What's Wrong With This Deer?

A freind sent me these pics and I was wondering what was wrong/on this deer.

and a flying coon pic

Looks like lice....or somethin like that...its scabbed over whatever it is

kinda looks like road rash.

also kinda looks like a shooter!

Not sure, heck of a buck though.

actually it looks like he got a cut or somethin below that...hope this isnt from infection.....but that could be from him rubbin against a tree or fence too...id put him down if you see him

The flying coon is $$$.

would be even better with an arrow zipping through him!

he does look a little swollen

I say put him on the ground then check it out. Keep us posted.

Unfortunately It's not from my lease. A freind of mine works with a guy who leases this place. The deer is somewhere in Archer County. I was wondering if it could have been from a snake bite. I've never seen anything like it before.

im thinking snake or spider bite

It does have the signs of venom from a rattlesnake

looks like mange to me

It's interesting that he is still in velvet while the other buck is in hard antler. I wonder if that is related to the injury/illness/infection/whatever.

iv seen alot of older heavier antlered deer hold there velvet alot longer than normal...dnt know if it has anything to do with it but just my thought

yeah my vote is for mange but tell your buddy id be glad to waste a tag on him if need be lol

Where there any fires there. Could it be a burn?

This. Nice pic of that flying coon and very nice bucks.

It looks to me like its road rash and the deer was fortunate not to be ran over completely.

Flying coon is LEGIT!

That's a nice buck for Archer County!

That pic is from mid-September, and it looks like that buck is molting. Not sure that's mange on him. Definitely looks like a cut on his leg. Sure would like to see him walk. Look how funny he's standing. Left rear leg forward and left front leg backwards. I'm betting this buck was walking with a limp when that pic was taking. If they get him on cam again he may be back to looking almost normal. IF it's mange, and not convinced it is, he will most likely be showing up now with thinning hair and more bald spots. Be nice if he walked in front of the cam again. They shouldn't have any problem deciding once they see him through a scope. I'd guess he's either gotten considerably better, or considerably worse. Either way, somebody in Archer County will drop that sucker and eat him this year, if they get the chance.

Great flying coon shot! :-D

Here are a few more pics of him. Whatever it is he looks to be fine.



Here's a pic of his buddy

That pic on 10/02 looks like he's done molting. That place on his side doesn't really look better or worse to me. Looks healthy as a horse, except for that place on his hip. Still doesn't look like mange to me.

Buddy has a nice rack, and he's a young'un. I don't think that buck's over 2 1/2. He'd be danged interesting to see next year.

Where the heck is this in Archer County?

JJ

The place is just outside of Wichita Falls. I think it's around 2200 acres and only has 1 hunter. It's a freind of a freinds place. I was just trying to figure out if the deer had been bit by a snake or not.

Some nice deer on those pictures..

By now the skin would hav most lilkely been splitting and ripping from excess puss and swelling if it was a snake...and now that i look at it..snake bite trama usually follows the vains when it gets into the blood stream..not just one huge spot...im no expert tho by no means....i would try puttin some type of bump sock out with mange and lice powder in it on you feeder...works good on cows..have never tried it on deer but these deer look hungry and im sure they wouldnt mind it....did yall get a good rain latly after a huge dry spell like most of texas? this is when lice and mange breakouts happen most

Man, you have some skinny whitetails in Texas! Great Bucks though, I'm guessing old road rash. I've seen it before here in Iowa.

Lot of skinny deer this year. Most of the state is in the worst drought we have seen in decades. Even during a year where we get good rains, they don't get close to the body size of the deer in your neck of the woods.

That coon needs a cape!

I think the deer has the

Just a thought, but maybe it is a wound from when he was younger. My son killed a young doe(his first deer) years ago with a similar but not as large spot on a hindquarter. It was a spot where a large cat had ripped the skin off. You could see where the claws had punctured the meat at the top of the wound. There was no hide and it had scabbed over, just like on the buck in your picture. Nice buck by the way!

Whats wrong is he's not hanging on my wall.

Cool Pic of the flying coon!

Flying coon would be a great screen saver.....

CHOOT HIM!!!!!!

Just mount the front part and don't worry about the back.

If you zoom it in there is a crease below the patch, I bet he was hit by a car and that is a scrape area above a deep cut.