Best guesses as to what happened? *UPDATE*

roperdoc said:

The smaller wound seems to be granulating with little swelling or drainage. The large wound is not draining much, the limb below is not edematous. Main defect appears to be missing skin, not bone or muscle. A large wound,yes, but no true indications of serious infection at this point, nor structural damage that is likely to prevent use of the limb in the future. He keeps showing up to eat so he is feeling ok. He may be favoring the leg a little in the second photo or may just be between steps when the camera went off. Appears to be bearing weight on it in the first photo. His weight is down but no worse than some "Healthy" hard rutting bucks Ive seen recently. ( Or some of our cattle herds in the area with the drought we've had!)
I feel he has a great chance of living through this. He appears to have already survived the acute phase of his injuries, and is in a recuperate/rebuild phase now. I regularly see livestock heal wounds worse than this. It's amazing what they will come through. If he was suffering, he would be bedded up and not coming to feed. If he takes it easy and keeps eating we should see him next year.

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