rosewood
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This is true and so can cats, but usually they have vet visit to clean it up and treat for infection.
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This is true and so can cats, but usually they have vet visit to clean it up and treat for infection.
rocket
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Game warden once told me the woods were full of 3 legged deer.
BlackEagle
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Most people get this wrong.
A deer shot in the front left leg will have an antler deformation on THE SAME SIDE as the injured front leg....so the left side..
A deer with an injury to a back right leg, will have antler deformation on the left antler.
The nerves cross over and swap sides halfway down the spine which is what causes the effect to be reversed when there is a rear leg injury. Just a bit of useless knowledge for you today
bfriendly
Bigfoot friendly
This^^^^^^is what I was thinking. Might get taken by yotes. But, if everything else is working, the wound gets healed and the Deer has enough time to get used to not using it anymore, I like its chances
Permitchaser
Senior Member
Let a kid shoot it for their first buck
If a predator takes it down, it is just doing its job. Nature takes care of its own. Man just generally interferes.
Silver Britches
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What are the other 2 animals in those images?
Left is sleepy fawn and right is standing fawn. They like to bed in the front yard, cool huh? I have numerous deer using my place. I have 7 does, 9 fawns and 7 different bucks on camera from the summer and fall. A neighbors grandkids killed a small 6 I had on camera and a nice 8 I didn't. I use my place as mainly a sanctuary, I hunt only 1/2 it and haven't killed anything in 6 years. My neighbor bring kids from church to hunt and they usually take 2-3 a year, always their 1st deer. That feeder is a spin feeder with FRM 20% deer pellets, I swap it occasionally to corn.
I got him on video again yesterday, Good news I guess. He is putting pretty good weight on it, and it doesn't appear to be swinging anymore. I guess its starting to callus and heal. Still a big swollen area above the break. Hopefully no one shoots him. Still looks healthy. I would like to share the videos but don't know how.
CamoClad
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We've had a doe in our neighborhood with a broken front leg for 7 years. Her leg never fell off, just dangles. However, she has had a fawn or two every year and she keep right on hoppin' through the neighborhood.
