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Post by Catscratch on Mar 16, 2020 9:40:04 GMT -6
Just had a long talk with the local game warden. He tagged the dead heads I've found over the weekend. Said to expect to find more nice bucks dead. I asked about EHD or CWD and he said no, that they have been getting brain abscesses. They don't know why, thinks maybe genetic or dietary but their skulls seem to be cracking easily and causing problems. He said he got calls on 5 deer in 5 days that all had abscesses. The ones that were still alive were stumbling around, skinny, and blind in one or both eyes.
Any of you guys heard of this?
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Post by batman on Mar 16, 2020 9:44:41 GMT -6
One of my year an a half olds had a hard drop that may end up killing him. One way they happen is bucks fight and get an infection by base of antler. Bacteria shit is acid and eats the skull. If hole gets in skull bacteria kills the brain. The walk around like female wrestlers until they are dead.
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Post by Catscratch on Mar 16, 2020 9:57:55 GMT -6
You think buck/doe ratio would cause an increase in abscesses? Too much fighting?
I'm curious as to why he's seeing a big increase in this.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 16, 2020 10:05:44 GMT -6
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Post by Catscratch on Mar 16, 2020 10:15:08 GMT -6
Interesting! In my previous post I had (but deleted it) described how 3 yrs ago we got out of a drought and that last summer was the wettest summer I could remember. We had green pasture in August and that NEVER happens. The article mentions it's less common in arid regions. Could explain the uptick. |
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Post by Reagan on Mar 16, 2020 11:06:45 GMT -6
My dad’s buck had some funk coming out of his skull when I caped it. The skull is now hanging in a tree as Mother Nature cleans it up for us. I haven’t checked it since November. I expect there may be a hole there.
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Post by Reagan on Mar 16, 2020 11:08:41 GMT -6
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