Think somethings wrong...

[zachc]

Ok so we've been getting pics of this guy very regularly. But my question is: does it look like somethings wrong with his nose area? It just looks awkward how it sticks up so far. I briefly looked up "Bullwinkle disease" and it looks kinda similar but hard to tell. Did anyone know anything about this or does it even look weird to you guys? Thanks.

[00buck]

Looks weird to me like it is swollen or something is irritating it

[mrbb]

looks swollen to me too, wonder if it got bite by something a Bee or???
might be fine in a few weks or days, never know

[Mikebaker]

Yea, he deffinitly has something going on. Never seen anything like it. Hopefully he'll be ok.


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[mrbb]

Ok was thinking about this, and would ask you if you or anyone near by runs a feeder
reason I ask is, I have seen deer fight a LOT about feeders, and they can smack each other on the nose pretty hard
mostly see doe fight doe, for there turn at a feeder, but have to think a bitchy doe would strike a buck
maybe more so now if they have fawns
and that could explain the nose on this deer to me, if not a bug bite or, heck even a snake Lol

[zachc]

Yeah I have a small gravity fed feeder I put corn in, also dump a small pile of corn on the ground where I had a mineral block. He seems to eat more off of the ground than the feeder.

[mrbb]

I have hundreds of pictures over the yrs of deer standing on there hind legs and smacking another deer on the nose, fighting for there turn at a feeder/pile of food/mineral lick
even my sig pic, shows one fighting LOL

that would explain things to me
they hit HARD too, many times been in a tree and watched them fight, the sound of the smacks, is LOUD< wouldn't be suprised if its nose was maybe broken, and thus the swelling!
nothing you can do about it, its pecking order that drives them toi fight I think1 LOL

[Big_Holla]

Looks to be an injury of some sort. Often you see some older bucks getting what I call a Roman nose, generally from fighting, but that's a bit more than what I would be looking for.

[zachc]

An injury I can deal with. I, we, were more concerned about a possible infection or something that would affect the meat. He is a buck that's Prolly gonna be on the hit list this year due to the number of pics I have of him and watching him grow, looks like he's gonna be a stud...but most importantly we hunt for the meat. Already have my 4 year old and 3 year old hooked on "deer steaks", lol! Gotta love it!!