It is called a fibroma (sic) and shouldn’t be any problem at all. Many deer get them and they amount to nothing more then what it is for a person to get a wart. They have no affect on the meat or muscle tissue and are only on the skin. Once the hide is removed there is no evidence of the fibroma.
Frequently deer will get a few of them around the legs, neck or head. Most deer will fully recover from them and eventually they will disappear and you will never know the deer once had them.
They can get a large as basketballs though in extreme cases and sometimes they will even grow on the face in a manner that prevents the deer from being able to see or even eat. What that happens it can be fatal, but in all of my years I have never seen one that bad and only ever heard of a couple being that bad.
It isn’t certain, that I am aware of, as to what causes them but some professionals think it might be insect bites since they always seem to start during the summer and then extend into the fall. Usually by early to mid winter there is no trace of the fibroma, so it seems they clear up during the colder weather.
Dick Bodenhorn
Last edited by R.S.B.; 08-18-2009 at 11:18 AM.
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