black spots on bucks lungs?????????

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11-19-2010, 10:56 AM

shaner72

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black spots on bucks lungs?????????

I shot a management buck this morning at out deer lease. While field dressing him i noticed black spots on his lungs, has anyone seen this before? He looked and smelled ok except for his weird rack.

11-19-2010, 11:06 AM

gunther89

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He must have been smoking. lol

11-19-2010, 11:57 AM

RabidSniperNY

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Could be a few things, fungus, pnuemonia caused by bacteria or an abscess in the lungs. Hard to tell with out taking a peice of the tissue and culturing it. Also Tuberculosis comes to mind.

11-19-2010, 05:40 PM

shetzy911

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Could be carbon from air polution. Was he killed around urban area?

11-19-2010, 08:46 PM

shaner72

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Nope not close to any urban area. Still waiting on a call from the district biologist! I did go back out and get a large chunck of lung though. Sorry, pics do not do it justice while in a zip lock!!

11-22-2010, 10:43 AM

shaner72

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Aftet talking with the district wildlife biologist and the Indiana board of animal health I found out that it was probably pneumonia or a lung parasite either of which would not make the deer inedible!