deer with little or no teeth?
i have been hunting the same areas near some 30 years and my brother shot a deer this past weekend and all it had was its very front couple of teeth(dont know the proper name?) im guessing its a yearling not a fawn. it had no rear teeth at all. i have shot old does like this but figured the teeth were grinded down with age and poor nutrition. im wondering is this genetic or bad nutrition. i hunt in the southern parts of new jersey(called the pine barrens) and the soil is white sand and scrub oaks and pines. very few white oak stands and maybe a rye field in the fall to eat as far as feed for them. if this yearling had a fawn of its own did the fawn deplete the nutrients so much that the yearling couldnt have proper tooth growth?