2 y/o Non Typical Pics from my Leaf River
07-05-2005, 05:42 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton county IL USA
Posts: 4,271
RE: 2 y/o Non Typical Pics from my Leaf River
Any idea how the wound/injury was inflicted to his left leg??? Have you seen the deer many times? I'd LOVE to get a couple years on that guy!! He's going to be a great/unique trophy!
07-05-2005, 05:49 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Albany, NY
Posts: 4,679
RE: 2 y/o Non Typical Pics from my Leaf River
I have seen him personally only once. I watched him for about half an hour back in turkey season one morning. I have him patterned pretty well and he beds in the same spot every day I am pretty sure. I hope the neighbor lets him grow a bit more than this, because he beds on their ground and then comes over to ours to eat from our feeder. He has a pretty good limp, but seems to get around well enough to make it through last winter. I will be going over to the neighbors house next weekend I am over there to talk to them and gather their feelings on QDM, hopefully they will let this guy walk for another year or two.
07-06-2005, 06:00 AM
#17
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Ft. Myers Florida
Posts: 255
RE: 2 y/o Non Typical Pics from my Leaf River
I have seen something simailar to this when I was hunting. I think that when a deer has suffered an injury I.E. the rear leg the antler growth on the same side of the body suffers. A friend of mine shot a 10 point a few years ago that had a great 5 on the right side but the 5 on the left was deformed. When we got to the buck we found the front left leg was about 5" shorter than the right, when the deer was processed we found that this deer was injured in the left shoulder. It was an old injury, my friend said you could not tell by the way the deer was walking. This looks as though it could be the same sort of deal. If I can find a picture I will post it!
