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Bald spots!!??
Over the years, on a lot of hunting shows, I've noticed that a lot of the mature bucks are running around with patches of hair missing from the top of their backs and sides. Could this be from rubbing their antlers there while using a licking branch?
I have personally never seen a buck with hair missing like that while hunting. All of the ones I've shot had all of their hair!  |
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I always thought it was a sign of avery mature stud buck....kinda like me.:D
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If there big mature bucks I would assume its from rubbing or even fighting. I'v never seen bald spots on the bucks I've killed but they are also not big mature bucks.
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ORIGINAL: GregH Over the years, on a lot of hunting shows, I've noticed that a lot of the mature bucks are running around with patches of hair missing from the top of their backs and sides. Could this be from rubbing their antlers there while using a licking branch? I have personally never seen a buck with hair missing like that while hunting. All of the ones I've shot had all of their hair!
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Most of the bald spots I've seen come from going under a fence, I guess as they get older they dont mind rubbing against the fence...
Either that or it could be scars from fighting that just prevent hair from growing back... |
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I shot a mature 156" class buck two years ago with bald spots on him. He was full of ticks and caused the hair to slip. Subsequentlythere was a bald spot right where I aim to put one through his boiler room!
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This is the only buck we had on camera that had the bald spot. We looked for hair on fence rows and around scrapes but never found any. He was rubbing it off somewhere.
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I always thought it was from fighting. But I've never really researched it.
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ORIGINAL: OHbowhntr ORIGINAL: GregH Over the years, on a lot of hunting shows, I've noticed that a lot of the mature bucks are running around with patches of hair missing from the top of their backs and sides. Could this be from rubbing their antlers there while using a licking branch? I have personally never seen a buck with hair missing like that while hunting. All of the ones I've shot had all of their hair!
Please elaborate. Why do deer farm bucks have bald spots? |
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Bald is beatiful;)
I thought it was from fighting, but I know diddle |
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They dont get old enough around here....[8D]
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I always thought that is was scars from fighting.
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ORIGINAL: NY/Al They dont get old enough around here....[8D] Buck patterned baldness?[8D] |
RE: Bald spots!!??
ORIGINAL: OHbowhntr ORIGINAL: GregH Over the years, on a lot of hunting shows, I've noticed that a lot of the mature bucks are running around with patches of hair missing from the top of their backs and sides. Could this be from rubbing their antlers there while using a licking branch? I have personally never seen a buck with hair missing like that while hunting. All of the ones I've shot had all of their hair!
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The buck I shot this past weekend had a bald spot. I was told by the taxi it was from ticks, it is one of the few places where a deer can reach back and chew on. Kinda of like a dog with fleas.
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I asked this same question on here a year or 2 ago. I thought it might be from going under a fence all the time at first, but they can jump it just as easy. Thought it might be from something lacking in their diet during the rut (rutted out) but their overall coat would be lacking, not just up between or around the shoulders. Your guess is as good as mine!
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Tons of bald bucks running around here. It's from using the antlers to scratch their own back. I wondered the same thing until I saw a bedded buck scratching the hell out of his back with his nose about 90 deg. to his back. I don't think you see it as much(Greg) because of colder temps.their winter coat comes in much sooner. I think they are trying to get ticks off.
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True that mature animals can get it from fighting, fence etc. however most often it has to be a sign of unhealthy deer that may be over populated. I think everyone on this site sees plenty of mature deer that don't have these big bald spot you see the pro's shooting. It's kind of nasty if you ask me but sine you don't eat the hide it wouldn't stop the double lung shuffle from my end.
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I've seen iton capes brought in to me and deer my friends have taken and from two I've personally taken. Usually at the bald spot,there's scar tissue there. Mostly from broadheads.(one actually still had the broadhead in him) Sometimes there's bone missing under the hide. Maybe a gun wound then.
I've also read that the average 'mature' buck had at least 30 notable scars on his hide. (one of those deer and deer hunting type studies) Everything from having sticks jabbed in them to fences, cars, hunters and of course, other deer. |
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Good theories but you only see it after the antlers are in full display each year. I never seen a doe with a bald back.
I seen it with me own eyes mates! |
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ORIGINAL: Germ Bald is beatiful;) I thought it was from fighting, but I know diddle  |
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Dam Germ that aint no forehead its a dam five head!
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It is indeed from them scratching their backs with their antlers, the buck I shot in 02 had big blotches of bald spots, the taxidermist told me its from them rubbing their antlers on their backs.
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What the!?!?!?!:eek::D are you tryin to look sexy there big boy????:D:D:D |
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Kyle I am going to rip your arms out of your sockets:D You little SOB
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No doubt from scratching their own backs with their antlers.
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ORIGINAL: PreacherTony What the!?!?!?!:eek::D are you tryin to look sexy there big boy????:D:D:D |
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ORIGINAL: PreacherTony What the!?!?!?!:eek::D are you tryin to look sexy there big boy????:D:D:D  |
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ORIGINAL: Germ Just think 13 years ago I looked like this, LOL Marriage has been hard on me[:-] |
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Lots of times, bald spots come from fighting. I have seen a few bucks that have them, and the bald spots are probably from fighting. Bald spots can also come from an arrow taking the hair off. Also, going under a fence will probably take some hair off.
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ORIGINAL: BobCo19-65 ORIGINAL: OHbowhntr ORIGINAL: GregH Over the years, on a lot of hunting shows, I've noticed that a lot of the mature bucks are running around with patches of hair missing from the top of their backs and sides. Could this be from rubbing their antlers there while using a licking branch? I have personally never seen a buck with hair missing like that while hunting. All of the ones I've shot had all of their hair!
Please elaborate. Why do deer farm bucks have bald spots?  Now go to a local deer farms, and I can find you a handful of deer with bald spots on them. Maybe it's the vaccinations they have to take, rubbing on the fences, unhealthy, or whatever, but that's the only place I've seen them in my area. And we all know that several of these "PRO" hunters hunt in "Deer Farms." Hell Ted Nugent owns the biggest on in the state of Michigan don't he??? |
RE: Bald spots!!??
ORIGINAL: OHbowhntr ORIGINAL: BobCo19-65 ORIGINAL: OHbowhntr ORIGINAL: GregH Over the years, on a lot of hunting shows, I've noticed that a lot of the mature bucks are running around with patches of hair missing from the top of their backs and sides. Could this be from rubbing their antlers there while using a licking branch? I have personally never seen a buck with hair missing like that while hunting. All of the ones I've shot had all of their hair!
Please elaborate. Why do deer farm bucks have bald spots? Now go to a local deer farms, and I can find you a handful of deer with bald spots on them. Maybe it's the vaccinations they have to take, rubbing on the fences, unhealthy, or whatever, but that's the only place I've seen them in my area. And we all know that several of these "PRO" hunters hunt in "Deer Farms." Hell Ted Nugent owns the biggest on in the state of Michigan don't he??? Sunrise acers(ted's place)is about 900 acers. The Sanctuary is 12,000 |
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Wild deer with fence marks on their backs is not uncommon. Some go over, some go under. A deer that ducks a couple barbed wire fences every daymay display some bald spots.
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ORIGINAL: MOTOWNHONKEY Good theories but you only see it after the antlers are in full display each year. I never seen a doe with a bald back. I seen it with me own eyes mates! Like MOHO, you never see immature bucks (small antlers) or does with the bald spots. Only a good set of antlers can reach that spot. |
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I've seen both bucks and does with this.
Could be from a number of things...rutting, fences, thick brush, close call with a yote, etc. I often see it on does during the rut...we know why. ;) |
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Rory x2
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ORIGINAL: HuntingEd Most of the bald spots I've seen come from going under a fence, I guess as they get older they dont mind rubbing against the fence... Either that or it could be scars from fighting that just prevent hair from growing back... |
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