This guy is who I call Junkyard, looks like a big mature bodied deer with a very odd rack. He also has a serious goider growing off of his chin, its not just the crappie moultrie cam he had it in every pic. He will have his lungs deflated if given the chance.
http://s358.photobucket.com/albums/oo23/travispatton/?action=view&current=JunkYard.jpg

Hey So. Iowa! Awesome deer ya got there. i have a cow that i just had to lance open that had an identical looking absess on her jaw. it was just a mesquite thorn infection though. typically not deadly but quite frequent down here in texas. I dont know if there might be similar thorny plants up there ( never been, but want to). the skin often times in those areas is too tough to rupture. might be the same case, but might be something more serious as well. Great looking deer though!

Nice buck you got there Travis!! Funky looking but a keeper!!Walt

We do have some nasty thorny trees in the thickest part of this farm and that very well could be the issue but have seen many other Iowa bucks growing odd lumps as well.

I've got on 2 really nice bucks in the last few days just across the road from a buddies farm that I can hunt and am going to put the cam out in the area this weekend....got a short film of them but am hoping to post a couple pics of them here in the next few weeks.

If anyone can tell me how to pull a still off of a GL2 minidv I could post a pic of one.

Thanks guys!

Those are 2 dandies there....looks like you have a very high traffic lick

It gets hit pretty good!

oh scooonie how im looking fwd to the encounter we have with mississippi. it will be a great year and the hitlist just keeps getting bigger.

Here are a couple that we have our eyes on and a good three year old that I want to wait till next year to shoot

Here is one of them. Call him Droopy

Those are some great looking bucks guys, can't wait to see some harvest photos with these hit list bucks on the ground.

IB - Does that buck you posted have a common base on his G3 and G4?