Christmas Elf?
 

Walked out in my backyard this week and capturedsomething very strange a deer with elf hoofs! Check out the photo. This is from Lake Hopatcong in New Jersey. The deer seemed like it wasskating on the ice covered snow. I checked online and heard the deformity is sometimes called slipperfoot. Any hunters see this before? How rare is this?

RE: Christmas Elf?
 

I've seen pics of this before....... looks like skis!

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I have seen that on moose but never a deer. I know it is a lack of a kind of mineral in their diet but cant recall what type it is. On the moose I seen which was 2 yrs in a roll the hoofs where at least a foot long.

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I've seen it on horses, but not deer.

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Also, here are some Bucks Looking on in Amazment. I got these shots at the same time.

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Another shot, from a different angle. I was shocked to see something so strange.

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i've never seen it first hand but i've heard others on this forum talk about it in years past. something in the deer's genetics that make their hooves keep growing.

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HO HO HO!!!! That is an elf deer!!! What did it bring you???

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in domestic animals it is called foundering.to much grain like corn

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Weird!!!