NJPhotoMan

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?

GregH

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

spikeman

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.

FtWorthHunter

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

NJPhotoMan

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

NJPhotoMan

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

CamoCop

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.

Carpmaster

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

boss400

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

nick_bleuer76

Weird!!!