Look at the growth on the bottom of this guys neck. Do you think this is something that will affect how long he naturally would live and what do you think about eating him

its his briskit

That seems quite odd. Almost looks like a goiter, but i don't know if deer even have a thyroid. Maybe it was bitten by something or its a tumor. Keep tabs on that deer. If it gets smaller I wouldn't worry but if it stays the same or grows then I would remove him from the population and check the growth out... Not sure if I would eat him unless I knew what that was.

I have a bunch of pics of him but heres another one

You ever get so cold you nuts try to disappear, looks like he got REALLY cold.

Just looked this up. Apparently growths (cysts, benign tumors, fibromas) are relatively common?

Last time i seen a growth like that was a Drury Outdoors video from several years ago. At that time i don't think they knew what it was. The growth was quite similar in size and they left him walk also.

would really like to know if he is safe to eat cause i would hate to pass on him... lol

If you're feeling adventurous this season, you could take that deer. Try cutting around it. If it was malignant, the deer would have other tumors. If thats the only one, I would eat him.

Alien deer. A ballchinian.