Whats with this Bucks Neck

[moosehorn]

Ive had this buck around my farm the last 3 years.Hes got this large neck all year round.This picture was taken 3 days ago.Can any one exsplain whats up

[GoneFishin']

...perhaps a growth or tumor of some kind?? :thinking-006:

[flyguyd]

iI would say its a cyst or a tumor of some kind


Dang !! GF beat me too it

[Grizzly Adams]

Goiter? Hyperthyroidism If he was human, that's what one would suspect.

Grizz

[Bushmaster]

I think he ate one of your chickens !!

[u_cant_rope_the_wind]

an old injury that amybe an absess, or tumor,or growth defect, could be any or all of the above

[moosehorn]

here he is back in 08.must be 6 yrs old im thinkin

[dale7637]

That is one sick looking deer.

[schian]

That is one sick looking deer.

x2!
although he looks a lot healthier in that first pic

[vcmm]

an old injury that amybe an absess, or tumor,or growth defect, could be any or all of the above

Any or all of the above or a fat deposit.

[Jimboy]

likely an old wound from an arrow got infected , now he cant eat.

[KegRiver]

So he's had that since at least 08, can't be most of the things mentioned so far, except perhaps an old wound as Jimboy says. It's the only thing that makes sense to me.

I'm just guessing of course. I really have no idea what would cause that.

It interesting for sure, and a bit disturbing. Nature can be hard at times.

[FallAirFever]

likely an old wound from an arrow got infected , now he cant eat.

Huh??? First of all the deer has had the injury or growth for over 3 years so it obviously can eat. What would lead to say it's "likely from an arrow". Nice way to throw a fellow group of hunters under the bus.

[TreeGuy]

Huh??? First of all the deer has had the injury or growth for over 3 years so it obviously can eat. What would lead to say it's "likely from an arrow". Nice way to throw a fellow group of hunters under the bus.

Thank you FAF. :)

[Grizzly Adams]

Just me, or is his color or hair not normal either?

Grizz

[Calamity]

With livestock it's not uncommon to see lumps of scar tissue develop around an old abscess...and that's what it looks like to me. If somebody ever drops him I'd bet you'd find a rather solid mass of granulated tissue under his hide.

Blech. Hated draining big abscesses! :sick:

[CNP]

likely an old wound from an arrow got infected , now he cant eat.

loooooooooooooooool

[FallAirFever]

Thank you FAF. :)

At 4am after pulling a 16 hour day that I wasnt even suppose to work it was difficult to be that polite.

[huntinstuff]

It's a cari-deer.

cross between a caribou and deer.

seen it a million times......

[KegRiver]

With livestock it's not uncommon to see lumps of scar tissue develop around an old abscess...and that's what it looks like to me. If somebody ever drops him I'd bet you'd find a rather solid mass of granulated tissue under his hide.

Blech. Hated draining big abscesses! :sick:


That makes the most sense of any of the suggestions.

I have encountered that sort of thing a few times in trapping. Not the sort that would be noticeable, but definitely old scar tissue that left a welt or bump.

[walking buffalo]

Moosehorn,

I suggest you send this picture into F&W, this contact map will help you find the regional bio for your area.

http://srd.alberta.ca/AboutSRD/SRDContacts/documents/SRDContacts-WildlifeManagementAreaContacts-Oct2011.pdf


While this deer is likely suffering from a non-infectous disease/condition, the possibility exists that the deer has a disease that my spread to other ungulates ( this could be Blue tongue/EHD), and possibly even to humans (Bovine Tuberculosis).

For the sake of the deer herd and people, it may be best to have this deer put down and necropsied.

[medicmoose]

his neck could get that way from rubbing it on a bail feeder or through a fence grabbing some eats