Blind buck with slippers on

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

I was out for an evening stalk the other night basking in the sunshine , which makes a nice change , when I noticed a buck feeding on buttercups in a hay meadow about 300 yards away. I had to crawl on hands and knees til I got about 120 yards from the buck , I was sweating profusely I can tell you !!!!

 

 

 

As he fell .....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As I performed the gralloch I noticed he was blind in one eye ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He was also wearing his Aladdins slippers ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He weighed 48lbs and was in great condition but I think better off being culled !!

Edited June 20, 2010 by FOXHUNTER

[love_coursing 1]

yea always good to cull those. weird when you find one with a problem (sometimes serious like this) but the rest of them is in great condition...

are we supposed to be able to see pics?

[john robbo 30]

Under the eye is that a puncture wound.

And i agree it WAS better culled.

Were any lymph nodes swollen??

[love_coursing 1]

sorry pc working again can see the pics

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Yes John it had a slight puncture under its eye which I can only presume was caused by another buck. The lymph nodes were fine in fact the beast was in very good condition weighing in at 48 lbs ....

[Ratcherman 0]

Well done mate and like you said a nice cull buck

[john robbo 30]

I would agree with the nature of the wound from your photo.

Maybe just unlucky or you may have a murder buck to take out.

[J Darcy 5,871]

good story there foxy.

[cassshantia 16]

what causes alladins slippers?

these look worse than your buck mate

this was taken in doe season so no funny comments

i wrote about it on another web site but people had loads of theories

please tell the way it happens

thanks lee

Edited June 20, 2010 by cassshantia

[john robbo 30]

I wouldn't hessitate to cull a doe out of season with feet like that unless she had dependants at foot.

Even then it may be for the best.

I always thought it was wet ground but shot 1 on the wolds this year(a yearling doe in the buck season I had seen a month earlier but couldn't get a backstop) on chalk and flint so made me think again.

Regards john.

 

 

Edited June 21, 2010 by john robbo

[cassshantia 16]

this was a wet year so i thought that john ,but why did n't i see more like it ?

[Tiff 36]

do only certain breeds of deer get those, or all types? I've never seen that before but then I've only been around deer for 5 years.

[tommydeer 2]

From my experience its down to two main things:

 

1.) Vitamin deficiency

 

2.) Too much protein in the diet

 

It would be one or the other,both these are proven reasons

 

You could argue about wear on the hooves but then that wouldnt make sense on harder ground.

Edited June 21, 2010 by tommydeer

[Ali N 0]

looks similar to what happens to sheep feet, seem to remember when helping m,y Grandpa on teh farm that all the sheeps hovves got longer in teh soft ground but generally wore away in teh hard ground in the summer. however there were always ones that it didnt happen to wan we had to take the knife and cut it all off.<BR>maybe one of teh farmers on here would have an idea or if noone on here your local farmer see if any sheep have the same problems

[MOO 730]

do only certain breeds of deer get those, or all types? I've never seen that before but then I've only been around deer for 5 years.

I have also seen reds with this but only on one foot due to an injury where the full wieght cant be put down on the foot