Skunkworkx
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By yearling, I did mean less than a year...
The first picture is 2022, notice how white the sides of her belly are. Second and third is this year. View attachment 93227View attachment 93228View attachment 93229
I have half the cams out that I’m used to. Only four cams on less than 100 acres and two of them are nowhere near where I hunt. I love getting photos. I hate checking them.Hate to say it, but I've gone "dyingbreedbowhunter" and have zero cameras out. I'm kinda missing it, but I think some of my spots will stay fresher. Still may hang one or two in night time travel spots, but none close to any of my kill holes.
I have half the cams out that I’m used to. Only four cams on less than 100 acres and two of them are nowhere near where I hunt. I love getting photos. I hate checking them.
I just sent an email to the NY state biologists. We will see if they know anything.IN wildlife biologist helpful as always
"I have not seen this on an adult deer and I don’t know that of any terms that are used for this."
I just sent an email to the NY state biologists. We will see if they know anything.
Not real informative but this was their reply.the email i sent before was to the region wildlife bio. took your hint and looked up state deer bio and emailed them. thanks!
Not real informative but this was their reply.
Good morning,
This appears to be a genetic variation that allows for the holdover of spots into adulthood. We have seen some deer with spots like this at the Wildlife Health Unit. This does not appear to be a disease condition.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to our Wildlife Health Unit at wildlifehealth@dec.ny.gov should you have any further questions about this.
If anyone wanted to see him hard horned and almost in rut mode, here you go.I aint even west though Tulsa is more hardwood river bottoms than anything.
He is a great deer though. I almost killed him two years ago but botched the shot and gave him an armpit shave. I'd bet he's maybe 140's class
Here is his progression through the years from 3-5 years old
his 3.5 year old photo got him the name angry eyebrows View attachment 89441View attachment 89442View attachment 89443
Not real informative but this was their reply.
Good morning,
This appears to be a genetic variation that allows for the holdover of spots into adulthood. We have seen some deer with spots like this at the Wildlife Health Unit. This does not appear to be a disease condition.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to our Wildlife Health Unit at wildlifehealth@dec.ny.gov should you have any further questions about this.
That’s my plan as well, never had any desire to tan a deer hide until I seen this one. Would make for a cool project. Good luck!!same here. this is from our state deer biologist
"The rows of spots are interesting. I would guess it is just a generic anomaly, similar to pie bald, melanism, and or an albino. I don’t think it has a name".
really? oh well. might go back into that spot tonight and cant shoot a buck so she might be in trouble. been wanting to tan a hide this year anyway.
1/2 skwerl 1/2 ground hog. 100% good eats. chootem