What is this on this deer?!

[VaBruiser]

Do we think it’s a growth? Infection? That’s gotta be the size of a volleyball

 

[KYHunter]

Wow.. that’s crazy.. go shoot him and then we’ll know!

 

[Fuse Dude]

Looks like a tumor, but the deer looks emaciated in the last pick.

 

[Weldabeast]

He could only afford 1 pectoral implant at a time...

 

[BackSpasm]

Good grief I would pay money to watch someone shoot that thing with an arrow

 

[NMSbowhunter]

Have you seen the movie, Alien? Lol. Looks like some kind of tumor. Nasty!

 

[Jagger0502]

Good grief I would pay money to watch someone shoot that thing with an arrow

Prob look like a scene from Tremors where they explode when shot.

I saw this kinda thing once before but it was a girl working at a hard serve ice cream parlor….

 

[PancreasBroke]

Email the penn state deer research team, they’ll tell you. My money is on tumor

Edit: actually after looking at it again, id contact you local wildlife biologist/game department and share it with them. That deer looks pretty diseased besides the tumor…

 

[Wirrex]

I saw a whitetail doe exactly like this in Nebraska. She had a terrible gait. It was pretty gross.

 

[Tim0712]

Email the penn state deer research team, they’ll tell you. My money is on tumor

Edit: actually after looking at it again, id contact you local wildlife biologist/game department and share it with them. That deer looks pretty diseased besides the tumor…

The more you look at it the worst it gets. What has me dumb founded is that he grew such a healthy rack with such health issues litterally everywhere else on him

 

[Olegrad]

Have a doe on cam with something similar. Quick google said hydrocyst??

 

[VaBruiser]

Yeah, the back half of this fella does not look well. That belly has no sag at all. I live right down the road from Virginia Tech, who I believe has a fish and wildlife research program. Maybe I’ll reach out.

 

[Hunter260]

I’m guessing abscess. I’ve seen them get absolutely massive and they would be way more common than a tumor.

 

[BlessdHuntr]

It's a lipoma.. I watch Dr. Lee remove them on pimple poppers.

 

[Phopkins]

Used to see this on whitetails in western Montana once in a while 30 years ago. The deer were healthy otherwise though. I can't remember what they said caused it, sorry.

 

[131north]

It looks like he was hit by a car and his organs changed places! That's crazy.

 

[VaBruiser]

I think @Olegrad was right. You google Hydrocyst and it shows other deer lookin' just like this. I bet if you shot that thing it would be absolutely disgusting

 

[sampotter]

Sure looks like an arrow shaft sticking up out of it on the left side of his throat patch. You can see it clearly in the first and third pics. Either an arrow or a stick, but definitely something sticking out of him causing a huge abscess.

 

[razorsharptokill]

Sure looks like an arrow shaft sticking up out of it on the left side of his throat patch. You can see it clearly in the first and third pics. Either an arrow or a stick, but definitely something sticking out of him causing a huge abscess.

Agree.

 

[Pavehawk01]

Perhaps he likes doing pushups ‍