Wound healing.

[First-light]

Remember that picture someone shared this is very similar. Check out the healing power of deer! From a FB site. 

[Doc]

Aren't they remarkable animals? I have seen a couple of deer that have had legs shot off and still able to keep up with other deer that are running away. I shot one that was missing a front leg and it had skin grown over the wound and was one of the fattest deer I have ever shot. Just amazing.

I am wondering if these kinds of long slices are from buck fights.

Edited January 30 by Doc

[First-light]

Buck fights, bad shot with an arrow maybe barb wire? 

[Doc]

I could see some kind of almost head-on shot with a broadhead doing that. It's hard to imagine barbed wire staying engaged with the deer's hide long enough to do that, but I suppose anything is possible. That's pretty weird that we have two pictures of deer with that same kind of wound, isn't it?

[suburbanfarmer]

@luberhill posted the pic of the other deer. Maybe has some recent pics

[landtracdeerhunter]

I think luberhill was open up on the neck area. I remember they posting a cam pic later in deer season, where it still looked pretty bad 

[luberhill]

On 1/30/2024 at 6:54 PM, landtracdeerhunter said:

I think luberhill was open up on the neck area. I remember they posting a cam pic later in deer season, where it still looked pretty bad 

Haven’t seen in in weeks now 

[Northcountryman]

On 1/30/2024 at 6:42 AM, Doc said:

Aren't they remarkable animals? I have seen a couple of deer that have had legs shot off and still able to keep up with other deer that are running away. I shot one that was missing a front leg and it had skin grown over the wound and was one of the fattest deer I have ever shot. Just amazing.

I am wondering if these kinds of long slices are from buck fights.

I read that whitetails have incredibly robust immune systems that enables them to sustain wounds that would kill other animals - not them, though!  For them, many wounds will heal, bacteria neutralized and theyre good to go!!