Deer walking on leg bones

[Jeremy K]

I follow this guy on Instagram and he post some crazy pics and videos . They think maybe this deer was caught in some kind of illegal trap. They have pics of it on just leg bones ,I guess that's why they took it out.

[Lawdwaz]

OMG!

[grampy]

Wow.... I've never seen anything like that, and hope I never do. No idea how that kind if injury could have happened on BOTH hind legs???  But talk about a TOUGH animal!!  Glad that they put him down, to end his suffering.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

A buddy shot a bear this past season and it wasn't until I started to skin it that I noticed one front foot was a flap of skin. basically walking on bone and the entire bone foot structure was gone and no pads or nails. fully healed and not an injury from this year. It was what I would imagine damage from a trap would look like.  I can't imagine a deer walking or running on that much bone. I wish there was a video

[Steuben Jerry]

Wow, between this buck and Lawd's post, I'm feeling sad for these beautiful bucks!

[The_Real_TCIII]

And they say the DEC didnt put piranhas in our streams? Riiiiggghhhhttttt....

[ny hunter]

That's amazing....

[dbHunterNY]

that photo has been around the internet for couple years. still crazy though.

[wolc123]

My own largest-antlered buck had a fresher injury, similar to those.  Someone had shot a hoof off, a day or two before, and it was hanging by a thin strip of hide.  My own first shot struck high on the opposite diagonal front leg, breaking the bone and taking it completely out of commission.  He made it into the brush before I could get another 16 gauge slug into him. These days he might have got away, but I was a little bit faster 30 years ago.  The two bum legs really slowed him down.  I will never forget the sight of those wide, light-colored antlers thrashing up and down thru the low brush.  Loosing one leg barely slows them down, but loosing one and a quarter makes them catchable. 

Based on this experience, my guess is that the OP buck's hoofs were severed from an almost-perfectly broadside shotgun slug or large caliber rifle bullet (a good bone-busting caliber).  I am pretty sure that the buck I described would have have done ok on his back stump, had I not intervened before he learned how to use it properly.  One thing is for sure, If he did not have that prior injury, we would have eaten a lot more chicken that year, and my wife would have room for a few more pictures on the wall today.               

[Four Season Whitetail's]

5 hours ago, wolc123 said:

My own largest-antlered buck had a fresher injury, similar to those.  Someone had shot a hoof off, a day or two before, and it was hanging by a thin strip of hide.  My own first shot struck high on the opposite diagonal front leg, breaking the bone and taking it completely out of commission.  He made it into the brush before I could get another 16 gauge slug into him. These days he might have got away, but I was a little bit faster 30 years ago.  The two bum legs really slowed him down.  I will never forget the sight of those wide, light-colored antlers thrashing up and down thru the low brush.  Loosing one leg barely slows them down, but loosing one and a quarter makes them catchable. 

Based on this experience, my guess is that the OP buck's hoofs were severed from an almost-perfectly broadside shotgun slug or large caliber rifle bullet (a good bone-busting caliber).  I am pretty sure that the buck I described would have have done ok on his back stump, had I not intervened before he learned how to use it properly.  One thing is for sure, If he did not have that prior injury, we would have eaten a lot more chicken that year, and my wife would have room for a few more pictures on the wall today.               

Guess ole God was not running your projectiles for ya back then  like he does these days huh?  Repent Maybe?  Not on your best behavior back then so ya didnt have the man in your pocket?    More Crap!

Edited April 11, 2018 by Four Season Whitetail's

[G-Man]

I believe that is from running thru fire /coals if I remember correctly.

[chrisw]

We we're doing a deer drive and pushed a buck past my cousin and he shot a couple of times, he saw the buck go down. When we got up to it one of his shots had taken both front hooves off, the buck must have jumped over something and he tucked his front legs up and caught a 308 projectile. Weird things happen on occasion. This particular deer caught one in the lungs too but I imagine there are a lot of deer out there with some real odd injuries.

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[Elmo]

I'm guessing it was some form of infection.

[Bowshotmuzzleloader]

Looks like a Photoshopped to me,, 4 to 5 inches of bone showing and the deers exposed leg meat is still not healed and looks fresh...

Im not buying in...

[Jeremy K]

45 minutes ago, Bowshotmuzzleloader said:

Looks like a Photoshopped to me,, 4 to 5 inches of bone showing and the deers exposed leg meat is still not healed and looks fresh...

Im not buying in...

 

i did a google search ,it seems nobody is denying the validity of the picture ,just how it became to be is up for discussion. 

[The_Real_TCIII]

Can deer get hoof rot?


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