ND Late Season buck
Contributors to this thread:Mule Deer
From: No Mercy
14-Dec-21
I was able to watch this buck bed Friday morning and get myself in range for a shot. He only went a short distance and expired.
From: SBH
14-Dec-21
Thats awesome. Congrats!
From: No Mercy
14-Dec-21
I had noticed he had a limp, but it didn’t seem to lesson his bravado over the other 4 bucks in the group. It was fun to watch them fight each other before the stalk. Turns out he had a weird hoof.
From: No Mercy
14-Dec-21
Bedded and resting.
From: No Mercy
14-Dec-21
He had zero body fat. I’m assuming this is because of his hoof and it being post rut.
From: HUNT MAN
14-Dec-21
Congrats
From: Shug
14-Dec-21
Congratulations
From: Iowabowhunter
14-Dec-21
Nice!
From: BOHNTR
14-Dec-21
Way to go, Jason!
From: deerhunter72
14-Dec-21
Love your smile in the first pic! Congratulations
From: Paul@thefort
14-Dec-21
Hey Jason, fun stuff those late season hunts. Most hunters are sitting in front of a fire with a hot toddy but you are out there after them. Nicely done.
From: GhostBird
14-Dec-21
Cool buck... congratulations.
From: JL
14-Dec-21
Congrats. I have seen that type of hoof before in a deer. I don't know what causes it though.
From: No Mercy
14-Dec-21
I asked a biologist and my uncle-who is a lifelong farmer...both said he had too much corn in his diet. Makes sense as there is still standing corn fields in that area.
From: Buckeye
14-Dec-21
good job!
From: jmiller
14-Dec-21
Nice work Jason!
From: Bowaddict
14-Dec-21
Nice buck! Can’t remember clearly, but thought I read somewhere that ehd or blue tongue survivors develops that also???
From: Matt
14-Dec-21
Congrats
We've seen javelina that were in corn get founder as well.
From: Z Barebow
14-Dec-21
Nicely done Jason!
From: Bowaddict
14-Dec-21
Nice buck! Can’t remember clearly, but thought I read somewhere that ehd or blue tongue survivors develops that also???
From: ND String Puller
14-Dec-21
Congrats Jason! I read that EHD can cause hoof problems as well.
From: No Mercy
14-Dec-21
We did have EHD pretty bad in that area...and there was a smaller buck still in velvet in the group, so it definitely could be Ehd.
From: Bow Bullet
14-Dec-21
Way to go!
From: Beginner
14-Dec-21
Looks like a very healthy deer even with the bad hoof.
From: SteveB
14-Dec-21
Congrats!!
From: drycreek
14-Dec-21
I’d say the lack of fat pretty well blows the corn theory, and I know nothing about EHD, but congrats on your late aeason buck !
From: Bwana
14-Dec-21
Way to go!
From: No Mercy
14-Dec-21
Thanks everyone-it's fun when a plan works out once in awhile!
From: kota-man
14-Dec-21
Rock star…congrats again Jason.
From: midwest
15-Dec-21
Congrats! Mild late fall/winter out there so far?
From: Milhouse
15-Dec-21
Congratulations Jason!
I doubt corn did that.... I can't believe it develops that fast. That happens over a long period of time, in my opinion. I've never seen it in deer (whitetails) that basically lived all winter long in unharvested corn fields.
From: DanaC
15-Dec-21
Nice one!
Will you be incorporating that unique hoof into a mount?
From: No Mercy
15-Dec-21
Midwest-yes so far very mild.....((knock on wood)) Dana-I did save it but don't quite know what/how to do anything with it yet. Any ideas?
From: BULELK1
16-Dec-21
Heck yeah-------->
Congrats,
Robb
From: orionsbrother
16-Dec-21
Congrats!
From: Ron Niziolek
16-Dec-21
Good stuff Jason!
From: Jasper
17-Dec-21
Heck yea!!!! Congratulations buddy
From: Mark Watkins
17-Dec-21
Huge congrats Jason! Those late season bucks are tough to sneak on!!!
Mark
From: Bowboy
17-Dec-21
Congrats thanks for sharing
From: Shaft2Long
17-Dec-21
Nice!
From: Beav
17-Dec-21
Congrats!
From: Beav
17-Dec-21
Congrats!
From: Medicinemann
17-Dec-21
I shot a Mountain Goat with a similar type of hoof. Obviously not just related to corn.....
From: Ridge Runner
17-Dec-21
Congratulations on a fine deer My brother shot a buck in WI last year that had similar hoofs , Some people told me it was slipper hoof ( also said to many carbohydrates)
From: Timberking
17-Dec-21
Congrats, nice buck.
From: Genesis
18-Dec-21
I think Santa needs to put a curfew on some elves…..
From: No Mercy
19-Dec-21
Appreciate it guys-it was a fun and memorable hunt!
