Sick Doe
Contributors to this thread:New York
From: 8point
22-Sep-21
posted this on big game forum, but it's a NYS situation, so. I checked cams in 8S and found 9 pics of this doe that appears to have a mess of ticks and flies on her, and she is for sure in trouble as you can count her ribs when she should be fat and sassy. This pic doesn't do justice to the situation, her right side is loaded. Sent pic's to DEC and got no response...... Surprise.
From: jdbbowhunter
22-Sep-21
EHD is bad in NY. Hopefully not that.
From: muzzypower
22-Sep-21
I got several pictures this summer where deer had substantial flies on their faces Looked fine otherwise. Your deer is skinny.
From: 35-Acre
23-Sep-21
Personally I think she's fine. I hope I'm right. But in my experience, depending on when they breathe and the photo is captured it can show more ribs. Here's the same small buck in 3 different photos; you can see ribs in 1, the second they show a little and the last, which is only 25 minutes later they don't show at all.
Now, this is a buck. So it's not being drawn on like a doe feeding a fawn or two. Plus flies - well, they are bad during the day (especially the black flies). Again - I hope I'm right.
From: Shawlerbrook
23-Sep-21
Had a 1 1/2 yr old buck in my yard all summer that had ribs sticking out like that. He is still here almost every day munching on falling apples and looks much fatter. The winter coat also helps .
From: sjj
23-Sep-21
I believe that deer is fine. Deer flies really get after them.
