nice looking buck i was unable to get a buck this year . i shoot and missed . first year i have not got one in five years . but your buck looks very nice . congrats . you are right about the weird looking feet never have seen anything like that befor maybe he is a swamp buck and needed that to get around in the swamp easier . funny looking though .congrats again though did you shoot it or are you a bow hunter ?
wierd looking deer....
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nah.... i will ebay it....vanimate;584756;584756 said:Or else what? You'd keep it in your backyard?
I am associated with a farm for abused farm animals and i have seen quite a few goats and horses that have hooves like this... the farrier has to trim horses at least every eight weeks to keep the hooves from growing too long..especially becasue horses do not get the exercise they would get in the wild..where the natural terrain would trim it down.. so this is unbelievable..that a wild deer would grow such hooves.. it is almost like it were captured and kept in a small area then suddenly set free.. because no way in the wild with a deer on the move could this happen.. this one was put out of it's misery.. horrible! Rally..you have that correct...
It does happen in the wild! It is a genetic disease that their hooves grow faster than they can wear then down. That isn't a penned deer... I read the article on it a few months ago and this isn't the first one.
well you learn something every day.. but it is still hard to believe it would gain weight and thrive if it could hardly move around.. it must be painful regardless of the cause.. but i guess if it was in a lush area it is possible...
