Any idea what's on this bucks back?

[J-WO]

Went and checked some cameras today and got this pick of a small buck,with a weird lump on his back. Any idea what it is?

And a closer look....

 

[Bone Collector]

Lesion or tumor of some sort i'd guess.

 

[BSK]

Some type of wound.

 

[MattR]

Maybe a mite or some other parasite? Mites lay eggs in animals right?

 

[catman529]

government implant

really don't know.

 

[Dbllunger]

Looks like a wound that can't quite heal but has scarred on the edges. Could be part or all of a broadhead at the bottom of that hole.

 

[MattR]

Looks like a wound that can't quite heal but has scarred on the edges. Could be part or all of a broadhead at the bottom of that hole.

I would think that would of done some damage to him though right? Maybe paralyzing him?

 

[plinker22]

That is nasty looking. No idea what caused it.

I would like to say, "He scratched it with his antlers", but we know better.

 

[GreyGoose]

no idea

 

[Shed Hunter]

Probably a lesion from the melanistic Puma concolor

 

[Beekeeper]

The scar on his side kinda lines up with it. Maybe a pass thru that didn't heal good?

 

[Dbllunger]

Looks like a wound that can't quite heal but has scarred on the edges. Could be part or all of a broadhead at the bottom of that hole.

I would think that would of done some damage to him though right? Maybe paralyzing him?

I hit a deer high like that once and he ran off. A month later a Jake Peavey who is a MLB pitcher shot him with a rifle. My broad head was still inside and healing. He scored 156 I believe.

 

[Diehard Hunter]

Looks like where a bot fly (warble/wolve) exited.

 

[HOOK]

Busted open bacterial abscess....

 

[BSK]

Looks like a wound that can't quite heal but has scarred on the edges. Could be part or all of a broadhead at the bottom of that hole.

I would think that would of done some damage to him though right? Maybe paralyzing him?

You would be shocked at the wounds deer survive and show no ill effects. I've seen deer with broadheads imbedded in their skulls (penetrating the brain cavity). The deer showed no ill effects.

 

[hcdeerman]

I'm guessing either a wolve emerged or some type of abscess.

 

[Urban_Hunter]

Jelly Donut

 

[MattR]

Went and checked some cameras today and got this pick of a small buck,with a weird lump on his back. Any idea what it is?

And a closer look....

If you look at the like middle of the wound and the edges of it, it looks like the middle is actually raised above the rest of the wound.

I'm looking at the 2nd pic.

So I still think its something like a bot fly.

 

[CCAU]

Jelly Donut

That's exactly what I was thinking...a small one

 

[Kevin]

looks like sushi

 

[BSK]

I'm leaning towards the larval insect answer.

 

[-DRM-]

I did some detective work and arrived at the following:

 

[J-WO]

I did some detective work and arrived at the following:

So if I shoot him there,I wont have to track?

 

[Urban_Hunter]

LOL

 

[MattR]

bahaha!! The easy button.

 

[plinker22]

Call it the staples buck.

 

[gatodoc]

Cuterebra, wobble fly, larva lesion...