Could it be a snakebite?

[Nealmeally]

I been looking a little closer and noticed this. Could it be? Still don't really explain the hoof missing. Unless it rotted off... Will probably never know..

 

[Hunt 365]

Looks like 2 holes there....be looking for a 3-footed doe this fall!

 

[Hunt 365]

Or 3-footed buck, just noticed horns

 

[Big JWC 50]

Whatever the case is, its messed up for sure!

 

[MUP]

Why, oh why am I just seeing black x's? :/

 

[Coker]

from the look of his messed up horns and small frame, i would say this deer has some major problems.

 

[catman529]

I see at least one half of the hoof there, but I dont know what happened there. no clue really. I killed a buck with only half of a back hoof, and another buck with a club foot that had been broken and healed all crooked and scarred. But neither were swollen like that.