Growth, anyone seen this before.

[Chief44]

I was going through some trail cam pics from a couple years ago and came across this buck I had forgotten about. I had several pics of him that summer but he disappeared before season. Haven't seen him since. Anyone ever seen a growth like that before.

 

[GnashviLLe]

That's a big ol Adam's Apple.

 

[BSK]

Yes I have. Those types of chest lumps are usually cysts.

 

[Chief44]

Yes I have. Those types of chest lumps are usually cysts.

Thanks. I was hoping you would chime in.

 

[BSK]

Now if you see a big lump along the stomach, that can be bad news. Bucks often "blow a gasket" during fights and herniate their abdominal muscles. If intestines push through (forming a lump), over time that's usually fatal.

 

[megalomaniac]

Healthy dude, been eating well.

Had a fawn with a cyst like that on the side of the jaw (may have been an abscess). That fawn lagged behind his peers, eventually developed a shaggy coat, then disappeared from cameras after 4 or 5 months.

Not sure if it became septic, or the cyst interfered with feeding. Heck, could have ruptured and it recovered and is still on my cameras and I didn't recognize it.

But I think your buck is going to be just fine

 

[BSK]

Had a fawn with a cyst like that on the side of the jaw (may have been an abscess). That fawn lagged behind his peers, eventually developed a shaggy coat, then disappeared from cameras after 4 or 5 months.

If you have a picture of that fawn, I would like to see it. Deer that get a big lump on their lower jaw (called brilliantly, "Lumpy Jaw Syndrome"), often are actually suffering from heart/arterial worms. For whatever reason, this affliction causes a pocket to form along the lower jaw that gets jammed with food. The jaw problem likely does no harm, but the heart/arterial worm can kill them.

 

[backyardtndeer]

If you have a picture of that fawn, I would like to see it. Deer that get a big lump on their lower jaw (called brilliantly, "Lumpy Jaw Syndrome"), often are actually suffering from heart/arterial worms. For whatever reason, this affliction causes a pocket to form along the lower jaw that gets jammed with food. The jaw problem likely does no harm, but the heart/arterial worm can kill them.

I will have to find them, but have trail cam pics of a heavy fighter that had a golf ball sized growth on/in his jaw. By the juvenile hunt the deers antlers were just splintered. We continued seeing the deer and getting pics of him and that growth eventually went away. The following season my wife killed a deer we assumed was the same deer. Looking at the jawbones, we concluded the deer had an abcess.

What was perplexing about that deer, was that he had a screwed up right side the first year we watched him(2017) and the year my wife killed him(2018) his left side was goofy. Deer had a distinct white face and a distinct ear notch. Had hundreds of pics of him from both years.

 

[spur necklace 3]

"If you have a picture of that fawn, I would like to see it. Deer that get a big lump on their lower jaw (called brilliantly, "Lumpy Jaw Syndrome"), often are actually suffering from heart/arterial worms. For whatever reason, this affliction causes a pocket to form along the lower jaw that gets jammed with food."

Not a fawn but have had a couple of bucks with this issue

 

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[spur necklace 3]

I believe the above pic is from when the cyst popped and he had grass/food hanging out for a few days

 

[BSK]

Yup, that's Lumpy Jaw. Adult deer usually survive arterial worm and the lump goes away.