Odds this deer will survive the winter(wounded)

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Got this pic on my trail cams of a young 10 I was hoping would make it till next year but I guess the neighbors had a different plan for him. Any chance the wound heals and he survives the winter?
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I think he should be fine. One of our best bucks got shot 3 weeks ago by our neighbor with a crossbow. We have gotten many pics of him since with a rage sticking out of his shoulder blade. He has been pushing does and is on his pre rut pattern so I think he is gonna make it.
 
I feel pretty confident at this point he will be fine. Looks just like a couple that we saw taken this year with wounds from previous shots. And they weren't infected or still bleeding. He may suffer a bit growing his rack next year but that is far enough away I bet even that doesn't really suffer much negatively.


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Not to hijack this thread. But it seems we have had a lot of deer shot and not recovered around us this year as well. I got this pic of one of the deer about a week ago. He looks really rough. I think he will be lucky to make it through the winter.
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They will likely be ok, neither have shed their antlers which happens when their health declines to a critical point!
 
He needs to quit showing himself in daylight if you want him to make it till next year! Not saying I would personally shoot him buy I'd say 90% of everyone out there would
 
plinker22":21z33h60 said:
That buck will heal just fine and I don't think it will even affect his rack. It seem to me that back leg injuries seem to affect the future rack.
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Front leg injury will likely affect same side antler, rear leg injury normally affects opposite side antler.
I agree this injury looks to be muscle and not skeletal which should not affect his rack next yr.
 
I shot a nice mature 8 point this season with the exact same wound, except from a few years ago. I noticed it on last year's trail cam pics. It was healed and I thought it was from his G2s. But after looking closer when I killed him you could tell he had been shot. Then when I caped you could definitely tell as there was a decent amount of muscle missing. But all healed and no infection. That deer will be fine.
 
I've seen a lot of deer killed with old wounds that bad or worse. I shot a deer high but lower than the spine with a bow and ended up killing him during rifle and it looked as though it never phased him.
 
He made it I believe. Think this is same deer, I do. Longer tines but narrow.
 

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Mr. Hawk":1qix7leq said:
He made it I believe. Think this is same deer, I do. Longer tines but narrow.
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Don't think it's the same one. His left side only shows three. The Decemeber pic shows four on the his left.
 
I agree it is likely the same buck. It appears he lost a little mass and a point though.


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Gobbler88":37lluuev said:
I think it's the same deer. Look at the bald spot on his back. Even if it's not, looks like the same genetics. That is just my opinion.
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Yeah, that spot on his back is hard to ignore since it's in the same spot as the injury last year. Not totally conclusive as another buck could have an injury in the same spot but the odds are in favor of this being the same buck.
 
Lots of bucks get spots in there backs like those. Can be from working licking branches and horns hitting their back, crossing under barbed wire fence, etc... Where we used to hunt in MO just about all bucks had a bald spot on their back in the same area.
 
If you have more pics, both last year & this year, please post.

In meantime, I'm 99% sure last year's & this year's pics are of two different bucks.
Both having a back "spot" may just be coincidence.
 
TheLBLman":20h9habe said:
If you have more pics, both last year & this year, please post.

In meantime, I'm 99% sure last year's & this year's pics are of two different bucks.
Both having a back "spot" may just be coincidence.
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I agree that it could just be a coincidence but the fact that he has the 10pt gene, even though only has 4 on one side this year, same area as last years wounded buck and the spot makes me think it's him. Definitely different type rack thank last with long times and narrow rack.

I'll look for more pics
 

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