Question for the experts

[knightrider]

Nearly 200 dear in 33 years of hunting and never once have i killed a deer missing big patches of hair but every show you watch all the bucks are missing hair

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

What do you think is causing it?

 

[knightrider]

What do you think is causing it?

Beats me thats why asked everyone else

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

If I had to guess I would say diet related. They must be baiting them with too much corn LMAO.

 

[RUGER]

I'm gonna say it has to something to do with the enclosures the deer are in, or have been in.

 

[dhpro]

If your talks by about the balding places behind the shoulders and on the tender loin Rib area . Was told by guy in Illinois it's where they take the rack back and it rubs and scratches there hide ?? He seemed to know and I took him at his word

 

[BSK]

Never killed nor photographed a buck missing big patches of hair.

 

[Wrangler95]

If it is hunting shows on TV,most of the bucks have fought with each other,fighting is the reason that hair is missing!

 

[RS]

Many of the bucks I see in Kansas have hair missing on their back shoulders. From what I can tell, a lot of it is due to them going under barbwire fences, which are everywhere in the area I hunt. It's funny watching a big buck come up to a fence that isn't that high, and instead of jumping over it, he chooses to squat and go under.

 

[BSK]

Many of the bucks I see in Kansas have hair missing on their back shoulders. From what I can tell, a lot of it is due to them going under barbwire fences, which are everywhere in the area I hunt. It's funny watching a big buck come up to a fence that isn't that high, and instead of jumping over it, he chooses to squat and go under.

That would make sense. Whatever is causing the patches of hair to be missing, it's regional. Never seen it in the Southeast.

 

[Rakkin6]

No expert but I would assume fighting and rubbing up against thing like fence posts, trees etc. Deer have to scratch somehow lol

 

[mike243]

Cant remember the last year I watched a hunting show and don't remember seeing balded deer but under fences would cause some problems

 

[Carlos]

I've dragged a few deer about a mile, and they'd have bald spots on their front shoulders.
Maybe they're puling them behind their atv?

 

[DeerMan66]

I've taken a couple bucks in middle TN with small bald spots, about the size of the top of a coke can, between their shoulder blades. The fence theory makes a lot of sense, but there are hardly any fences any where near the area that I hunt. Saying all that to say, I don't know how they got the bald spots.

 

[Rackseeker]

Could be most hunting shows are filmed in the mid west or northern states. Their winters are longer and colder which puts more stress on the deer. Which could cause hair loss. Just a guess.

 

[recurve60#]

If your talks by about the balding places behind the shoulders and on the tender loin Rib area . Was told by guy in Illinois it's where they take the rack back and it rubs and scratches there hide ?? He seemed to know and I took him at his word

Ive killed several with bald spor on their back. When I'd tip their head all the way back their g2's hit dead center of the bald spots. All Tn deer.

 

[redblood]

Nearly 200 dear in 33 years of hunting and never once have i killed a deer missing big patches of hair but every show you watch all the bucks are missing hair

Ive noticed that too, especially mature midwestern bucks. Ive heard them say its because of fighting but that doesnt add up

 

[TNGunsmoke]

First time I saw it in person was this past season. With where it is located, and the fact that it had a hole in it as big around as my finger and deeper than the first knuckle, I assumed he had been fighting, got an injury, and it itched so he kept scratching it.

 

[BSK]

First time I saw it in person was this past season. With where it is located, and the fact that it had a hole in it as big around as my finger and deeper than the first knuckle, I assumed he had been fighting, got an injury, and it itched so he kept scratching it.
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Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Not many but I've seen a few locally with the scuff mark between shoulders....quick glance through some older pics on phone and located a couple as examples.....the scuff mark on the younger buck is more obvious than the marks on the old buck.