Looks like his left eye is out also. This guy has had a rough rut!
Wrecked!
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JCDEERMAN
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The one killed on our place, same. His left eye was completely out and infected. Had scars all over his neck.
Rut is tough this year, very competitive. Not sure what it means or why, but it's apparent.
It be ok. Chicks dig scars. ……..you should see the other guy….
Carlos
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You beat me to that one.
megalomaniac
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Weird year for us... FEWER bucks with broken racks, only 1 buck with a poked out eye. BUT weight loss across all age classes has been exceptional.
I don't know why or what to make of it.
I don't know why or what to make of it.
JCDEERMAN
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I don't know what's going on. 2021, 2022 and 2023 I have seen some really aggressive deer - scarring, busted up racks, 1 eye willies…not sure what to make of it.
Roadracer6
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Not only are we aggrevated with current government/leadership and literally EVERYTHING else going on in America, the deer clearly share the same thoughts.
I seen a small buck this year bleeding from both eyes. He was still hard at it.
Got more than one mangled ear but this one is especially ragged and yes, weighs low across the board on bucks.
Same with my Ohio place. Three big bucks missing beams and a fourth with gore holes in his neck and thigh.
The eye may heal. I had a 4.5 yr old who was incredibly all yr about 7 or 8 years ago. He was about 120. I didnt really care about shooting him so i avoided that section of the farm to avoid any temptation. He hardley ever left the plot after rut but showed up one day with s big swelled up eye. I would also notice that on night photos, there was no eye shine from that side. As the weeks went by his eye went down and the eye shine returned. So i assumed his vision did also . He survived the season and i never saw him again, but he taught me alot
BSK
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I have seen more "blind-in-one-eye" deer in the last two years than I have in the previous 20 years combined.
Same goes for bucks with one antler being really crazy - the kind of thing you see from body injuries.
Have had several weird racks as you described past couple years. Been thinking about letting some of our newer & young hunters take them out since they'll probably never meet our minimum requirement.
Ouch!!
