What is wrong with this deer?

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What is wrong with this deer? #2582788 09/17/18 11:34 PM 09/17/18 11:34 PM
Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 4,597 Elmore county GKelly OP 10 point
GKelly OP 10 point Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 4,597 Elmore county	So should I put this thing down? is it contagious to other deer? and last WTF is it? [img][img]https://i.postimg.cc/NycMjFL6/1_IMG_0353.jpg[/img] [/img] Last edited by GKelly; 09/18/18 12:19 AM.

Re: What is wrong with this deer? [Re: GKelly] #2582805 09/18/18 01:08 AM 09/18/18 01:08 AM
Joined: Jul 2018 Posts: 30 Ga S StrungOut spike
StrungOut spike S Joined: Jul 2018 Posts: 30 Ga	Looks like Fibromatosis https://www.dfw.state.or.us/wildlife/health_program/fibromatosis/

Re: What is wrong with this deer? [Re: GKelly] #2582817 09/18/18 04:44 AM 09/18/18 04:44 AM
Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 10,392 northport deadeye48 Booner
deadeye48 Booner Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 10,392 northport	Seen several deer like that. Was told it was a fungus but have no clue. I know the ones that were killed were buried because no one would eat them When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself The older I get the better I used to be

Re: What is wrong with this deer? [Re: GKelly] #2582863 09/18/18 07:26 AM 09/18/18 07:26 AM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 15,980 Brierfield Beadlescomb Old Mossy Horns
Beadlescomb Old Mossy Horns Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 15,980 Brierfield	That Is the blurriest deer ive ever seen We will burn that bridge when we get there

Re: What is wrong with this deer? [Re: GKelly] #2582866 09/18/18 07:30 AM 09/18/18 07:30 AM
Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 1,677 OAK MTN HBWALKER14 8 point
HBWALKER14 8 point Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 1,677 OAK MTN	hpv A BAD DAYS HUNTING OR FISHING IS BETTER THAN ANY DAY AT WORK

Re: What is wrong with this deer? [Re: GKelly] #2582965 09/18/18 09:32 AM 09/18/18 09:32 AM
Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,511 sellers, montgomery county P paulfish4570 12 point
paulfish4570 12 point P Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,511 sellers, montgomery county	cald wounds ... paulfish4570 Joshua 1:9

Re: What is wrong with this deer? [Re: HBWALKER14] #2582967 09/18/18 09:35 AM 09/18/18 09:35 AM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,199 Lamar F Fishduck 6 point
Fishduck 6 point F Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,199 Lamar	Originally Posted by HBWALKER14 hpv X2 Killed one like that once during bow season. She was in thick brush and had to shoot through an opening, so I never saw the warts until she was dead. Looked it up and the warts were identical. Said it was safe to eat but there was no way I would.

Re: What is wrong with this deer? [Re: GKelly] #2582979 09/18/18 09:50 AM 09/18/18 09:50 AM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 6,999 Holly Pond, AL NightHunter 10 point
NightHunter 10 point Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 6,999 Holly Pond, AL	Cutaneous fibromas or warts... Safe to eat. The only thing I'd worry with on this deer is them being on the facial region. They can cause poor vision/breathing/eating when on the eyes, nose or mouth. Looks fine right now though.

Re: What is wrong with this deer? [Re: GKelly] #2582980 09/18/18 09:51 AM 09/18/18 09:51 AM
Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 652 SW Alabama A ALFisher 4 point
ALFisher 4 point A Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 652 SW Alabama	The h in hpv stands for "human" so it can't be that. Read the article on fibromatosis.

Re: What is wrong with this deer? [Re: GKelly] #2583112 09/18/18 12:09 PM 09/18/18 12:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,199 Lamar F Fishduck 6 point
Fishduck 6 point F Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,199 Lamar	I stand corrected. Caused by a papilloma virus but not the H version. Still not eating an infected deer, no matter how safe.

Re: What is wrong with this deer? [Re: GKelly] #2583598 09/18/18 08:45 PM 09/18/18 08:45 PM
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 7,422 Tenn W woodduck 14 point
woodduck 14 point W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 7,422 Tenn	Killed a nice 8 one time his whole ass end on one side was covered in them. Could not see myself that hard up for deer meat at the time. Threw it in a ditch on my way home

Re: What is wrong with this deer? [Re: GKelly] #2585528 09/20/18 10:54 PM 09/20/18 10:54 PM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 11,146 Central Alabama Cuz-Pat Booner
Cuz-Pat Booner Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 11,146 Central Alabama	Seen a 7 point last year covered up with the warts. Cutaneous fibromas caused by the papilloma virus. They say nothing wrong with eating them but I ain't that hongry. I let the 7 point walk on by... Cuz-Pat Patton's European Mounts Professional Quality Skull & Antler Taxidermy Since 1998

Re: What is wrong with this deer? [Re: GKelly] #2585535 09/20/18 11:26 PM 09/20/18 11:26 PM
Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 1,680 AL/GA Bamaturkeykilla 8 point
Bamaturkeykilla 8 point Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 1,680 AL/GA	Got this doe on two different cams. There are two rules for success: 1. Never tell everything you know.