bot fly infestation? buckshot?

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bot fly infestation? buckshot? #3376096 03/20/21 10:56 AM 03/20/21 10:56 AM
Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,511 sellers, montgomery county P paulfish4570 OP 12 point
paulfish4570 OP 12 point P Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,511 sellers, montgomery county	she has been like this for more than a month. seems healthy otherwise: IMG_3893 by paulfish3006, on Flickr IMG_3892 by paulfish3006, on Flickr paulfish4570 Joshua 1:9

Re: bot fly infestation? buckshot? [Re: paulfish4570] #3376194 03/20/21 02:10 PM 03/20/21 02:10 PM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 36,184 alabama BhamFred Freak of Nature
BhamFred Freak of Nature Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 36,184 alabama	bot flys won't hurt her I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted..... proud Cracker-Americaan muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one

Re: bot fly infestation? buckshot? [Re: paulfish4570] #3376198 03/20/21 02:20 PM 03/20/21 02:20 PM
Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,511 sellers, montgomery county P paulfish4570 OP 12 point
paulfish4570 OP 12 point P Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,511 sellers, montgomery county	nope. but if that's what it is, it is a remarkable infestation. probably one bad night in the wrong spot. no other deer in her gang has such tufts ... paulfish4570 Joshua 1:9

Re: bot fly infestation? buckshot? [Re: paulfish4570] #3379923 03/26/21 12:50 PM 03/26/21 12:50 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,852 Cullman, AL R Ryano 10 point
Ryano 10 point R Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,852 Cullman, AL	I had several that appeared that way when the rut kicked in. I purely assumed that it was from being rode by a buck. My thinking was that the front hooves messed the hair up.

Re: bot fly infestation? buckshot? [Re: paulfish4570] #3381746 03/29/21 09:10 PM 03/29/21 09:10 PM
Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,511 sellers, montgomery county P paulfish4570 OP 12 point
paulfish4570 OP 12 point P Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,511 sellers, montgomery county	ryano, that was a theory early on, but she's going on six weeks with those tufts sticking up. soaking rain doesn't knock down the hair. the tufts have stayed in the same places all this time. she's probably out on the corn right now with her buds ... paulfish4570 Joshua 1:9

Re: bot fly infestation? buckshot? [Re: paulfish4570] #3397885 04/26/21 07:33 AM 04/26/21 07:33 AM
Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 11,999 34°25'49.80"N 86°55'46.99"... gman Booner
gman Booner Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 11,999 34°25'49.80"N 86°55'46.99"...	Could it be those wart things? The harder I practice, the luckier I get.

Re: bot fly infestation? buckshot? [Re: paulfish4570] #3398817 04/27/21 01:26 PM 04/27/21 01:26 PM
Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,511 sellers, montgomery county P paulfish4570 OP 12 point
paulfish4570 OP 12 point P Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,511 sellers, montgomery county	the last time i pulled my card, the tufts were starting to lie down. that leads me to thinks the bot fly larvae had reached maturity and dropped away - if it was a bot fly infestation ... paulfish4570 Joshua 1:9