Droop ear

[boneaddict]

Found another........

[boneaddict]

You guys remember this guy.   I thought his might be from the bullet hitting his antler.   Wondering what the cause is?

[carpsniperg2]

I remember that buck huge massive body. You have a pretty cool pic from last year of him on the side hill facing towards you. I don't know if that would have caused the ear thing. We have a few running around here that are like that as well.

[deaner]

droop ear you say?

[sebek556]

I know in dogs it can happen from a ruptured blood vessel and it causes droop ear if not properly cleaned and bandaged.  Maybe something like that in deer from fighting or scratching?

[HighCountryHunter88]

droop ear you say?

the big boar i killed had a drooped ear as well, i assumed from fighting?

[pianoman9701]

Might be a stroke. Look at the eye on the same side.

[deaner]

droop ear you say?

the big boar i killed had a drooped ear as well, i assumed from fighting?

im sure it is on this one at least.  he is also missing his right eye, and his snout is slightly out of alignment.  i think hes seen a few brawls

[boneaddict]

Nothing better than an old bruiser

[lewy]

When you get old things start to go limp

[nwwanderer]

Not going to respond to old limp things but can someone show an old whitetail with both ears down.  I have seen a few, never with a camera

[hirshey]

I've seen a lot of does with this issue.. fewer bucks. Perhaps something to do with the ear getting cold weather damage? I asked the local biologists a few years back and they said they didn't know.

[lokidog]

We used to have one old doe we called Donkey Doe, both ears were like that.  We never saw her with either ear up, even when looking at us.