SW WASHINGTON DEFORMED ANTLERS

[grundy53]

I shot a 4x5 last year that had horn rot, sounds like what rsarkks was talking about. You can stick a screwdriver 4-5" down the ends of hte horns and he did not have any hoof rot.

I killed a 5x5 several years ago that had some horn rot. No hoof rot.

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[rsarkks]

Here is the bull I shot last year with the "horn rot", where the antler end was soft and bloody.

[JPhelps]

Yeah we have killed some black tipped "rotten" horned bulls with no signs of hoof rot. Also I can't remember one of the hoof rotted bulls having the rotten horns. 

[bbarnes]

Thanks everyone for posting your photos,hoof rot or no hoof rots great.A brief description of what GMU,and clear cut or no clear cut area,would be a big help.This information will go a long way,to help our SW WASHINGTON elk herds.

[RadSav]

Wife's 2011 Unicorn was not deformed, but the heavy base opposite the hoof rot was broken 2" above the pedicle.  We also saw seven unicorn deer that same year.  Not sure I had seen more than two in the 30 years prior.

[grundy53]

Here are two we killed in 2008 with very peculiar antlers. Both were in the same herd. Killed on state land. No hoof rot present.

[grundy53]

It isn't a very good picture but you can kind of tell these antlers are fairly abnormal. This bull was killed in 2008 on state land and did have hoof rot.

[grundy53]

here is the one I killed in 2011 that had "horn rot" you can tell the top two points on both sides are soft and black.

[mtman]

I have heard the same thing as phelps is saying. that the opposite antler of problem leg has the effect. I shot a bull that had and old rifle bullet in its femour and its opposite antler was deformed.

[grundy53]

This one was killed in 2009. The opposite leg was previously broken but healed over. 

[rsarkks]

Here is the bull I shot last year with the "horn rot", where the antler end was soft and bloody.

This bull was shot in the Lewis River unit, no clearcuts anywhere around, no hoof rot.

[bbarnes]

Let your friends know to post there photos there's some great ones thanks again.

[GHETTO GUIDE]

I was at the meeting and when they declared that they havent seen any antler deformity associated with hoof rot I about fu*kin puked. I realized we (I mean they) are farther out of touch than I thought.  Maybe the antler deform is associated with malnourishment or the disease its self , IDK. 

Ill take a pic of a severly deformed porous set of antlers.  It came from a bull on the last day that was so emaciated to the point it had sores on its sternum from being bedded so much.  It didnt even want to get up and walk.  At the time of shooting you couldnt tell how bad it was.

[Bean Counter]

Wow. What a sad state some WA herds are in.

[redi]

Here's one my daughter killed 2 years ago. It had hoof root on the opposite foot also.