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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: mrmoskillz on July 17, 2013, 07:20:35 AM

Title: Do deer get hoof rot?
Post by: mrmoskillz on July 17, 2013, 07:20:35 AM: This morning there were four deer in my yard (2bucks :IBCOOL:) and one of the does was limping pretty good. I'm sure a million things could have happened to it but it got me wondering if deer get the hoof rot too. Anyone know?
Title: Do deer get hoof rot?
Post by: sirmissalot on July 17, 2013, 07:22:47 AM: Absolutely
Title: Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
Post by: dreamunelk on July 17, 2013, 07:30:19 AM: They are a ruminant. Affected by most of the same things. However, there are over 40 known causes of hoof deformities in ruminants so saying hoof rot is to general.
Title: Do deer get hoof rot?
Post by: sirmissalot on July 17, 2013, 07:42:51 AM: Maybe a better question would be if they are affected by the same hoof rot as the elk in the sw part of the state. That I don't know.
Title: Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
Post by: headshot5 on July 17, 2013, 07:53:36 AM: Yeah they can get hoof rot, and ingrown hooves. A lot of times you'll see some nasty feet on swamp bucks. As far as what the elk have, I have not seen it affect resident deer where > 50% of the elk have bad feet. To clarify, I have seen deer and elk hanging out in the same fields, on multiple occasions, and the deer do not show the signs that the elk do.
Title: Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
Post by: dreamunelk on July 17, 2013, 07:57:55 AM: Quote from: sirmissalot on July 17, 2013, 07:42:51 AM
Maybe a better question would be if they are affected by the same hoof rot as the elk in the sw part of the state. That I don't know.

My guess is it is highly possible. However, there I think harder to transmit if blood born.
Title: Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
Post by: quadcrazy69 on November 16, 2015, 04:51:53 PM: This is what my 2015 Muley buck's hooves look like. Hoof rot?
Title: Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
Post by: Lambaster on November 16, 2015, 04:59:10 PM: Here is a pic of the hooves of my 2015 Black Tail. Thought it was very weird....
Title: Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
Post by: Lambaster on November 16, 2015, 05:08:24 PM: Here is the pic....definitely needs a pedicure...
Title: Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
Post by: fishnfur on November 17, 2015, 11:39:43 AM: I'll be darned. That looks exactly like a smaller version of Elk hoof rot. The disease has not been described in deer by the biologists working on the disease as far as I know. I'd send that photo in to the WDFW elk hoof rot reporting system with a clear description of where you harvested the deer and any other photo's you have. I'd hope they would take more than just a bit of interest in it.
Title: Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
Post by: Igottanewknee on November 17, 2015, 01:53:05 PM: Where are the bells for those deer slippers??? :)
Title: Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
Post by: runamuk on November 17, 2015, 02:08:10 PM: Hoof rot was first observed and being actively studied in Oregon in deer. I had a study once upon a time but lost it in a computer crash. Yes deer get hoof rot and if my brain hadn't broke I might remember some of the details from the research I had read. I stumbled on it searching for information about hoof rot in elk I believe it was a paper written by a biologist at one of the Oregon Universities.