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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: boneaddict on November 15, 2013, 02:06:25 PM

Title: Droop ear
Post by: boneaddict on November 15, 2013, 02:06:25 PM: Found another........

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Title: Re: Droop ear
Post by: boneaddict on November 15, 2013, 02:16:20 PM: You guys remember this guy. I thought his might be from the bullet hitting his antler. Wondering what the cause is?

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Title: Re: Droop ear
Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 15, 2013, 02:18:39 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Droop ear
Post by: deaner on November 15, 2013, 02:25:16 PM: droop ear you say?
Title: Re: Droop ear
Post by: sebek556 on November 15, 2013, 02:27:40 PM: I know in dogs it can happen from a ruptured blood vessel and it causes droop ear if not properly cleaned and bandaged. :dunno: Maybe something like that in deer from fighting or scratching?
Title: Re: Droop ear
Post by: HighCountryHunter88 on November 15, 2013, 02:49:10 PM: Quote from: deaner on November 15, 2013, 02:25:16 PM
droop ear you say?

the big boar i killed had a drooped ear as well, i assumed from fighting?
Title: Re: Droop ear
Post by: pianoman9701 on November 15, 2013, 02:50:30 PM: Might be a stroke. Look at the eye on the same side.
Title: Re: Droop ear
Post by: deaner on November 15, 2013, 05:14:09 PM: Quote from: HighCountryHunter88 on November 15, 2013, 02:49:10 PM
Quote from: deaner on November 15, 2013, 02:25:16 PM
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
Title: Re: Droop ear
Post by: boneaddict on November 15, 2013, 05:17:37 PM: Nothing better than an old bruiser
Title: Re: Droop ear
Post by: lewy on November 15, 2013, 05:43:31 PM: When you get old things start to go limp :chuckle:
Title: Re: Droop ear
Post by: nwwanderer on November 15, 2013, 06:03:39 PM: 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
Title: Re: Droop ear
Post by: hirshey on November 15, 2013, 06:15:18 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Droop ear
Post by: lokidog on November 15, 2013, 07:41:52 PM: 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.