Something's wrong with this girl

[Bill]

Not sure what she's got going on but she doesn't look healthy to me.

Sunkin eyes, swollen ankles, Hind qtr looks off. All the other deer I'm seeing are fat and happy. She just looks sad.

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[sandbur]

Old and arthritic?

Lymes?

 

[Bill]

It may just be old age. She sure has a big head like an old doe.

 

[Native Hunter]

Hard to say Bill. Looks to me like a younger doe with swelling in the face rather than an old doe.

 

[Bill]

I went back through some pics. I think there is an issue with her right hind qtr. Absolutely something going on with here jaw.
Probably making it difficult to eat. One thing for sure, she hasn't improved from Jan 19th to 2 days ago when that first pic was taken.

I'm half way tempted to take a pity stand for her.

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[browndog]

Yotes will probably start eyeing her up. I had a little doe on cam that didn't look right and one of the last vids I had of her I sent to a buddy and said it wouldn't surprise me if the yotes take her down. I found her two days later and it was obvious that the yotes got her.

 

[Bill]

I hope so, I kinda don't like looking at her :)

 

[Turkey Creek]

Maybe an abscessed tooth. We had a doe this fall that was skin and bones something was obviously wrong with her. She had a definite limp when she walked. I assumed she has been turned into coyote food by now.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

I guess better for the yotes to feed on the defective ones and let healthier ones alone.

 

[aerospacefarmer]

Would think a yote death is a worse way to go than a humane bullet to the heart and lungs. Then the totes can clean up. I saw a video once of 2 yotes tear up a deer and it was not pretty

 

[Bill]

Would think a yote death is a worse way to go than a humane bullet to the heart and lungs. Then the totes can clean up. I saw a video once of 2 yotes tear up a deer and it was not pretty

You're right, a bullet would help her out. I haven't seen her since the last pic so she may have already expired.