Under Bite

[Eggman]

This small buck has a noticeable under bite. I have never seen this before on a deer.

How common is it?


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[Tap]

Fairly common here. I've seen several deer over the years with it on my property. I'll post pics later.

W. Pa.

 

[Someday isle]

Enter that pic in the trailcam contest.

 

[Tap]

Here's pics from 2 years of the same buck with an underbite. I know I've seen a few more here, but I can't find the photos.
I nicknamed this buck the "Larson Buck" because he reminded me of a deer in a Gary Larson, Far Side cartoon

 

[Bill]

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This small buck has a noticeable under bite. I have never seen this before on a deer.

How common is it?


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Underbite and to me it looks like a loooong neck.

 

[SWIFFY]

Thats cool... wouldnt that be an "overbite"???

I have a doe on my place with an underbite where tha bottom jaw is longer than the top. Maybe I am backwards here??

 

[Tap]

Thats cool... wouldnt that be an "overbite"???

I have a doe on my place with an underbite where tha bottom jaw is longer than the top. Maybe I am backwards here??

Someone else pointed that out on a similar discussion on the old forum. I'd say you are correct...it should be called an overbite.

W. Pa.

 

[Jordan Selsor]

wonder if a deer could get frost bite right there?

 

[SWIFFY]

Here is my under-bite doe. Makes them easy to recognize!

(Pic is 2016) she is 2 1/2 yrs old

 

[S.T.Fanatic]

http://www.northamericanwhitetail.c...ssroads-crops-contributing-whitetail-decline/

This would be my guess to your pictures.

The two paragraphs below the second buck picture sums it up well.

 

[Mortenson]

http://www.northamericanwhitetail.c...ssroads-crops-contributing-whitetail-decline/

This would be my guess to your pictures.

The two paragraphs below the second buck picture sums it up well.

Gordon Whittington's "take-home message" was this quote from Hoy -- "Farmers who care about today’s children and all future generations of animals and people would be wise to immediately switch to farming organically."

I think that sentence alone renders the article useless. I cancelled my subscription to the magazine based on that article.

 

[Bill]

Here is my under-bite doe. Makes them easy to recognize!

That's one ugly girl.

 

[S.T.Fanatic]

Gordon Whittington's "take-home message" was this quote from Hoy -- "Farmers who care about today’s children and all future generations of animals and people would be wise to immediately switch to farming organically."

I think that sentence alone renders the article useless. I cancelled my subscription to the magazine based on that article.

Please explain the uselessness of the article based on Gordon's statement above.

I'm not mr hippy or anything but there are plenty of reasons to reduce chemical applications. Chemical resistance being a big one.

In my area there are hundreds of small streams and rivers that support trout. The invert hatches today are not even close to what they once were before GMO crops became the thing to plant.

I'M not saying that farmers are responsible for deformations in deer or that pesticides and fungicides are killing the pollinators and many of the different species of aquatic insects. BUT, that is where the research is pointing.

 

[Mortenson]

I do not trust the thoughts and motives of people who say "Farmers who care about today’s children and all future generations of animals and people would be wise to immediately switch to farming organically." You might not be, but these people are extremely hippy, and with statements like that, hold zero credibility.
The citizen scientist and her retired game warden husband did their research on road-killed deer. I'll wait for some better science to come along. Irresponsible article, in my opinion.

 

[S.T.Fanatic]

fair enough