One-Eared Deer
- Thread starter thinckley
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Mule deer does in that area aren't huntable... but not a bad idea.
Here are some more pictures... I'm almost wondering if it was a birth defect:
I think it's pretty obvious...
I actually picked frostbite, but it could have been any of the first three choices.
I actually picked frostbite, but it could have been any of the first three choices.
Maybe she is the alien, and one of her antennas broke off.
I think I've asked you this before, but what model cam is that? Nice pictures.
As kids on the farm we used to have a 22LR rifle on the tractor so that we could notch the ear of deer in our fields during the summer months. That way we had a better understanding of which deer needed to be harvested during the season. Not everyone shoots as good while filled with adrenaline as Annie Oakley. Might have been part of the effort to drag a deer or two to the barn after dark around the fourth of July. Even a 22LR in the ear canal has a tendency to expire a full grown deer. 
But those critters didn't have a notched ear at harvest time.
But those critters didn't have a notched ear at harvest time. Those photos were taken with this one:
https://www.stealthcam.com/products/deceptor-max-2-0-cellular-trail-camera/
I also have this at a different spot on the property:
https://www.stealthcam.com/products/revolver-pro-2-0/
Huntfish918
Single-Sixer
Coyote got a hold of the poor girl when she was a baby.
Nature adaption that may eventually happen to all females…. Allows them to hear the males less 
Suffered an injury and the tip just sloughed off. I have taken several whitetails with obvious injuries healed over. These are just two examples. The facial scar and split ear appear to have been sparring injuries from when the bucks were deciding who gets the does.
