http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/01/13/chronic-wasting-disease-continues/ Deer Hunting and Habitat Management Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:32:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/01/13/chronic-wasting-disease-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-2249 Geryl Taylor Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:06:54 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/01/13/chronic-wasting-disease-continues/#comment-2249 I recently culled a short tined 10 point because it looked to be a 6 1/2year old or older buck. After he was down, I found he had a real scaley fur on his face making him appear years older than he was (white scaley flakes on his brown face making it look white). The buck also had five or six 4 inch dark brown outlined cicles on his sides. His muscle tone looked poor, so I thought he was diseased and did not want this spread to other deer. After aging his lower jaw, I discovered the deer was 3 1/2 years old. Have you heard other stories like this? Is it something to be worried about? I recently culled a short tined 10 point because it looked to be a 6 1/2year old or older buck. After he was down, I found he had a real scaley fur on his face making him appear years older than he was (white scaley flakes on his brown face making it look white). The buck also had five or six 4 inch dark brown outlined cicles on his sides. His muscle tone looked poor, so I thought he was diseased and did not want this spread to other deer. After aging his lower jaw, I discovered the deer was 3 1/2 years old. Have you heard other stories like this? Is it something to be worried about?

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