Will He Survive?

[Bloodrunner06]

Very nice. Good call on waiting

[RangerRick2012]

Very nice...

[open.pasture]

just shows you how tuff animals are , nice buck

[courtatlawjudge]

Congrats. I believe that we never kill a deer over an injury unless it is so down that survival is impossible. God made them to survive. They do a darn good job at it!

[Rainmaker]

Very nice. Good call on waiting

x2... Congrats!!

[Txbownut]

Great success story, congrats!

[cmeadors]

Good job

[SLICK_N_STICKY]

Dang what a story of a life time.

[Stevotary]

Sweet

[Stevotary]

He survived foot rot!

[BIG BONE]

Awesome

[Peyton]

Deer with hooves like that are on a higher-than-needed protein diet as I recall.

High carbohydrate intake can cause foundering, but this buck's long left hoof was from his leg injury.

[Msgreenga]

Neat story

[Backwoods101]

Tuff old fart. It's been a while since he put enough weight on the injured leg to wear down the hoof.

[Grayson]

Deer with hooves like that are on a higher-than-needed protein diet as I recall.

High carbohydrate intake can cause foundering, but this buck's long left hoof was from his leg injury.

So, what's the solution? More water? Different feed? We have spring and fall food plots in addition to native browse, so they have plenty to eat.