Flintlock1776 Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 A fawn just walked up to the front porch and was nibbling on the shrub. I walked out and it walked away slowly then I noticed tow thing. I swear I smelled a stink and then on the back of the deer was a mess if you get my drift. I saw a sickly does like this a few years back. I wonder if it was caused by the guy across the road that feed corn to deer year round. I tried to talk to him to stop it but he would not nor has not stopped. I hope whatever ails this deer will not infect the others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m gardner Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Sounds like scours. They can get it from overcrowding and if there are lots of cattle especially where they feed and water. It's from the feces. The fawns have an immunity to it from the mother's milk at first then they are susceptible after they are weaned. One spot I hunt out here they stopped grazing cattle to help fawn mortality. Crowding deer by artificial feeding may be a cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Crowding deer by artificial feeding may be a cause. You can bet that is the problem here. Since they allowed baiting and feeding here it is a battle of the bait piles. A lot of maladies in the deer from the practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintlock1776 Posted October 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 (edited) You can bait here but only during the hunting season to draw they out but this nub nuts across the road feeds them year round. If I find the carcass when this fawn dies I may levee it on his driveway some night. He calls all the deer he feeds "my deer". Darn near domesticates them :-( Edited October 9, 2011 by Flintlock1776 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m gardner Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 You can bait here but only during the hunting season to draw they out but this nub nuts across the road feeds them year round. If I find the carcass when this fawn dies I may levee it on his driveway some night. He calls all the deer he feeds "my deer". Darn near domesticates them :-( If you put a concentrated food source on the ground it gets feces in it when they stand in it and feed. Then scours may become a problem. The same if you eat from your table from a plate or your toilet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 You can bait here but only during the hunting season to draw them out Flintlock, there are "hunters" who have bait out all year long to educate these deer to come to their spot. The same guys get their unsuspecting doe in the first hour for the buck tag and then have a "surprise party" for their target buck on the return trip. To me it is just a bit disingenuous. The reasoning is that it is "legal" so it is OK. Maybe I am old school, but lesson learned before it was legal was that it was unethical. As for the neighbor he is not the only one domesticating them. Amazing how many feeders are behind non hunter houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintlock1776 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 NJ DNR allows baiting ONLY during the hunting season. The nimrod across the road feeds them year round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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