Guest Andrea Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Had a bunch of does under me the other day. The two younger ones were coughing. They looked healthy and all that. But I've never heard of one doing that. One of them was sneezing too. Can they get colds or what was that all about??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PSEHUNTER087 Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? No idea i have never heard of that before, but thats one reason we sit, to see and experience new things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? They probably have deer bot fly larvae in their nose causing them to sneeze and cough. Here read this article I copied and pasted on it. [ QUOTE ] Deer bot fly- Cephenemyia pratti While in-flight the female ejects tiny larvae into the nostrils of the host deer. Once inside they migrate to sinus cavities, where they develop into big fat maggots. If you've even seen a deer coughing and sneezing it could well be in response to the wiggling movement of grubs through the nose and throat. Once mature they're expelled from the throat, and pupate in the soil before adult flies emerge. They don't generally cause much harm to the deer but occasionally, heavy infections may cause death by suffocation and death can also result from detached larvae migrating to the lungs. [/ QUOTE ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? [ QUOTE ] They probably have deer bot fly larvae in their nose causing them to sneeze and cough. Here read this article I copied and pasted on it. [ QUOTE ] Deer bot fly- Cephenemyia pratti While in-flight the female ejects tiny larvae into the nostrils of the host deer. Once inside they migrate to sinus cavities, where they develop into big fat maggots. If you've even seen a deer coughing and sneezing it could well be in response to the wiggling movement of grubs through the nose and throat. Once mature they're expelled from the throat, and pupate in the soil before adult flies emerge. They don't generally cause much harm to the deer but occasionally, heavy infections may cause death by suffocation and death can also result from detached larvae migrating to the lungs. [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] Oh now that is just GROSS. Is the deer okay for consumption or what??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? I've seen both. I don't know why they do it. I've heard botflies will make them sneeze. I once watched a doe bed about 30 yards from me. She sneezed the whole time, and she was trying to scratch her nose with her rear hoof too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? I would think they would be okay for consumption considering not many people eat deer noses that I know of. Plus I doubt the flies could live in stomach acid. Just extra protein. That is if it's fly maggots in their noses making them sneeze and cough. Yes, gross, but a lot of gross things live in a nose. Which is why mothers always tell you don't pick your nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? [ QUOTE ] I would think they would be okay for consumption considering not many people eat deer noses that I know of. Plus I doubt the flies could live in stomach acid. Just extra protein. That is if it's fly maggots in their noses making them sneeze and cough. Yes, gross, but a lot of gross things live in a nose. Which is why mothers always tell you don't pick your nose. [/ QUOTE ] Guess just the IDEA of bot flies in a deer is bad enough. Oh well. I won't look............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYBUCK Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? Yep I have heard both of them before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagobbln Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? Flu season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbucks Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? did it sound like a human cough i never heard of that one before...did they do it for a long time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whttlbucksteve Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? I have heard about that before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robk Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? sounds like a snort wheeze sound but i wasn't there to hear it. they can catch colds and other infections i am just like we can. you never know what you will hear around animals including the deer. if you can talk to a game warden or one of the bio people and see what they say rob k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? I've heard deer cough and deer sneeze quite a number of times. Coughing is probably more common than sneezing though. One of the deer I videoed while I was in Iowa this year was sneezing a lot. He was fairly close to my stand for several minutes. When he finally got right below my stand he appeared to have something bothering his nose. Her would paw at it and sneeze trying to get it out I guess. One the video I could see the mist coming out of his nose when he sneezed. I had a little trouble trying to keep from laughing out loud at him. I also recall watching a buck several years ago in Louisiana that was feeding that appeared to get something caught in his throat. He made a lot of noise coughing it up and then went right back to feeding. The coughing sequence the deer went through was pretty funny though because he had a lot of trouble clearing his throat. Hearing deer cough is not that uncommon though around here but that particular deer needed somebody to give him the hymlick maneuver (however you spell it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockefeller66 Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? weird, never heard of that either? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DropTineOutdoors Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? A pack of hand warmers.....$1.00, A new trail camera.....$200.00......A deer coughing and sneezing under my treestand.......PRICELESS! I have heard this before (at least the sneezing) and I hope to one day get it on video!! Good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PAWhitetailhunter19 Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? Deer make some crazy noises. It is possible for them to get sick just as humans do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bond Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? I've heard coughs before. The first time I heard one, it was before light and it scared me because I had no idea what it was. But the deer stayed under me until it got light out. I realized it was a deer making the noise and was gonna shoot it to put it out of it's misery(I was thinking that it would just be skin and bones and foaming at the mouth) but it was perfectly healthy. I couldn't see anything physically wrong with it. So I let it go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? Maybe there is a reason I have coughed with a deer nearby and they more or less ignored it completly. If you muffle it slightly it goesn't seem to bother them ay all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitRmisS Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? i've never heard them make any noises like this, sounds pretty cool though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? I never have heard a deer make any of these noises i would like to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODH Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? I've heard them weeze, but never cough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? M00n.. that is pretty interesting.. I've never seen a deer sneeze or cough, but have heard them snort wheeze. Definitely a more common noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? I've heard snorts and wheezes before. I've only heard one cough while out in the woods and it was a Doe last turkey season walked by me in the wood and kept coughing then scratched her nose and even rubbed her nose on the ground a few times then she sneezed and appeared whatever was in her nose/throat she sneezed out because I didn't hear a single peep as she trotted off following the buck in velvet infront of her away from me. The cough was quite strange to hear coming from a deer. It almost sounded like a human cough. The sneeze sounded like my dog when you blow air in her nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: Deer cough??? Have seen and heard deer both cough and sneeze. Saw our first deer with the nose bots last year. We ate the deer the meat was perfectly fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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