Ever found one like this before?

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  1. Slugger

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    Ever found one like this before? Found today. Other pic is of him from last season. That's alot of bone below the burr. What do you think? 20200806_132528.jpeg 20200806_132539.jpeg 20200806_132551.jpeg 20200806_132559.jpeg 20200806_134628.jpeg

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    Gosh I'm trying to recall but I think Grant Woods had a video on that. If I recall it doesn't fair well for the buck...not gospel though. Check his video library.
     
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    I agree with oldnotdead. I watched a growing deer episode that explained it. It looks like it may of came out a little prematurely.
     
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    I will have to check it out. Hoping hes still out there. I heard about the deer having brain abscess to drop that bone like that. Apparently some die after and some live.

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    That is the result of a cranial abscess. It will get worse each year with further skull plate being lost with each shed. It will very likely eventually kill him if he isn't already dead.

    I have 3 years worth of trail cam photos and progressive sheds from a very nice buck who suffered this fate.
     
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