Rutting injuries

[Powys.243]

Hi all
Does anyone have images of wounds/injuries that you suspect or know have been caused during the rut? These may be fatal wounds or ones that have been survived.
I’m interested in Fallow or Red Deer, but it would be interesting to see anything you have that relates to any species.
Particularly interested if you can attribute an injury as having been caused by a specific animal.
Especially if you’ve conducted any examination of the carcass/wound and any comparison with the antlers of a suspected “killer” if that animal has been culled.

 

[Essexsussex]

Think it’ll be an antler injury

 

[TonyC]

Master stag in Park, three punctures, broken ribs, 1st week of rut.

 

[Essexsussex]

Think it’ll be an antler injury

He’s missing a brow tine on one side, I wonder if he couldn’t lock another bucks antlers

But I suppose he could have landed on a fence as well!

 

[Tim.243]

Hi all
Does anyone have images of wounds/injuries that you suspect or know have been caused during the rut? These may be fatal wounds or ones that have been survived.
I’m interested in Fallow or Red Deer, but it would be interesting to see anything you have that relates to any species.
Particularly interested if you can attribute an injury as having been caused by a specific animal.
Especially if you’ve conducted any examination of the carcass/wound and any comparison with the antlers of a suspected “killer” if that animal has been culled.

Only muntjac with lots of deep down to the ribs slashes, I have binned 3 over time as they were badly infected (2 very thin)
Shoot a number of fallow and a few red but never seen any injures (only healed lower joints on Fallow)

 

[Fursty Ferret]

 

[Fursty Ferret]

Lost an eye