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Killed a young buck today , it had hard black tumors on it's face & 1 on a lower front leg. The deer was otherwise healthy it was fat the liver looked fine. I did not disect a tumor to see whet it looked like inside. Anybody ever seen these on a deer ??
Mike
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I don't care what the deer's liver looked like....
I would never eat a deer with a tumor...Never....
You never know....
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Killed a spike last year with tumors... Look like this? ![[Linked Image]](http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f311/GmoneyTLU/DSCN1841.jpg)
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I have seen them on a buck less than a month ago and the butcher and biologist agree that they were fibroma tumors, WARTS. they cannot be transmitted to humans and don't affect the meat. they are caused by a virus.
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Yup...
You nailed it runningboard...
Viral infection not harmful in any way to the critter or you and I...
The deer above was a sausage candidate and he was elected...
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That's a spike? Looks like a nubber to me....  You must have been a hungry mo-scratcher to shoot that dink...
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Yeah , that's what it looked like.
Mike
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That's a spike? Looks like a nubber to me.... You must have been a hungry mo-scratcher to shoot that dink... Little bro shot him with the .223...Thought he was a doe... He had a BIG body and as you can see, a monster rack.... Definately not a late hatch deer... I was doing him a favor calling him a spike....grin..
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Yeah, they are warts. Lots of animals get them. Usually young animals and they will grow out of them as the body gains immunity to the virus. They don't hurt anything unless they happen to occur on the eye lids or in the mouth.
Unless you plan to eat the hide they don't hurt the meat.
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Yep, Warts. I used to hunt a place that it was normal to see them. There were far too many deer in that area (Residential Archery Only)which was thought to be a reason for the increased amount of deer with warts.
Killed a 7 pt there a few years back that had them all over his eyes, one of them had his eye lid pulled way down. Pretty nasty looking but every time I took one like that I peeled the skin back and you could never see any evidence of the wart directly underneath the hide. They only effect the surface of the skin and cause no harm to humans.
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Here's a clip from a write-up on whitetails: These wartlike growths can cover large portions of the body, but usually are small, single to multiple, and range from a fraction of an inch to several inches in diameter. They are caused by a virus that often infects the deer through a wound. Fibromas are more common in bucks because they are more likely to incur wounds while fighting other bucks and rubbing antlers.
Although sometimes grotesque in appearance, fibromas generally do no harm to deer. The virus that causes them to grow in whitetails does not infect other wild animals, domestic animals or humans. Fibromas are confined to the skin and, therefore, are removed when the deer is processed for consumption. They do not affect the quality of the meat.
Good Luck Reloader7RM
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