What is wrong with this deer? Is there anything I should or can do about it? Opinio

[Ronnie41]

I have seen a deer with mange and it looked a lot like this one. We contacted local game dept and they confirmed and suggested we not eat the deer.

[AntlerCollector]

I have seen a deer with mange and it looked a lot like this one. We contacted local game dept and they confirmed and suggested we not eat the deer.

I will try to find out who the local game warden is for Schleicher County

[M16]

its called tick burn, its a reaction to tick bites.

In East Texas it's call Q-beam burn.

Seriously, it's nothing to worry about. I'm sorry I couldn't resist. The heat is getting to me.

[AntlerCollector]

Every year this subject comes up

Yessir.

Must be getting close to deer season

Do these posts mean this is normal for deer to do this? I've seen them shed winter/summer coats, but this looks different to me. It's the ONLY deer I have that looks like this. Just looking for answers. I will try to contact the GW and biologists today.

[flywise]

Do these posts mean this is normal for deer to do this? I've seen them shed winter/summer coats, but this looks different to me. It's the ONLY deer I have that looks like this. Just looking for answers. I will try to contact the GW and biologists today.

I believe that deer is perfectly normal and would be very surprised if it was not.
All deer are different and he might just be the first of the group to change like some bucks are the last to drop their antlers.

[JeffK]

This happens when there are no spikes. Time to start manage deer coats

[forest-hunter]

Mange, have one squirrel that looks the same in our back yard, Idk if it's contagious or not but I think it is.

[forest-hunter]

In East Texas it's call Q-beam burn.

Seriously, it's nothing to worry about. I'm sorry I couldn't resist. The heat is getting to me.

Q beam burn lol LMAO

[Hawkpuppy 1]

Do these posts mean this is normal for deer to do this? I've seen them shed winter/summer coats, but this looks different to me. It's the ONLY deer I have that looks like this. Just looking for answers. I will try to contact the GW and biologists today.

Yes, it's normal. It's not mange. Both forms of mange that animals get would have lesions as well as hair loss at that level. I saw probably 10 deer with the same general look this past Saturday as they begin shedding their coats. They'll look like crap for a couple weeks and be fine as the hair regrows...

[AntlerCollector]

Yes, it's normal. It's not mange. Both forms of mange that animals get would have lesions as well as hair loss at that level. I saw probably 10 deer with the same general look this past Saturday as they begin shedding their coats. They'll look like crap for a couple weeks and be fine as the hair regrows...

Thanks! I'm use to hunting in Gods Country (East Texas). I'm still learning the deer out West.

[Chance Love]

Do these posts mean this is normal for deer to do this? I've seen them shed winter/summer coats, but this looks different to me. It's the ONLY deer I have that looks like this. Just looking for answers. I will try to contact the GW and biologists today.

Yes it's normal. No need to call a biologist or a Game Warden.

I believe that deer is perfectly normal and would be very surprised if it was not.
All deer are different and he might just be the first of the group to change like some bucks are the last to drop their antlers.

Yep.

Yes, it's normal. It's not mange. Both forms of mange that animals get would have lesions as well as hair loss at that level. I saw probably 10 deer with the same general look this past Saturday as they begin shedding their coats. They'll look like crap for a couple weeks and be fine as the hair regrows...

Yep. Normal.

Thanks! I'm use to hunting in Gods Country (East Texas). I'm still learning the deer out West.

East Texas deer do this also.

[AntlerCollector]

Thanks Chance. This one pictured is just a lot uglier than most others so I was concerned it could be mange. Glad to know it isn't .

[JonBoy]

Just changing hair coat from summer to fall. A lot of deer look like that right now that I've seen around the San Antonio area.

This.

[muzzlebrake]

Might be radiation burn. Probably a UFO landed somewhere near it.

[dphillips62]

Horses look like that when they get wormy