Looks like it, probably psoroptic mange. See tons of it on the Elk Refuge. I used to have to take skin scrapings and ID mites under the microscope. Not super uncommon, especially in winter.
Dawn or borax, though if we’re just talking for the purposes of transport you could probably get away with just plain water, then degrease it when you get home or let the taxi worry about it.
I’ve never pressure washed one. Once the tissue is soft, I just scrape it with a knife blade or...
Those bird ramps like @mtmiller posted are cheap and they work. Or at a minimum put a post or 2x4 in there so they can self-rescue.
Those pics are odd though. He never looked as soaked as I would expect if he was stuck. But I’ve never heard of one hanging out in the water for hours of its own...
Gotta show off that passenger side. Really cool unique buck. Pedestal or one of those wall pedestals with a hard turn might look good.
Congratulations.
My husband and I were just talking about this. He said this was never a thing growing up here, and the first time he saw them was when he went to Alaska. Never recalls his parents mentioning seeing them either.
My great uncle, WWII. Served with the 163rd Infantry, and died in New Guinea in May 1944. For the rest of her life my grandma could never talk about him without choking up. I inherited his hunting rifle, with orders to take it hunting. So I did.
I don’t have any pics here of my grandpa. He...
Interesting to see this has had a resurgence on TikTok of all places. I remember my parents playing this in the car and I thought it was some of their oldies music. But I always liked the song. Didn’t realize until much later that this was really a very fresh tragedy at the time.
I thought about that, but being on the warm water side of the state I don’t think there’s a shop within 200 miles of me, and I don’t personally know any fly tiers.
That said, a northern would probably bite a hunk of hide on a hook.
I’ve got offcuts from time to time that I feel bad throwing away. Currently have some raccoon scraps, including face and tail. These are tanned, various shapes and sizes. Mostly belly fur and edges. Could be used for trapping lures, jewelry, craft projects, pet toys. Free if you can use them...
Not necessarily, because what they are saying in this paper is that the higher frequency of resistant genes in older deer appears to be an artifact of attrition (all the wild type ones died earlier) vs showing any type of actual genetic shift due to selection in the population. Those bucks are...
This article is interesting because they are saying that those resistant genes are not, in fact, being passed on at higher frequency. The wild type genotype is still present in each new fawn crop as frequently as it’s always been. They just die sooner than the others possessing resistant...
One issue that gets glossed over by folks that start getting excited about “desireable” genotypes and natural selection is that these more resistant genotypes are present at very low levels in populations before CWD. This really suggests that those genotypes are not advantageous and have been...