Deer Squirts

[brymoore]

.375 Winchester.

Squirts might be caliber related!

 

[Stone_Ice_1]

My parents have a bunch of apple trees in their yard and the deer are constantly in there eating, especially once the apples start to drop. They will hang out there all day. When they start eating the apples their poop is no longer pellets and is just diarrhea that you describe and show. My bet is diet. He is eating something to make that happen.

 

[sambo3006]

Seen it before, one time while I was duck hunting in 20 degree temps and blowing sleet. It's not fun to peel out of your waders, sweat pants, and long underwear to check on what you already know is there.

 

[CowboyLeroy]

Seen it before, one time while I was duck hunting in 20 degree temps and blowing sleet. It's not fun to peel out of your waders, sweat pants, and long underwear to check on what you already know is there.

You got to hold that kind of warmth in!

 

[Pucky Freak]

Y’all haven’t seen deer diarrhea in the snow?? Extremely common in IA.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Yellow to orange, gelatinous looking fat is catabolic fat. It’s a sign that the body is breaking down that fat to meet energy requirements rather than meeting them through food intake. Common in rutting and post rut bucks, but also common in animals with injury or disease that prevents them from foraging effectively.

The diarrhea could be a sign of a recent diet switch, or an overly dense diet. I’ve seen town deer eating a mostly corn diet get bad diarrhea from the overabundance of carbs. At necropsy, their stomachs and intestinal linings are red, inflamed, and sloughing off in some places. Lots of that yellow fat because they aren’t absorbing the nutrients effectively anymore.

There are bacterial diseases that can cause diarrhea, but you would usually need to send in tissue or serum samples to tell that. Your buck looks otherwise healthy in your pic. Could just be indicative of a change in diet.

 

[thomas89]

Yellow to orange, gelatinous looking fat is catabolic fat. It’s a sign that the body is breaking down that fat to meet energy requirements rather than meeting them through food intake. Common in rutting and post rut bucks, but also common in animals with injury or disease that prevents them from foraging effectively.

The diarrhea could be a sign of a recent diet switch, or an overly dense diet. I’ve seen town deer eating a mostly corn diet get bad diarrhea from the overabundance of carbs. At necropsy, their stomachs and intestinal linings are red, inflamed, and sloughing off in some places. Lots of that yellow fat because they aren’t absorbing the nutrients effectively anymore.

There are bacterial diseases that can cause diarrhea, but you would usually need to send in tissue or serum samples to tell that. Your buck looks otherwise healthy in your pic. Could just be indicative of a change in diet.

I was hoping you’d reply! Thanks!

Spoke with a biologist who said a lot of the same. Suggested a hard rut, diet change, as well as environmental stressors like deer season and deep snow may have been hard on him.

I got it deboned and encountered zero things I was concerned with. No pus, no discoloration, old wounds, etc etc. meat all smelled great.

CWD test is submitted, might take a couple weeks for that, and pending results I think I’ll eat this little fella just fine.