Antler size isn't everything.

bull nuts on a deer

looks like to me with his little rack he couldn't become a dominant buck.shouldn't have shot it but pulled on his wee wee instead.then the swelling would have gone down.no reallly I have no idea on to what caused this.but one could have a feast on some mountion fries.
 
Could his "condition" be from the shot that killed him? the one picture shows a wound just above the left ham - result of hemmorhage? i have heard of ham shots that have blown out the testicles.
 
never have i seen this in my years! I would be careful eating it. It could be a infection or something, heck I have no clue! Just I wouldnt eat the meat until you knew it wasnt a diesase. Where did you shoot the deer at?. what state?
 
If his testicles don't have an obvious injury, I'd certainly contact a biologist at ODWC about possibly performing a necropsy or at least examining the testicles.

Where in southeast Oklahoma was this killed?
 
Could his "condition" be from the shot that killed him? the one picture shows a wound just above the left ham - result of hemmorhage? i have heard of ham shots that have blown out the testicles.

That is what it looks like to me as well.
 
Could his "condition" be from the shot that killed him? the one picture shows a wound just above the left ham - result of hemmorhage? i have heard of ham shots that have blown out the testicles.

I was wondering something similar. The point of impact (exit?) appears to be right above that. How long was it between the time it was shot and the time of death?

The reason I'm wondering is that, earlier this year, I had a horse seriously injured when he was kicked in the hip by another horse. Within hours, fluid build-up migrated down to the testicles, which swelled enormously. The vet said it was common in that type of injury. Could the gunshot have caused something similar?

(Edit: C'mon guys; let's get serious here.)
 
Hernia, Lyme diesease, hydrococele, varicocele, Hematococele (hematocele), Brucellosis, trauma (likely). Taking them apart with a couple of sterile gloves or taking it to your friendly large animal vet would have helped out. The spermatic cord could have been damaged and had venous flow cease. I wouldn't want to chance handling an animal that has Brucellosis. Undulant fever is a disease many vets suffered through in earlier years. This disease renders the Yellowstone bison inedible.

I've seen a bunch of deer that had edematous pouches around the neck and chest. Most folks thought it was a dreadful disease, but was simply from an isolated traumatic event they would eventually recover from. If this is the case with the testes here, I would think plain old fluid buildup would have been there. THe fluid being serum and not blood. Fluid could also be blood, pus or a combination.
 
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