Scarface

Looks like this feller had a pretty rough season.  I guess I need to make sure my stands are setup on his right side next fall

 

ORIGINAL: Esox_Hunter

Looks like this feller had a pretty rough season.  I guess I need to make sure my stands are setup on his right side next fall

 
You might want to consider calling your WCO and letting him/her know of this deer. Under the perfect conditions and opportunity it might be worth trying to capture this deer and removing that chunk of antler from his jaw. He might do ok with it but it might get to the point it is having an adverse affect on his ability to survive. I am sure he would do better if it could be removed.
 
The question would be if it could be done without causing more harm than good. It is probably worth at least discussing it with the local WCO.
 
R.S. Bodenhorn  
 
 

Are you sure it is a piece of antler and not just the hide with the hair scraped off. Look at it with a glass.

That is nasty!

After thinking about it, I tend to agree with WF here that this is simply part of nature.  Even if the PGC would come out to intervene, I don't feel that it would be a very good use of their resources. 

Looked at that white mark for a long time and think the jury may well still be out as to wether its a piece of bone or simply a hairless area of scarring.
  In that longer range photo he looks to be in good physical condition however the close up looks like there still may be some swollen infection going on or perhaps some permanent disfiguration -
  Overall looks like it still in the healing process but not hurting his general health- lucky deer.
   Could a bad molar infection have traveled all the way up to his eye area ?? Saw an African deer  once that had a large blowout hole from a bad molar with a large facial response too-looked similar around the jaw- not all the way up to the eye like that but still huge.

amazing... to think with the thousands of deer killed and wounded in PA each year by vehicle, predator, poacher, and disease... some guy's trail-pic of a wounded deer would even be considered for a call for action. Do the wardens really have that much time on their hands that they would even waste even a moment considering looking for this deer??? Seriously??? Geesh!

btw- to original poster: neat pic. grody, for sure... LOL (and glad to read that YOU never even considered contacting the authorities. someone else has some sense of nature's process)

Yea they can't even pick up a road kill. I watched a warden drive right by one yesterday in Beaver Co. And there doing to take time to catch a wounded deer? My guess if they did show up,they would put it down if they saw it.

ORIGINAL: Big Tuna

Yea they can't even pick up a road kill. I watched a warden drive right by one yesterday in Beaver Co. And there doing to take time to catch a wounded deer? My guess if they did show up,they would put it down if they saw it.

 
It is now PennDOTs job to pick up the road killed deer on any state highways. The Game Commission will still pick them up on roads that are not state highways. PennDOT gets money from the federal government to remove highway-killed animals so it is only right that they do it instead of the Game Commission if they are already receiving the money for doing it.
 
The Game Commission used to pick up the highway-killed deer but PennDOT has been doing it now for a few years. PennDOT used to and maybe still does put out contracts for deer removal in some areas of the state instead of doing it themselves but in other areas they either do it themselves or it does not get done at all.
 
R.S. Bodenhorn
 
 

What a waste of hunters money to pay Penn Dot and private people to pick up deer,I'm aware of Penn Dot picking up deer I have a few buddies that work for Penn Dot they have a nice pile of antlers.I know private guys get $80 to pick up a road kill.How much does PGC pay Penn Dot to pick them up? Theres where all the money goes.lol

ORIGINAL: spoonchucker

PennDOT gets money from the federal government to remove highway-killed animals

Not PGC ( "hunters" ) money.

 
Interstate commerce clause of the Constitution?

Economic stimulus through corporate subsidy. Road kill is the primary ingredient in Spam. The company ( and it's jobs ) would be lost without this "bailout".

Tolorable rot? Wished I'd said that..WF

I say get picking up road kill out of the federal government and back to the states where they can decide the amount of tolorable rot.

Hey, I'm not proud, this is how I got my deer this year.