Mike: I think I may have another candidate for your big nose deer collection. I took this doe in Duluth, Minnesota. It looks a lot like those other deer with the big muzzles, but not as severe. I still have the head and am wondering if I should get in contact with Kevin Keel, the wildlife pathologist at the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study in Athens, Georgia. Let me know what you think. I posted more photos to my blog. –Leif B. I advised Leif to contact Kevin and possibly send the scientist some tissue samples for further on this phenomenon. To date, scientists believe these big noses are caused by bacterial infections. Yesterday Leif wrote back: "I finished up de-boning the deer earlier this [...]

A guy emailed me this picture and asked: Hanback, would you shoot this buck? I love weird racks, but I don’t know. This looks to be a young buck. If you are managing a property, you would definitely classify it as a “cull” buck, as you don’t want him passing on those genetics. And he has a little drop tine! But I don’t think I’d shoot him…it would be interesting to see what the rack looks like in a year or two. Would you shoot him or pass?