Never seen deer like this......

[srupp]

Hmmmmm just in from Soda Creek area...seen about 25 mule deer in a group..every last one of them was COMPLETELY covered in mud...:confused:

Not a little sprinkle of mud...but slathered in mud...completely...even the white rear ends...like someone literally applied 2"-3" of mud...and in some places some clumps of mud the size of baseballs...

They were only 20 feet in front of the vehicle and completely and well illuminated..I could hardly believe my eyes...

Now the question is..how?? and why???

Anyone ever encountered this before?? :confused::?

cheers

Steven

[hunter1947]

Yes I have seen this before ,I have seen the mule deer into a natural mud lick when the mud was very wet and the deer looked just as you explained it ,find this like and you have found a gold mine for hunting..

[Big G Hunter]

Maybe to fend off the ticks? Seen some animals that had hardly and hide left on them this spring.

[Ride Red]

Maybe to fend off the ticks? Seen some animals that had hardly and hide left on them this spring.

I agree. But, if you've been watching TV lately, mud baths are the rage again. :wink:

[Weatherby Fan]

My Dad told me they do this when there going from their winter coat to summer coat for hair removal,I thought maybe for ticks also.

[Wild one]

They are working on a new camo pattern for the fall

[coach]

IIRC Arnie covered himself in mud during the original Predator movie in order to hide from the Alien's heat seeking abilities. Maybe there's something around Soda Creek that we all need to be very afraid of?

[srupp]

coach lmao..THATS what it looked like ...son of a gun..

I thought I knew a fair amount about animals..never seen that before..ticks?? new camo?? mud bog??Mud lick?? I sure dont know..

all 100% of the deer..approx 25 animals completely slathered..had to be rolling in the muck...

oh well made the last of the nite shift go by a bit quicker trying to figure that one out...sheesh..


lol just like the Sperminator,,Arnie...."we be BUCK"" lol..

steven

[Philcott]

Is there a new casino in the area with nude mud wrestling?

[mark]

Thats a new one for me, never seen a deer anything but clean! I go with the ticks theory myself???
Would of been nice to get some pics!

[KB90]

I was out shed hunting in soda creek a little while ago and we got hammered by ticks, it was gross, never went back again. They were all over all of us.

Perhaps thats why?

[Big Lew]

Have watched documentaries showing sheep and goats on steep faces covered in mud while trying to get at minerals. I don't know if the Soda Creek area is within the heavily infested tick area. I do know the area north and south of Pavilion Lake is very bad.

[Bow Walker]

Bugs and Ticks was my first thought too. Although the point about winter hair removal has some merit as well. Interesting sight to see.

[quadrakid]

I,m pretty sure what you saw was a large group of does returning from the spa,still enjoying their Swedish mud bath.All the women love the spas.

[ElliotMoose]

Haha, love the comments on this one guys. Let the imagination stir!
Its just irritated skin. The mud cools the skin down and stops the itching, whether it be from insects or from winter coats shedding!

[Kody94]

I've heard that samsquantches do this to deer just for kicks and giggles. ;)

[srupp]

hmmm seen lots of deer with ticks, moose also..the skin literrally crawling with them..one cow moose up near Maeford lake..was nearly bald and you could see the body was entirely covered in blood gorged ticks..and ones still crawling..she was a thin emaciated shadow of her former self

she didnt have mud... nor has any animal I have seen..untill last night..and 25???
I just dont know..they all looked healthy??mystery...

steven

[Kody94]

hmmm seen lots of deer with ticks, moose also..the skin literrally crawling with them..one cow moose up near Maeford lake..was nearly bald and you could see the body was entirely covered in blood gorged ticks..and ones still crawling..she was a thin emaciated shadow of her former self

she didnt have mud... nor has any animal I have seen..untill last night..and 25???
I just dont know..they all looked healthy??mystery...

steven

Any mudslides in the area? Maybe they took a tumble down an exceptionally muddy slope?

[finngun]

IIRC Arnie covered himself in mud during the original Predator movie in order to hide from the Alien's heat seeking abilities. Maybe there's something around Soda Creek that we all need to be very afraid of?

very good idea...and arnie will be back...

[ianwuzhere]

"get me da choppa" -i wanna see- no pix-ahh u fail :)
Ive never seen that-just elk after wallowing... How did the other deer in the area look, any bald patches,ticks etc??

[Jagermeister]

hmmm seen lots of deer with ticks, moose also..the skin literrally crawling with them..one cow moose up near Maeford lake..was nearly bald and you could see the body was entirely covered in blood gorged ticks..and ones still crawling..she was a thin emaciated shadow of her former self

she didnt have mud... nor has any animal I have seen..untill last night..and 25???
I just dont know..they all looked healthy??mystery...

steven
That's because she had no soda creek.

[srupp]

hmmm pretty hard to see many deer with sirens and lights all going...lol this was the only group of deer I got a good look at because of going over the train tracks I had slowed down..so I got a really close good look @ all the deer in this group...like I said 100% all slathered in mud...

Other deer I seen on the highway ..were running and I was going too fast to see "ticks" but all the others had the white rump patches and looked clear of any mud at all....

cheers
Steven

[Jelvis]

sounds like doubletalk doubletalk. Tell us the facts man.

[srupp]

hmmmmmmmmm Ok...

cheers

Steven

[Buckmeister]

That would be a sight to see a wallowing deer....my first thought was ticks as well, then I thought mud slide....who knows???

[yamadirt 426]

Any flooding rivers or areas near by ? Or those bad ass deer were tearing up the soccer pitch again. friggin cork soakers

[grizzlydueck]

Hmmmm... sounds like irregular bathing techniques ! no question about it. they have been displaced from thier traditional bathing habitat, by the global warmings.

[Glassman]

I thought the ticks have dropped off already. If the deer had that many ticks on them over winter I would think it would have done the deer in.

[coach]

I'm thinking they got caught in a mudslide. If they rolled in mud because of ticks or other insects, surely somebody on here would have seen it before.

[Jelvis]

Probably a muddy area to cross after your vehicle scared them to cross it, they thought omg there's another idiot driver. lol.

[Islandeer]

Attention seeking ladies .....

[Chuck]

This could be precedent setting news, Solve the question and get famous. As far as deer goes anyway.

[gibblewabble]

The does were probably just mud wrestling is all, cant bucks have porn too?:wink:

[troutseeker]

Yep, mud wrestling at the Red Onion.

[M.Dean]

Seen a show years ago about Caribou up north some where the Black Flies were so thick some of the Caribou were running around blind and jumping off cliff's to get away from the little black *******s!!! So, my guess is they were getting eatten alive by Bugs and rolling in the mud was the only protection they could come up with!

[Phreddy]

I dunno, but the little woman decided to try a mud pack on her face a few years ago to improve her facial tone, etc. It worked like a damn until they took the mud off.

[Big Lew]

I dunno, but the little woman decided to try a mud pack on her face a few years ago to improve her facial tone, etc. It worked like a damn until they took the mud off.
oooh! That rash comment spells "sleeping in the doghouse" ...literally!

[RayHill]

Nope your all wrong! What you have fallen upon is a group of deer special forces doing covert reckon on all the hunter activities in the area. Your lucky that you got out of there with your lives, many are not so lucky!!!!

Ray

[recoil]

My labrador loves to roll around in mud, the more stinky the better. Clearly what you saw were hybrid mule deer/labrador retriever.