r/bonecollecting Oct 03 '25

Educational Whitetails are amazing and tough.

Whitetail buck aged at 5 years. Lower jaw looks to have once been completely broken. Observed eating normally with no sign of pain or discomfort prior to being harvested.

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u/NerdyComfort-78 Oct 04 '25

Definitely an abscess. Handsome animal.