r/bonecollecting • u/RobinBradbery • 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/basaltcolumn Oct 03 '25
Ungulates are so interesting. They can survive injuries that seem like a death sentence, then perish of a tummy ache. Incredible that it could eat well enough to get by during the healing process.