Has anyone seen dew claws this long before?

[Dakota Drifter]

This picture is the front legs. The back leg dew claws were about 2 inches long.

 

[Musket Man]

Never seen that before. Where is the deer from?

 

[Dakota Drifter]

Elk in South Dakota. I think he was pretty old. His hooves and teeth were in tuff shape.

 

[Ikeepitcold]

Wow. Nope never. I've seen some very long hooves on animals before from them living in sandy areas but never that.

 

[ivorytip]

wow, thats crazy!

 

[hardstalk]

Possibly a recent transplant? Or he hated the mts!

 

[wolftalonID]

You shoot Rudolph!!?? Those them there are flying hooks! Lol

 

[Umpqua Hunter]

Was it a cow?

Looks like high heels.

 

[Ikeepitcold]

Hahahahaahha this should be a caption contest the way this thread is going.

 

[Orion/CO]

My guess is a genetic mutation. I have seen pictures of horses who are kept in small stalls and whose hooves will grow into long curls like that. However, hooves continuously grow since they are intended to be constantly worn down by normal wear and tear. The dew claws have minimal contact with the ground, so as far as I know, a dewclaw has no purpose to "grow" in order to keep up with wear. This year I saw a 4 horned buck antelope. There was actually a second set of horns growing off the skull next to the other set. Again, just one of those genetic mutations that show up as a "freak of nature".

 

[BleuBijou]

My Bull last year had long dew's on his rear leg. So. Colo Bull. I cut off about 4 out of the 5 inches and polished it up.

 

[Musket Man]

Heck with his feet what did the top of his head look like!!!!!!

 

[CrimsonArrow]

Maybe it's the beginning stage of hoof rot or something like that?

 

[Fink]

Do elk get EHD? I know a lot of the deer that survived EHD/blue tongue around here ended up with some messed up feets after the ordeal.

 

[BleuBijou]

Heck with his feet what did the top of his head look like!!!!!!

Not to bad. Nice heavy old bull with bladed mass.

 

[Ikeepitcold]

Great bull BB congrats!

 

[sjsmallfield]

Congrats on a great looking bull. I don't think I have ever seen hooves like that before though. Those are some crazy lookin feets for sure.

 

[lp2506]

Nice Bull!!!

 

[Eberle]

My guess is a genetic mutation. I have seen pictures of horses who are kept in small stalls and whose hooves will grow into long curls like that. However, hooves continuously grow since they are intended to be constantly worn down by normal wear and tear. The dew claws have minimal contact with the ground, so as far as I know, a dewclaw has no purpose to "grow" in order to keep up with wear. This year I saw a 4 horned buck antelope. There was actually a second set of horns growing off the skull next to the other set. Again, just one of those genetic mutations that show up as a "freak of nature".

Maybe he was drinking bong water out of a nuclear power plant? LOL!

 

[Musket Man]

Awesome bull! I was hoping he had something like that on his head