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Do deer get poison ivy and oak, like people do or does their coat somehow protect them? I know the buck i just got, got pay backs on me from beyond the grave, because just a few days after i broke out all over my hands and forearms from handling his rack id guess.. Anyone know ?
from blackwolftdm on 11.07.09 Answer Question |
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My quess would be their coat protects them just as if we were wearing a coat. The poison must get rubbed off onto their/our coats, in your case the antlers, and when we touch the surface it gets transmitted to us. Must have been some ivy growing on a tree trunk and the deer rubbed its antlers on the trunk and than transmitted the poison to you.(?)
The rash associated with Poison Ivy/Oak is a type of allergic reaction. Some people are not allergic to the oils in the leaves and therefore do not react to it. I am not sure if deer are allergic to these oils or not. The rash you got could have come from anywhere on the deer or any of your gear. The oils from these leaves can last a long time on certain surfaces and be transfered to skin very easily. So anything that has come in contact with the plant should be considered contaminated, especially if the leaves have been smashed like by your boots, or the animals hoofs causing more of the oils from the leaves to transfer.
I actual yet on a hike in the area, where I took the deer and fould a tree he'd rubbed on with poison oak. Then later note a orango mossy area by his bases that i believe maybe the cause that and he ran and went down in a brushy area, Was just wondering whether deer could carry it or have outbreaks themselves, Be interesting to find out, Guess ill know in a couple years here, I'm going to college for wildlife management so maybe I have an answer for us all and maybe a sure fire care for poison ivy/oak one day... I hate that stuff haha
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My quess would be their coat protects them just as if we were wearing a coat. The poison must get rubbed off onto their/our coats, in your case the antlers, and when we touch the surface it gets transmitted to us. Must have been some ivy growing on a tree trunk and the deer rubbed its antlers on the trunk and than transmitted the poison to you.(?)
The rash associated with Poison Ivy/Oak is a type of allergic reaction. Some people are not allergic to the oils in the leaves and therefore do not react to it. I am not sure if deer are allergic to these oils or not. The rash you got could have come from anywhere on the deer or any of your gear. The oils from these leaves can last a long time on certain surfaces and be transfered to skin very easily. So anything that has come in contact with the plant should be considered contaminated, especially if the leaves have been smashed like by your boots, or the animals hoofs causing more of the oils from the leaves to transfer.
I actual yet on a hike in the area, where I took the deer and fould a tree he'd rubbed on with poison oak. Then later note a orango mossy area by his bases that i believe maybe the cause that and he ran and went down in a brushy area, Was just wondering whether deer could carry it or have outbreaks themselves, Be interesting to find out, Guess ill know in a couple years here, I'm going to college for wildlife management so maybe I have an answer for us all and maybe a sure fire care for poison ivy/oak one day... I hate that stuff haha
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