Whitetail deer with cracked or peeling hooves, good indication the deer suffered from EHD (Blue tongue).

From QDMA

[QUOTE]If you kill a deer with cracked or peeling hooves, it’s a good indication the deer suffered from – and survived – hemorrhagic disease this year (EHD or bluetongue virus). The virus interrupts the normal growth of hooves, and if the deer recovers, the outer hooves will crack and peel off as new growth restarts. These hooves belong to a 6.5-year-old south Georgia buck killed by a hunter yesterday, October 28. Have you seen deer hooves like these this year?[/QUOTE]