Accidental injuries affecting the Roe-Buck trophy quality in the context of the long-term management of the game

Accidental injuries affecting the Roe-Buck trophy quality in the context of the long-term management of the game This article presents the comparative analysis of two situations of trophy evolution for two injured roe-bucks (males). In both cases, a long bone of one of the legs (the tibia) was affected because of an accident, the fractures being located in the diaphyse area (the middle part of the long bone). Both phenomena are reflected by a lack of organic matter necessary for the normal development of the antlers. One can notice the increase in thickness and the shortening of the big bones of the legs together with the modification of the trophy’s classic form. It is interesting to notice that at specimen no. 1 the weight of the injured tibia goes up to 172% and its length diminishes with 4% in comparison with the normal leg. On the other side, at specimen no. 2, the length diminishes with 22% but its N.GOICEA, G.DĂNILĂ Accidental injuries affecting the roe-buck trophy quality in the context... 96 weight goes up only to 109%. Probably the nature and the position of the injury on the tibia influence these values, but it is also the age of the specimen which counts.