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Trail camera footage shows a buck working a scrape before falling down and having what appears to be a seizure. courtesy of Growing Deer TV<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n A video that was shared to Instagram<\/a> earlier this month by Growing Deer TV shows trail camera footage of a buck working a scrape at an undisclosed location. While lifting its head to work an overhanging limb, the buck suddenly hits the ground and has what appears to be a seizure. At least that\u2019s the theory held by Grant Woods, a well-respected whitetail biologist, habitat manager, and the host of Growing Deer TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n Woods says that a viewer named John Gibbs sent him the trail camera footage and asked for his opinion. The video does not have a timestamp, and Gibbs chose not to share the location where it was recorded.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d never seen anything like it, but after talking back and forth we think this buck had a seizure,\u201d Woods says, adding that he can\u2019t think of any other reasonable explanation. \u201cI\u2019ve never heard of or seen anything like it, and not a mention from any of my colleagues about a buck acting like that.\u201d<\/p>\n Moving down the list of possible causes, Woods explains that seizures are not a symptom of chronic wasting disease (CWD) or Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD). He doesn\u2019t think the seizure was caused by something the buck ate, either, as it\u2019s likely that other deer in the area would have had a similar reaction and Gibbs hasn\u2019t seen any proof of this.<\/p>\n