D16 down - Only 4 days and 3 nights in the tent

[brad nsw]

Deformed rack. Second one like it from the same valley. Must be a bad gene pool going around. Had another deformed spike on the game camera.

1st pic is from two years ago. 2nd is from a game camera a week ago. 3rd is the one I just got today, 15 Nov 2015.

 

[ilovesprig]

Congrats on a D-16 weido..............Very 8)

 

[infidel]

Interesting local forkies/spikes you got there


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[Lungpopper]

Congrats. Would like to see what he would look like in a couple of years.

 

[ilovesprig]

Congrats. Would like to see what he would look like in a couple of years.

Maybe like this...............

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[Lungpopper]

Congrats. Would like to see what he would look like in a couple of years.

Maybe like this...............

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Makes you wonder what happened to them
Crazy to see bucks like that.

 

[Muledeerhunter]

Yeah, shoot those and get them out of there. Congrats on the buck.

 

[brad nsw]

I reported it as a 2x1 but I could "hang a ring" on 4 of the knobs on that gnarled right stump.

What do you guys think?

 

[ilovesprig]

Upper 3/4 is all that count......

 

[TaftHunter]

Upper 3/4 is all that count......

I thought it was 2/3rds???


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[ilovesprig]

Upper 3/4 is all that count......

I thought it was 2/3rds???


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Well could be......The warden that checked us this year said 3/4......Never really thought of it much.

 

[TaftHunter]

Here we go...

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[ilovesprig]

Upper 3/4 is all that count......

I thought it was 2/3rds???


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Well could be......The warden that checked us this year said 3/4......Never really thought of it much.

After checking DFW code.....

§351. Forked-Horn Buck, Antlerless and Either-Sex Deer Defined.
•(a) Forked-Horn Buck Defined. For the purpose of these regulations a forked-horn buck is defined as a male deer having a branched antler on either side with the branch in the upper two-thirds of the antler. Eyeguards or other bony projections on the lower one-third of the antler shall not be considered as points or branches.
•(b) Antlerless Deer Defined. For the purpose of these regulations, antlerless deer are defined as female deer, fawns of either sex other than spotted fawns, and male deer with an unbranched antler on one or both sides which is not more than three inches in length.
•(c) Either-Sex Deer Defined. For the purpose of these regulations, either-sex deer are defined as antlerless deer as described in Section 351 (b), or legal bucks that have two or more points in the upper two-thirds of either antler. Spike bucks may not be taken.

 

[infidel]

Congrats. Would like to see what he would look like in a couple of years.

Maybe like this...............

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Makes you wonder what happened to them
Crazy to see bucks like that.

It's more than likely just a injury during the velvet phase. The growing antlers are prone to bumping and getting odd especially if a younger buck is learning the hard way.

Otherwise it's a gene disorder.


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