Actually Pronghorns shed their sheaths every year, retaining the boney core.

I know this thread started as a joke kinda but now that the intrest has started let me just say that no they do not all drop their antlers! I killed a 10 pointer about 10 years ago in late November that was in full soft velvet. He was a 4 1/2 year old. He had no male parts to be seen. I have seen not one but 2 already this year on the same farm . I first seen one in January while I was coyote hunting. He had a big typical 9 point rack and a large body so I would say he is an older deer. His rack was actually bleeding on one side for some reason. So I assume he was still in soft velvet also. Then the second one I saw was the opening weekend of turkey season in April. He had a massive velvet rack with the right side having 4 full typical points and the left side had a browtine close to 6 inches long or more along with a main beam but no noticable points on it and he was in full velvet also. Now question I have is it possible that somehow there is a gene being passed in this particular area that could be causing this freak of nature to occur or just a very bad run of luck and these 2 bucks lost their genitals in some manner. I hate to waste a tag but if I see them this fall I will probably take them out of the herd. They never lose these racks due to their problems but the racks do appear to grow larger with time.
BSK what say you??

what would cause a buck to grow just nubs every year,I have a very large bodied buck that frequents my feeders ,he is Big but no Rack,He seems agressive towards other bucks,Do I need to take him out?I guess hunters think he is just a big Doe.But his body is half again as big as some of the other bucks.

I killed one of these type deer myself in Hickman co. several years ago. Field dressed maybe 135 lbs. and had a set of nads way bigger than your fist, but just 2 lil polished nubs barely above the hairline. We were filming a hunt and a buck was chasing 2 does. I filmed by buddy shoot the buck, and the 2 does were confused and stayed around. I handed him the cam and said i'll shoot that big doe as well, turns out she was a he and their were actually 2 bucks chasing a single doe! lol I guess he needed to be killed, as he was mature without a sign of growing a rack! This deer appeared to be totally healthy in every way, except for the lack of antlers. His pedicles were even very small, maybe the size of a dime!

Thats weird bsk, as he appeared to have a sex drive, as he was actively chasing a doe? Mother nature can do some strange things I guess.