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I have a history with this deer.

Most of you remember last year, on November 18, 2021 I shot a decent 8 point that got up and ran off after I took a picture of it laying on the ground. Here's the link.

https://www.tndeer.com/threads/what-happened.411562/
Fast forward to yesterday, November 21, 2022 I was hunting the same farm, sitting under the same tree, but a totally different style of hunt. Last year was 7mm-08 scoped and ready for anything. This year 30-30 wanting close shot.

After examining and skinning the deer from yesterday, I found the bullet in his neck from last year. Amazing how tough these animals are.

Pictures from last year, yesterday, and this morning when I found the bullet.
 

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Omega said:
It may be, but not from the 7-08mm brachial stun he gave him, looks like he already had it on him.
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I tend to disagree, he was a perfect symmetrical 8 point last year at the time of shooting. Messed up rack is opposite side to entry of the last years bullet. IMO that is what caused the deformity in the antlers.
 
gasman said:
I tend to disagree, he was a perfect symmetrical 8 point last year at the time of shooting. Messed up rack is opposite side to entry of the last years bullet. IMO that is what caused the deformity in the antlers.
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Very possible, but it doesn't look like it on the antler. Notice how the beam looks normal until the big odd "lump" in the spike antler. That looks VERY much like a wound to the velvet antler.

Again, his odd right side could be because of the wound from last year, but maybe not. Most body injury induced antler deformities produce a very different growth pattern and almost always involve injury to a limb instead of neck or body trunk.
 
gasman said:
I tend to disagree, he was a perfect symmetrical 8 point last year at the time of shooting. Messed up rack is opposite side to entry of the last years bullet. IMO that is what caused the deformity in the antlers.
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I was going to ask what his antlers were like last year. Kind of figured his antlers got messed up from the injury.

Crazy story. Glad you got him this year. Congratulations.
 
BSK said:
Very possible, but it doesn't look like it on the antler. Notice how the beam looks normal until the big odd "lump" in the spike antler. That looks VERY much like a wound to the velvet antler.

Again, his odd right side could be because of the wound from last year, but maybe not. Most body injury induced antler deformities produce a very different growth pattern and almost always involve injury to a limb instead of neck or body trunk.
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Do you think it's odd that the very same buck suffered a gunshot wound, AND an antler wound within 12 months apart?
 
gasman said:
Do you think it's odd that the very same buck suffered a gunshot wound, AND an antler wound within 12 months apart?
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I've seen lots of deer previously shot with bullets and arrows that produced no malformity in their later antlers. However, I've seen a lot of broken leg and busted shoulder deer that produce malformed antlers later in life.
 
BSK said:
I've seen lots of deer previously shot with bullets and arrows that produced no malformity in their later antlers. However, I've seen a lot of broken leg and busted shoulder deer that produce malformed antlers later in life.
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Either way, it is confirmed to be the same buck, rather it was gunshot, damaged soft antler, or whatever caused it, it's a trophy to me for several reasons, history, method of take, gun used, etc… I'm still pumped about it and it's been almost 24 hrs since I shot him.
 
gasman said:
Either way, it is confirmed to be the same buck, rather it was gunshot, damaged soft antler, or whatever caused it, it's a trophy to me for several reasons, history, method of take, gun used, etc… I'm still pumped about it and it's been almost 24 hrs since I shot him.
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Was the wound to the neck on the same side as the goofed up antler or the opposite side?

If your have ever read any of Leonard Lee Rue's books on whitetails, he talks in some about "contralateral condition". He explains that damage to one side of the body is shown on the antler on the opposite side.
 
backyardtndeer said:
Was the wound to the neck on the same side as the goofed up antler or the opposite side?

If your have ever read any of Leonard Lee Rue's books on whitetails, he talks in some about "contralateral condition". He explains that damage to one side of the body is shown on the antler on the opposite side.
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The entry wound was on same side. The lodged bullet was opposite side.
 
backyardtndeer said:
If your have ever read any of Leonard Lee Rue's books on whitetails, he talks in some about "contralateral condition". He explains that damage to one side of the body is shown on the antler on the opposite side.
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Interesting thing is, that works opposite depending on front or rear of body. Front leg injuries usually produce a malformed antler on the same side. Rear leg injuries produce a malformed antler on the opposite side.
 
gasman said:
Either way, it is confirmed to be the same buck, rather it was gunshot, damaged soft antler, or whatever caused it, it's a trophy to me for several reasons, history, method of take, gun used, etc… I'm still pumped about it and it's been almost 24 hrs since I shot him.
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Don't mean to take away from the uniqueness of the story or the buck. Personally, I've never heard of someone shooting the same buck two years in a row! A few days apart, yes, but not a year apart!
 

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