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Non-Typical for Life?
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 3879844" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Without question, some non-typical racks are purely genetic. The buck grew a non-typical rack when young and always will. However, some non-typical racks are caused by injury, either to the buck's body, the growing antlers or to the pedicle on the buck's skull. Pedicle injuries seem to get worse with each year older, usually produce a big spike on that side, or a cluster of spikes. Injury to a growing antler can cause repetition of the injury malformation (trophic memory--the buck's nervous system "remembers" the injury and recreates it in future years), although sometimes that malformation fades over the years. The same is true of body injuries. They can be reproduced every year, but they can also fade with time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 3879844, member: 17"] Without question, some non-typical racks are purely genetic. The buck grew a non-typical rack when young and always will. However, some non-typical racks are caused by injury, either to the buck's body, the growing antlers or to the pedicle on the buck's skull. Pedicle injuries seem to get worse with each year older, usually produce a big spike on that side, or a cluster of spikes. Injury to a growing antler can cause repetition of the injury malformation (trophic memory--the buck's nervous system "remembers" the injury and recreates it in future years), although sometimes that malformation fades over the years. The same is true of body injuries. They can be reproduced every year, but they can also fade with time. [/QUOTE]
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