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A friend of mine was getting a big buck on camera last year. He finally got the chance in late December to take the animal. Unfortunately he made a bad shot and was unable to recover the animal. In January he was able to get a picture of the buck with a wound on its back hip. A few weeks ago he was able to capture the buck on camera again. Only this time the rack was NOT what it was. Although unigue...one side is tall and big with only 2 points and the other is a short curved spike. You can see the scar on the back hip..thats how they identified it. Any chance this deer will be a "nice" buck again next year?
 
usually with a non lethal shot or broke leg from being hit by car, etc, a buck will grow a funky rack from there on out.
 
Nope. When a deer gets a bad wound on say it's right hind leg the opposite side of the rack will be messed up.
 
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let him know most of the time when an injury has effects on the opposite side of the rack it is just a one year thing and the next rack(most of the time)will reach potential on both sides
 
P@Y said:
let him know most of the time when an injury has effects on the opposite side of the rack it is just a one year thing and the next rack(most of the time)will reach potential on both sides
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[My bold emphasis added above]

That is not necessarily true. Injury-related antler deformations can last for life.
 
BSK said:
P@Y said:
let him know most of the time when an injury has effects on the opposite side of the rack it is just a one year thing and the next rack(most of the time)will reach potential on both sides
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[My bold emphasis added above]

That is not necessarily true. Injury-related antler deformations can last for life.
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X2! I have two bucks that have been running around our neighborhood for several years that have "messed up" racks due to being hit by cars. One was a nice 8pt that was hit by a neighbor 3 years ago and he he has a bad limp on the left side ever since the accident and his right-side rack is the goofiest spike you have ever seen�and he has grown like that the last two years.
 
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Ya if you get a shot on him it would be good to put him out of his misery before he commits suicide by jumping in front of a car because the doe's are laughing at him now :)
 
I am wondering if the pedicule will be damaged from the abnormalities? That would explain why some deer once injured never return to normal antler growth. Kinda goes to show how a healthy adult deer reroutes surplus chemicals from bone growth to antlers. Truly amazing pictures.
 
DaveB said:
I am wondering if the pedicule will be damaged from the abnormalities? That would explain why some deer once injured never return to normal antler growth. Kinda goes to show how a healthy adult deer reroutes surplus chemicals from bone growth to antlers. Truly amazing pictures.
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Body injuries are different from pedicle injuries which in turn are different than velvet antler injuries. Each of these can cause antler abnormalities, but for different reasons. The only one of the three that is almost guaranteed to cause abnormalities for life are pedicle injuries.
 
I like unique deer but that one went from stud to UGLY!!! BUT, I have been wanting a droptine so it may still would get shot.
 
hitek7 said:
I like unique deer but that one went from stud to UGLY!!! BUT, I have been wanting a droptine so it may still would get shot.
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I'm with you on that hitek...my kids call me the great Homer hunter because many of my bucks have two little tines pointing up in the middle of their heads like Homer Simpsons hair! :D
 
That's a cool rack though, I would kill it without a second thought.

Coach - that deer looks like a campfire in the wind, cool looking rack
 

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