Wounded Deer Question

[outdoors crazy]

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?

 

[rem270]

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.

 

[bigtex]

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.

 

[outdoors crazy]

Ok. Its not the dandy that it was. But on the other hand it really is a unique looking thing. Never seen a spike that curves upward like the stripes on a candy cane!

 

[Shed Hunter]

Pics?

 

[outdoors crazy]

I will get him to send them to me!

 

[Elmer]

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

 

[BSK]

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

[My bold emphasis added above]

That is not necessarily true. Injury-related antler deformations can last for life.

 

[bowriter]

Injury to hind leg, offside antler is deformed. Front leg-same side antler. Danglies, who knows?

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

have to ask,what was the buck when he shot it,how much antler size did it lose

 

[outdoors crazy]

I think it was a main frame 8. I am waiting for him to send me the pics then I will post them

 

[TNDeerGuy]

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

[My bold emphasis added above]

That is not necessarily true. Injury-related antler deformations can last for life.

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.

 

[outdoors crazy]

Last Year

This year

 

[plinker22]

Poor buck... he went from Hulk to Geek.

 

[outdoors crazy]

still unique!

 

[Coach]

The deer on the left had an injured right hip...

 

[waynesworld]

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

 

[outdoors crazy]

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

LOL

 

[Deer Assassin]

dang

 

[DaveB]

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.