Odd little buck

[Ohiosam]

A buddy got this odd little buck with his muzzleloader. He didn't realize it was a buck until he walked up to it. The side the tag is on has 3 points, longest about 2". The other side has 2 points about an 1.5". Wonder what this would have grown into? Cactus rack maybe?

 

[brock ratcliff]

Its the devil.

 

[RedCloud]

That is odd. Would have been pretty cool to see what would have been huh. Maybe he would have been a huge narely looking buck or he may have been a small goofy racked buck his entire life. We will never know but we can use our imagination

 

[finelyshedded]

Definitely an oddity.

 

[Mike]

At first I thought the ears were it's legs!

 

[Riverdude]

Bet JD would find those sheds as well. rotflmao

 

[CJD3]

Wish there was another angle.
Looks like some demon dog from here...

 

[DJK Frank 16]

Wow you don't seem 'em like that very often..

 

[saddlepants]

It does make it look like a bear with antlers or something! LOL!!

 

[uglykat26]

wonder if broken skull cap would do that

 

[Ohiosam]

Sorry the pix isn't clearer, it was hanging upside down in his shop and I used my phone camera. None of the 5 points stick up 3" above his head.

 

[buckbuster217]

definately different looking, did it otherwise appear healthy?

 

[Ohiosam]

From what I saw it looked healthy. It was the size of a normal 1.5 yo buck. It was shot in farm country where food is plentiful.

 

["J"]

Wow, that one is an odd looking fellow..... Did he get around your place Sam?????

 

[Bowhunter57]

Bad genetics? Did it live near a refinery or other industry?
Either way, good that it was taken out of the gene pool.

Bowhunter57

 

[moundhill]

At first I thought the ears were it's legs!

Me TOO, thing looked like a bear haha. Thats definitly a freak though.

 

[5Cent]

Strange, thanks for sharing.

 

[jagermeister]

Interesting. My theory is it was born REALLY late and didn't fully develop it's pedicles before winter... So the following year (this year), instead of a nice forkhorn or 6pt basket he grows a set of mongoloids. Pedicles are the "foundation" of antlers... Poor foundation = poor antlers.

Or... just plain shitty genetics. Hard to say, really.

 

[Dannmann801]

My theory is that he was abducted by aliens and the shock of being probed stunted his growth when he returned to earth

Cool looking deer tho :smiley_coolpeace:

 

[Redhunter1012]

my buddy shot one like that 2 years ago. One side had antler about 3/4" long that looked like a nipple. The other side was 1.5" and split in two