Is this a penned deer?

dusters84 · 11-01-2010, 02:42 PM

We got this picture of a buck last week from one of our trail cameras. It seems as if the points on the buck have been clipped off near the top, and we heard that a pen roughly 12 miles away lost some of its big bucks in a storm during the summer.

That seems like a long way for a deer to travel, but this buck doesn't seem to be normal.

aaronu. · 11-01-2010, 02:52 PM

It isn't now. That makes him fair game.

blueahlijr · 11-01-2010, 03:12 PM

Well heck... If he stays around let him go till next season, He'll get bigger!!

_zink_ · 11-01-2010, 03:58 PM

hes gona have a nice non cliped rack next yr if ur right

glockman55 · 11-01-2010, 04:06 PM

He won't hurt the gene pool either..

BillBrasky · 11-01-2010, 04:35 PM

He may not be a bad thing for the gene pool, but do you think he'll survive the winter?

glockman55 · 11-01-2010, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by BillBrasky

He may not be a bad thing for the gene pool, but do you think he'll survive the winter?

Good point, Wisconsin's winters can be brutal and a pen raised animal probably won't..

fishtaconc · 11-01-2010, 04:51 PM

12 miles isnt very far at all, especially being he doesnt have an established territory of his own.

kyslayer · 11-01-2010, 05:42 PM

why do they clip the antlers? to make it safer for the other bucks or something

Siman08/OH · 11-01-2010, 05:46 PM

Just wondering, How ethical would it be to shoot this buck? If he was pen raised?