I'm ALWAYS amazed at how resilient a deer can be.

That being said.....even "IF" your buck's antler DID grow in towards his nose....could he not break it off (if it meant saving himself a ton of pain)? Could he not chew it or scrape it down....if it meant not eating?

I can't answer those questions.....and I don't suspect anyone else could, either.

If you want to kill this deer (harvest/take/whatever).....then do so and I don't think anyone here would blink (Other than to congratulate you). Just don't do it for the deer's sake. That seems disingenuous.

Jeff