Is turning your deer in to the processor with antlers attached common practice there? No one I know would ever leave their antlers on and expect to see them again. Heck, the handling of the carcass prior to butchering could damage the antlers. It should be caped out before dropping it off or sawed off by the processor in your presence. I doubt many processors would even take a deerthat had antlers they had to be responsible for. I can't lay all the blame on thebutcher for this one.