A rancher called a friend of mine and told him to come out and shoot a wounded deer he found crippled up. He told him the buck had a broken leg and would run a short distance and held his head around on his back then kept falling down. The buck never would look straight ahead.
When my friend got there he walked up on the buck to put him out of his misery. He discovered the buck indeed had a broken leg (not confirmed by being shot). But what was totally shocking was the fact that one of his tines had penetrated his back skin. The tine was then thrust a few inches rearward then reemerged from a second hole. The antler tip was showing completely through and the animal was unable to unhook himself from the hide of his own back!! The flesh was rancid and since it had a broken leg he put it down with a shot from his bow. The firearm season was over at that point. He used his bow tag and brought it to town to check in. It was a big 135 class 8 point so the antler evidently was long enough to not dislodge. We think the buck must've been in a death fight with another buck and was pinned to the ground thrusting the antler under the skin. When the buck realized he was hung up he must've panicked and jerked the antler clean through to totally lock it down!