Ok sorryit took so long to write back. Yes HE has lost his horns. It was the last 10 mins of light and I looked and looked and didn't see sockets. Wish it wasn't so but it's still a deer to me and I'm proud. Haven't had a chance to shoot a deer with my bow in 4 years cause the military. The reason I didn't see the sockets is because he lost them the first week of dec. They were already healed over. Wierd kinda. I've never seen a deer lose his horns that early. After this I hung up the bow, so did my buddies. Didn't want it to happen again. The thing in the bottom of the pic is a new deer drag.