Split brow tines are not usual. I have seen it only a few times. They are really neat.

I agree that there are likely genetics playing into the picture in the area where that buck ranged. Would not be surprised to if more split brow tines show up again!

Where I hunt we have the typical, nicely matched racks .... plus 3 other out of the ordinary , distinct racks show up year in and year out .... that I am convinced are genetically linked. One is the classic double drop with the drop between G-1 and G-2. We continue to find drops and in the past 10 years have caught 4-5 different, mature double-drop bucks on trail cameras .... well after dark. Alas, so far not one has been killed by any of us.

Another is a strange looking rack .... left side has no points and the right looks "normal". Probably 7-8 of these have been killed in the past 10 seasons, one of was a massive 6x1 that was just over 230#.

And the third is a rack on which the G-2's are totally out of proportion lenghtwise, when the deer is 4-5 are the G-2's are in the 14-18 inches or longer and turning inward, almost touching. Four of these have been killed in the past 7 years... within about a 200 yard radius.