Hey everyone, I was wondering if you can help me out. Me and my dad have been doing only a fraction of the shed hunting we usually do. Have only found one "shed" so far. But get this, about 2 weeks ago, my dad found an antler that was broken at the base, definitely from being struck on something hard. We have never found anything like this before, so we just thought it was a fluke. Today I was out, and I found an antler from a different deer, that was also broken off, although this was broken off above the brow tine. Gets even wierder (if thats a real word). About 10 minutes after I found this antler today, I kicked up a few bucks that were bedded. One of them, definitely a different deer from the two antlers we found, also had an antler broken off, only had about 3 inches of antler on that side. In this area, there are at least 12 or 13 (cant tell the spikes apart) different bucks that I have personally seen (middle of suburbia, cant be hunted, great for shed hunting though!). There may be more, but cant be too many more. Even if there was 15 bucks, three had broken antlers. Is this unusual? Could it be a nutrient deficiency of some sort, or just a bunch of very aggressive bucks? There aren't many does, probably 20, plus their fawns, so there is some definitely some rutting pressure. I'd just like to hear your opinions of why there are so many broken antlers. Thanks.

Rob