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Hey guys, I checked the camera this morning and found these pics of a little buck. At first I thought that he was actually a "she". I didn't notice the nubs on his head until I saw some "extra baggage" on a pic of him walking away.

Check out these pics, he either has a tumor comming off above his left eye, or his antler is turning down the side of his head. What do you guys think, is it a tumor or is it antler?

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it does look like a she and he went to the beauty shop and got highlights you sure that aint one of those californi deer!!

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Could be a antlered doe?

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I say it's an antler

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Antler:)

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The first photo has a bloody hole in the center of the head from some kind of parisite or ?. A lot of deformations have occured from infections assiociated with such bites/infections setting in. Its my guess that its going to be a freakey antler on that side, I don't know really if the deer is genetically a freak either. It would be intresting to see a photo of it later in the season. Thanks for sharin. ;)

Bobby

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it also has somer notches o its left ear

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too cool...hopefully he'll grow up to be a wall hanger...thanks for sharing.:D

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I think it is an antler, maybe future pics will show a little more.

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Looks like a antler, he may have a broke antler pedestal...

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I would say it's an antler. At least that's what I thought when I first looked at it. Judging by the way his nub is deformed and the notches in his ear he may of had an accident as a fawn. Allot of times when deer get injured it affects their antler growth. He could have gotten stuck in a fence or something, who knows.

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A tumor that looks like a misshapen antler....:)

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My thoughts exactly but it's pedicle. ;)

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im with tribal i would bet its an antlered doe.cuz any buck would have more antler than that by now

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Either way, looks like a shooter to me.

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looks like a antler if it was just broken it should grow next year but it could be some difformity and he grow into very weird nontypical

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This was my thought exactly. You might want to let him go and let him grow. He looks like he could become a nice little Non-Typical in the future.

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Thanks everyone, it definetly is a buck as I said, you can see his "junk" in one picture of him. He is definetly safe for a couple years, I have already told the two other guys that hunt this property that this deer is off limit and you have to be incredibly careful when hunting for a doe. Hopefully I get a pic of him after the velvet is gone to see if it is a antler or tumor.

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either he's losing his summer coat or he's got mange

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Mabey its a hermaphrodite deer like in the Deer Hunters Almanac (2005) pg 133