Extra Horn ????
10-16-2005, 02:22 PM
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: chiefland Florida USA
Posts: 5,417
Extra Horn ????
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went to my Magnolia stand this morning , did a little rattling.after about 45 min. I say a deer coming stright to me.I though it was a doe till he got about 50 yards,then I could tell he had little spikes.I though they were little ones sticking stright back. when he got about 30 yards,I saw something different about him. I saw he had an extra spike sticking stright out. at 25 yards he was looking for me hard,he would stop look and listen then a step or two and stop and look again.
then he trun around and started to my side. at 25 yards broad side , I grunted and he stopped. I shot and he left wide open. at about 50 yards he crashed.
looking at hin,the size and head and how big the base of the horns were , I could tell he was an older deer.
a close look.
why does this happen to deer ??
went to my Magnolia stand this morning , did a little rattling.after about 45 min. I say a deer coming stright to me.I though it was a doe till he got about 50 yards,then I could tell he had little spikes.I though they were little ones sticking stright back. when he got about 30 yards,I saw something different about him. I saw he had an extra spike sticking stright out. at 25 yards he was looking for me hard,he would stop look and listen then a step or two and stop and look again.
then he trun around and started to my side. at 25 yards broad side , I grunted and he stopped. I shot and he left wide open. at about 50 yards he crashed.
looking at hin,the size and head and how big the base of the horns were , I could tell he was an older deer.
a close look.
why does this happen to deer ??
10-16-2005, 03:29 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 3,784
RE: Extra Horn ????
Congrats again Tree Climber! 
Hard to say if that was just a 1 time abnormal growth or if it's a genetic defect that would grow back yearly. Only way to know would have been to let him walk and watch for him next year.
Hard to say if that was just a 1 time abnormal growth or if it's a genetic defect that would grow back yearly. Only way to know would have been to let him walk and watch for him next year.
10-16-2005, 07:32 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: chiefland Florida USA
Posts: 5,417
RE: Extra Horn ????
ORIGINAL: ducsauce
Congrats! How many is that for you so far?
Congrats! How many is that for you so far?
thats 5 so far. got a lota grinding for hamburger in a few weeks.the fry meat has been vacumed and in the freezer already.
