burniegoeasily

If you got two tagges, he sounds like meat in the freezer. Its all up to you. Only you will shoot him and eat him.

GMMAT

I'm ALWAYS amazed at how resilient a deer can be.

That being said.....even "IF" your buck's antler DID grow in towards his nose....could he not break it off (if it meant saving himself a ton of pain)? Could he not chew it or scrape it down....if it meant not eating?

I can't answer those questions.....and I don't suspect anyone else could, either.

If you want to kill this deer (harvest/take/whatever).....then do so and I don't think anyone here would blink (Other than to congratulate you). Just don't do it for the deer's sake. That seems disingenuous.

Jeff

rybohunter

I like how badatt2d summed it up.

BigJ71

I appreciate your opinions one and all.

The reason why I brought up the team/contest is because I ENTERED IT. and by doing so my taking of any deer that might effect my team should be thought out before I do it. I have killed many many deer in my life and I thought this (the contest)would be something fun and different....and it is.

Soyeah in thiscase this is a team effort. I don't buy into QMDunless it's fora healthy herd. If the herd is healthy with 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 year old bucks then thats fine with me. I don't agree with QDM to grow monster P&Y bucks. So I will shoot anything I feel like shooting at the time. This year I have been passing on bucks I wouldusually shoot because I was (and still am) trying to get a good score for my team. I don't see a problem with that.

I don't know if this buck will be effected next year or not, but I know he COULD be and more so than all the other deer I have been seeing. So I'm not justifying it from the deers point of view, but mine! I know it's nature'sway etc..etc..bla...bla..bla, andI know deer die every year from starvation and such, but why wouldn't I do something about one specific deer if given the chance. I'm going to kill deer anyway (and have already) I'm just saying it's tough to keep letting this guy walk by and not do something BECAUSE of the contest.

muzzy100

take the deer, your team should understand plus you would still have another tag left to take one of those 100+ bucks.

BigJ71

Well, I saw him again and decided to shoot. I know not everyone will agree but I feel I did the right thing. Plus it's definitely a different looking rack. Shot a doe as well for my second double of the year. Ihave one buck tag left and I noticed that there are still some bucks chasing does so I may still be able to arrow one of the bigger bucks I have seen.

Here are some pics

BigJ71

Another

As you can see, the antler was sticking into his nose.

Diesel77

man thats crazy, cool pics and good job

Rickmur

Glad you took him. I don't think it would be a problem next year, my thought is it would grow normal(unless I missed it if you said this growth is year to year)orwill growfarther out from his nose. BTW, do yourself a favor nest year and don't jointhem teams if it stresses you this much.
Congrats on the double.

BigJ71

Thanks,

Yeah, I thought the contest would be fun, and it is, but it kinda put me in asituation where I didn't want to let them down.After getting a real good look at him I am glad Ishot him.The antlerdoesn't look to be damaged in any way it just grew out like that. I don't know if it would have cleared the nose next year or not. He wasn't really growing a big rack to begin with, hewas 2 1/2. It might have but then again maybe not.

It was already sticking into his skin and a callus of some sort had formed. It's different that's for sure and the first time I ever saw a complete antler rotated down like that.