Well done and Congrats! Neat looking rack! that would make a cool Euro mount! Congrats! Its fun to join the team thing but I still hunt for myself!

Big J

My first buck (a small six pointer)looked almost identical to that one. When I cut the skull plate out, his skull plate had completely fractured around the pedicle, and the antler itself was turned downward, blocking his left eye and nearly touching his left nostril.

The antler was barely loose, and the base (with the chunk of skull-plate material still attached) had become encased in clotted blood and what looked like new, bony regrowth around the edges.

The inner part of the left antler was clean of velvet, but was not rubbed clean, but he had completely rubbed the outside (which had to be painful).

My guess is that he might have gotten his head whacked by a passing car or something just after shedding his velvet.

The antler could not be pulled from the skullplate until the fur had been removed, but, at that point, it fell right out.

Yours is the first similar buck I've ever seen. I wish I had a picture for you to compare, but all I have is the antlers, cut at the bases. Pretty interesting stuff.

Did your buck have a damaged skullplate as well, or did it just grow that way?

Quik

Thanks all.

Quick,

As far as I could determine, this antler just grew this way. It does not appear to be damaged in any way and is solid as a rock. In fact it made a great handle for me to drag him out (over 200yds). I looked him over pretty good and even looked for any body injuries that could have caused this....nothing. He appeared to be as healthy as could be with the exception of the callus forming on his nose.

The pedicles looked fine but the left one appeared to be angled slightly which explaines why the antler grew out that way. No cracks or old injuries on the skull either.

Different for sure.

How's it taste? Good shooting.

I don't know, I gave it to a friend of the family. I donated the doe as well. I have a buck tag and a few doe tags left and we have till Jan. 12 so I still have time to kill a few more for friends and family who want deer. It's a tough job I know.......but someone has to do it.

Bigj12 this isn't about the pics. But I have a question on the red dot scope. One shot could be close to the target then another shot could be way off. Is this a scope problem or something to do with eye relef.
thanks.

Takedown,

No problem, I don't mind.

I answered your question on your thread.

I shot a buck like that in michigan. It is a six pt the skull was broken and it also had a broken leg. The buck was about 3 1/2 years old. I think what happen.Isthey get hit on one side the antler goes bad on the opposite side. I have some pics of the deer but don't no how to put them on. thay say the pic are to large

Way to go BigJ!

BigJ,

Congrats on your deer harvests!That sure is astrange rack.It sounds like you've added some quality protein to some happy familys! Good luck with the rest of your season.

Troy