Ok, question for everyone. Last season I killed an eight pointer that had a hole on the bottom side of the left mainbeam. I have heard that it is from bugs getting into the beam before it fully hardens, is that true? I have never seen a deer in my parts that had this but I know it is common in Ohio and have seen it in Missouri around West Plains area. Anybody got more information on this?

Usually from a certain type of fly that either leaves and infected bite and/or lays eggs in the soft fleshy velvet of an antler. Even a thorn or cut in the right stage of antler growth can produce such phenomena.

Interesting info. I showed the buck to several people around here and they were all scratching their heads, hahaha.

I have an antler that has one of those, always wondered how it got there and of course it came from Missouri.

My friends buck from this year had one that went straight down into his G2 And another one on the underside of his right main beam. We call it the "Sunday Deer" because its Holy. (im a crafty one arent I?)

I found a big dead 10 point this year that had a few holes in its antlers and some weird "balooning" effects at the tips of a point or two.

Nice. For some reason this really got me laughing out loud.

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One of our neighbors said the same thing, haha. Here is a pic of the hole.