Rhody Hunter

ugly and strange

bowman15

That's what they called it in the article I read. Someone thought that the salt water and the antlers floating in it for so long some how made it 'morph' into this. At least, that's what I think I remember. It's been a while since I read it. Didn't really make sense because the deer wasn't in the water that long. Pretty weird looking rack though. I'd have shot it.

younggun308

It looks like a normal six-pointer with a bunch of barnacles on it. It's just a normal buck without the barnacles, but it looks pretty cool. I think some guys were on a trans-atlantic ship, shot a deer, and to clean the skull they just tied it to a chain, and dropped it over the side of the ship to be dragged along, and by the time they reached Europe, they pulled it out and viola! The Barnacle Buck!

lethalconnection

If i seen that deer walk out i would think it was the devils deer or its possesed...............but on the other hand........ BANG........FLOP

BCGamer

Hmmm, that meat would be a bit tough I think.

what up

Was that 1,000 point buck real at on point in time

KoBear

that buck never got out of velvet. thats how he grew all them points. if you do research about "cactus bucks" they are bucks that somehow hurt their testicles and never get enough testosterone to actually take part in the rut or go hardhorn.

very interesting and cool though.

but like everyone else said.... "BANG!"

timbercruiser

I think KoBear is exactly right. I shot a smaller one (mainframe 4 + stickers) like that about 25 years ago and he had lost his testicles. This was late Dec and the velvet was still growing, and according to game wardens it would have continued to grow.

yakuza wiz

i think i remember reading about this last year...i think it was found in ohio

yakuza wiz

and to back it up.

http://www.northamericanwhitetail.co...w1201barnacle/