Extra antler or another deer's antler?
 

This is a deer taken by my nephew's boss out west…

http://www.racksnspurs.com/images/Fighting%20Deer-1.JPG

http://www.racksnspurs.com/images/Fighting%20Deer-2.JPG

http://www.racksnspurs.com/images/Fighting%20Deer-3.JPG

http://www.racksnspurs.com/images/Fighting%20Deer-4.JPG

http://www.racksnspurs.com/images/Fighting%20Deer-5.JPG

RE: Extra antler or another deer's antler?
 

Another deers antler. Theres about 3threads on this one already. Yours has some extra pics though and a claim on who shot it.

RE: Extra antler or another deer's antler?
 

I thought after seeing this buck in another thread that it was an antler from another buck, after seeing these photos I'm not so sure. The last photo, on the end of the antler it appears to be split and it looks like velvet hanging off of it. The shape of the extra antler is definitely non-typical, but the other two antlers are not. Strange deal regardless but I would love to know one way or the other for sure.

RE: Extra antler or another deer's antler?
 

It has puss around the entry wound and its swollen.

RE: Extra antler or another deer's antler?
 

Looks to me like the antler went in the eye socket and broke off the other deer. Man that had to hurt. Probably lucky he got shot. That is a really nice deer..

RE: Extra antler or another deer's antler?
 

not velvet,,thats skin where he ripped it out of the other bucks skull.

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Thats wicked i have never seen somegthing like that i think that it's definitly a nother deers antler and boy that thing must have been suffering for a little while. But by all means thats one hell of a buck!

RE: Extra antler or another deer's antler?
 

Looks like a third pedicle forming the the base of the eye socket. The end of the antler is split and covered in velvet, not skin. No fur. No pedicle on the end. Doen't have the look of a mainbeam at all. Where are the burs at the base? Where is the G1/brow tine? It is a classic look of a abnormal drop tine covered in old velvet at the tip. The eye is obviously affected by how large the pedicle has become.Thecoatis muchlighter surrounding the pedicle just as it is around the rest of the both eyes. It wouldn't be lighter from an injury.

RE: Extra antler or another deer's antler?
 

Its a third antler growing outta the eye socket. Here's a link...

http://forums.bowsite.com/tf/regional/thread.cfm?threadid=146980&MESSAGES=14&sta te=KS

RE: Extra antler or another deer's antler?
 

Thanks for the verification and link. If you notice in the trail cam pics, the deers right eye is still intact while in velvet. As the pedicle and antler base got bigger, it obviously began todisplace the eye itself. Very rare and interestingbuck!

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The fight story was so much better [:o]Thanks for the link

Id love to see the bare skull

RE: Extra antler or another deer's antler?
 

In the trail cam pics the deer in velvet has a kicker off the left side antler. No kicker on the one without velvet. I think its a different deer. Sure looks to me like the antler came from another deer and was broken off during a fight.

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I see it now, definitely the same deer, and that is crazy! Bone face

RE: Extra antler or another deer's antler?
 

its pretty obvious that its another deers antler to me. the botton of the odd antler has skin that has been ripped out.

at least thats what it looks like to me.