Sounds like an antler injury - not a body injury --

If so - the rack will be normal next year again.

I myself like drop tines, it gives the deer character, non-typicals are a rareity, I would let him go one more year, who knows maybe next year he could be a record buck. JMO

Could be a different deer, I always laugh at my friend Aaron he hunts a place ive been hunting for 8 years longer then he has and he swears he keeps seeing the same deer but Being the wiser he is actually mistaking 3 different bucks for the same one.

killer I've got a rack similiar to that on Ebay, check it out my id is bowhunter52549 do a sellers search, I'd post a pic of it but I dont know how on here, irregular racks are pretty cool.