Nearly all antler deformities are the result of injury rather than genetics. Nearly all antler deformities as a result of injury are one time only deformities and the antlers will grow back normally the next year. I would hope he makes it another year and turns into an awesome deer on both sides!

Here's a decent article on antler deformities - http://www.qdma.org/articles/details.asp?id=121

Thanks for the site info, we have some family that just moved to Lubbock. we are interested in doing a hog hunt in the area on one of our trips down, do you have any suggestions?

donnnttt shot this buck, last year there was a buck that looked almost exactly like that, and i asked myself the same question. luckily i never saw him, and this year he is a big 8pt thats 4 1/2 yrs old... hoping to get a shot on him

I would take him. It is def. a nice and interesting buck!
-Jake

I would take him.

also he might make an awsome mount i got a unicorn and im mounting him

Hard to say what caused it but we had a deer we named Cactus b/c his antlers were formed just like your buck's. His antlers hadn't evened out but he gained a ton of mass between yrs 3 and 4. When shot he scored 148" with 8 1/2" of mass atthe deformed antler's base. Awesome deer and we only have one other deer with a deformity and that is a drop tine spike buck nothing like cactus. I don't think it would hurt to wait and hold out since this is your first year hunting there unless he is the biggest buck and you really want him.

looks like a great deer to me!!