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spike deer question
« on: October 31, 2013, 08:46:23 PM »
so right at noon today I come across this blacktail deer at about 120 yards.....I can see with the naked eye it has a bigger body than normal...you know the drill.... bubble back end and you can see the round definition in the front shoulders...put up the binos and its a spike----not your normal blacktail 4" spike this things has spikes that are 10-12" long that curve out behind his ears and come up to about 6" apart....stood there for honestly 2 minutes watching this thing watch me.... really wanted to get a decent racked buck this year as although I do love me some venison my wife got a doe with her bow, my son got a spike with his bow and my hunting partner got a 2 point Tuesday and he doesn't eat a lot of venison so my freezer is getting full.......the longer I looked at it the more I thought about shooting it as to the size of the body but just couldn't pull the trigger......my question is why was he only a spike....obviously he was a couple years old----his horns weren't broken off or anything all he had was spikes as they tapered to a point......is it genetics or ?    someone on here has to know something more than I do about the situation
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Re: spike deer question
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2013, 08:50:20 PM »
I have seen bucks like this before. One in particular me and my grandfather hunted for years in the Satsop area and he had spikes about the same length as you describe. We were never able to kill that buck. I could be wrong so don't quote me on this, but I believe the reason for not branching out is just odd genetics.

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Re: spike deer question
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2013, 08:51:26 PM »
I have a few spikes that are pretty similar to what you described that run around on my property.

 


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