Freak nasty taken in Illinois

[csaaphill]

Nice deer no matter.
Used to be a restuarant arund here where as a kid we'd go eat at and I'd look at the mounted deer they had one looked just like that big whitetail so ya they do grow that way sometimes naturally.
THis was in the 70's so it was natural.

[savage.270]

horn color alone give it away as a farm raised buck, fine for him but not for me.

How do the antler color give it away?

[Jonathan_S]

horn color alone give it away as a farm raised buck, fine for him but not for me.

How do the antler color give it away?

Yeah that is a curious statement.  Antler color comes from what the buck rubs on after shedding velvet.  Antler is snow white until it rubs on aspen, pine, sage, etc.

[BOWHUNTER45]

I am more impressed with the Muley 

[Band]

horn color alone give it away as a farm raised buck, fine for him but not for me.

How do the antler color give it away?

Yeah that is a curious statement.  Antler color comes from what the buck rubs on after shedding velvet.  Antler is snow white until it rubs on aspen, pine, sage, etc.

I think that is the point of the comment.  From what I've seen some deer farms are nothing more than a stark field with no rubbing vegetation, so they don't get any darkness in their antlers from sap or whatever.

[Birdboy]

Great deer to the both of you!   

[carver52]

I have seen and killed several bucks over the years that had white antlers and in the wild.  Maybe bucks can be like humans in that some are always sparring, shadow boxing, working out and some just go about the regular day without all that.  And I haven't met a deer hunter yet who'd let one like that walk and say, "it was just too big for me, I want one smaller".  But those are just my thoughts, I may be wrong.

[Spawnstar]

nice buck

[carlyoungs]

Who ever thinks this buck is a whitetail, they need to get there eyes checked. And since that is a mule deer, you can't just raise one of those in a pen. No one raises mule deer in pens, they don't live. This guy shot an awesome buck let's not beat him down.

I don't know what you're seeing but that is whitetail all the way. Maybe you saw the second picture that was posted of the un typical mule deer?