Genetics or weird coincidence

[boneaddict]

I filmed this buck in 2011. 

[boneaddict]

Then in 2014 I filmed this guy in the same spot give or take 5 FEET.

[boneaddict]

I assumed it was an injury on the 2011 buck.

[Rainier10]

Odd for sure. It switched sides also, right?

[kodiak 907]

Clumsy

[runamuk]

could be dietary as well too much or not enough of a certain element during antler growth.  Which if an area is deficient/excessive should show up in the population more broadly.  Are you sure these arent hanford deer 

[trytough]

A buddy of mine shot a 4 point muley in the winthrop area back in the late 90's that had knobs on his antlers, but only on one side just like your 2011 buck.

[Tbob]

A buddy of mine shot one like your 2011 pic, but he was in AZ..

[boneaddict]

Most of the time its due to an injury.   I thought it was funny how similar these guys were,  Cap coloring, small throat patch.  If 2011 got busy I could see a 2.5 year old buck looking like him.

[DOUBLELUNG]

Injury - “Acorn points” are a common injury-based oddity seen each fall. This is a swelling in the middle or near the tip of a hardened antler tine. Acorn points are caused when the buck bumps the growing tip of the tine on something hard. The velvet on the tip is injured and, in the process of repairing itself, deposits more antler material at that location. From Jim Hefelfinger of AZ G&F, the guru of deer abnormalities.

[boneaddict]

 

When another one shows up in three years I guess I will know.

[Boss .300 winmag]

That would have been a cool trophy with those acorns.

My buddie non typical had one on its rack.

[Band]

I think those first 2 pics are the same buck, are they not?

[MtnMuley]

That's a true definition of an acorn there.

[trophyhunt]

This is my wife's dads blacktail he shot several years ago in Wilkeson.



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