Little freak buck

[WhiskyRiver]

I wonder if there is a kid around here that thinks its funny to shoot bucks in the nuts with his BB gun like I use to to to bulls on our farm. 

 

[KimberRich]

That's known as a cactus buck.  To learn more: http://www.kingsoutdoorworld.com/feature/cactus-bucks.shtml

thats pretty interesting bow4elk, thats for the info.

I like the antlered doe at the end of the article.. Odd stuff.

[DOUBLELUNG]

I shot this guy a couple years back.  In velvet in Mid October.  All of his anatomy was accounted for.  He had a huge body with over an inch and a half of body fat on the top of his back.  Very tasty deer.

I'll second that.  I killed one very similar about 15 years ago, was absolutely fantastic eats.  Like comparing a steer to a bull.  Mine had under-developed testicles, about 3/4".

In addition to trauma, it is not uncommon to see this in mule deer (testicular atrophy) as a result of hydrocarbon environmental contamination.  In eastern Wyoming, there were a couple of old refineries and oil fields where they were fairly common.  The effect was first discovered in HUMAN oil field and refinery workers  .