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Not sure if what i'm about to share is correct but its worth starting some conversation in the thread. Someone once told me that if a buck has a messed up antler on one side like that, that it usually has suffered some kind of injury in the past. I found this to be interesting because i harvested a buck like this about 12 years ago. It was a perfect 4 point w/ eye gaurds on one side, and had a deformed antler on the other. He also had a very badly injured front shoulder that was healed over. He walked with a limp and the muscle tissue was all diminished on that side. I guess what i'm saying is that it may not be a genetics issue. I have never really researched this or had any conclusive proof, but it seems possible. It would be interesting to hear if others have harvested deer with deformed antlers on one side that have also sustained an injury previously. Also, with the tall fence in the background of the pictures, its not unlikely that this deer could have hurt himself sometime in the past.
I have heard the same from multiple sources over the years, but I couldn't pinpoint a source for
that now.
Kind of makes sense to me.
I grew up in Utah and my uncle used to tell me stories of when they were cowboys (and they were castrating the new bulls - which by the way they would use a thick rubber band that cut off circulation to the sack.....) that they'd sometimes get bored and chase down fawns. If it was a male fawn they "Put a band on them". He said that in later years they shot some big cactus racks bucks that kept their velvet and had no balls. IDK, but I think I believe him.