Unique bucks lets see them.........

Always wanted to get a gnarly looking non-typical, but so far haven't. Did get this young buck I suspect had been previously injured and caused some abnormal deformity in his antler growth.

The skull shows a bone repair in front of the right antler base indicating an injury .... maybe a bullet ricocheting off his skull the previous year??

"Hole in the Ear Buck"

Neighboring hunters drove a dozen deer towards us some years ago. Through the binoculars I could see a buck with red all over his head, one of my boys brought him down.

Appears other hunters had pierced his ear with a slug and blew a chunk of the antler away. The ear piercing splattered the head with blood and antler remained intact.

My brother shot a weird bull this year. Right antler base bent forward. We've seen this a time or two in this area, not sure if genetic or not. Couldn't see an injury

Note extra white on neck and forehead:

Another with that same gene but only a trace of white on forehead:


Double main beam and droopy ear on this little buck's right side:

Wish I could have gotten closer to this one; he was about 150 yards away but had busted me.

Regards,
hps

When he came in I knew he was a mature deer and looked to be a normal rack until I walked up on him. On that same side of the goofy tine there was a large rip in the main beam about 3-4” wide that we are sure was a drop tine that was ripped off. In the first pic you can see the bulge on the left side of the main beam.

This buck was taken just a bit over a mile from my house this Fall during archery season. I think it had 56 points total.

^^^All I can say is WOW!^^^

Yeah that’s ridiculous!

Have some oddball stuff........



Found this one on December 18, 2009 off the Arrowhead Snowmobile Trail in Northern Minnesota a bit NW of Myrtle Lake.
Killed by wolves.

kscharlie said:

This buck was taken just a bit over a mile from my house this Fall during archery season. I think it had 56 points total. View attachment 880382

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That looks like a cactus buck. They generally have something wrong with their testicles to cause it. Low or no testosterone causes the antlers to stay in velvet and small injuries or insect bites cause all the small crazy points.

Here's one that's similar.

hps1 said:

Note extra white on neck and forehead:
hps

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Double throat patch is a fairly common occurrence...but unique enough to identify one animal from another many times.

Shot this one about six years ago.
Making a one man drive to my huntin' buddy came upon a set of fresh tracks so started following them. He stood up out of his bed and I put him back to sleep in his bed at 25 yards.
Thought that I was the most stealthy hunter in the woods, then got hearing aids.



He has 16 points over an inch long, a couple on the back side of his antlers that are not seen in this picture.
Got the buck home, the wife was thrilled, not only for the venison but it was one that the game camera had captured with him having one more tine that was broke off.....

These are some of the more unusual racks I photographed at the Iowa Deer Classic a few years ago.

^^^Some monsters there, would be shot just because of fear!^^^

Like I said B-4, and all nice once in a lifetime bucks.

It's not a deer but it is a buck. My first antelope killed near Gillette, Wyoming in 1974. The mount is a bit worse for wear.





The guide said it was real rare so I took it as an "oddball."

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This buck was taken just a bit over a mile from my house this Fall during archery season. I think it had 56 points total. View attachment 880382

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It'll make them grow
antlers they said....

I thought the thurdy point buck was just a funny song........

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This buck was taken just a bit over a mile from my house this Fall during archery season. I think it had 56 points total. View attachment 880382

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Looks like he was auditioning for the Iron Throne.

Was watching this guy about 75 feet from my house.
First day of early archery, he came along. 15 yard pass through shot.


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27hand, that is a freaky cool buck. Congratulations!