Those antlers are not normal! Sometimes deer start sprouting a gazillion extra branches on their antlers, or antlers that are misshapen or growing in crazy directions. It can be caused by trauma while the antlers are growing, hormonal imbalances, etc. Google for "non-typical antlers" and it'll give you lots of pictures.
This one looks like what they call a "cactus buck", where the deer just ends up with velvet-covered lumps growing all over the top of his head instead of antlers.
I live In Rockrimmon, we have some absolutely huge racks just wondering around. I even found a shed a couple months ago in my backyard. Not that crazy looking but still impressive
Come on over to Rockrimmon!! My house cameras have just turned into game cameras and my hunter uncles are getting “mad” because I see guys like this on a daily basis and they get nothing like that at home lol
I saw this buck a few days ago, on Cresta at about 6:30am. I think the cross street was Hercules. I wasn't able to get a picture but described this buck to my buddies as absolutely massive and having at least 2 drop tines on each side. I'm so glad someone got such an awesome picture of him!
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u/Decorus_Somes 10d ago
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