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extremly odd deer...input needed
#5493826
12/23/14 12:40 AM
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bigun
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[IMG] Watched this deer for four years, never shed his antlers or velvet. When I did finally kill him, I found out he was a stag. Has anyone else seen this before? http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad35/...zpsd40db0d0.jpg[/IMG]
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
[Re: bigun]
#5493870
12/23/14 12:58 AM
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stxranchman
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Yes in certain areas they are killed every year. Neat euro
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
[Re: bigun]
#5493875
12/23/14 01:01 AM
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Big_Ag
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Never seen one. Just read about them. Rare, unique trophy!
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
[Re: Big_Ag]
#5493919
12/23/14 01:22 AM
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8Point
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I shot one back in 1987 in East Texas. It was the last day of the season. His antlers were still soft.
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
[Re: bigun]
#5493987
12/23/14 01:47 AM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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I kill one just about every year. Meats awesome.
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
[Re: bigun]
#5494090
12/23/14 02:25 AM
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Justin T
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Yep, lots of them in the Hill Country.
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
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#5494296
12/23/14 03:45 AM
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Duck_Hunter
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Stupid question, but what makes it a stag? Google only made me more confused.
I just turned it on . I was looking bird dogs in the butt this morning.
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
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#5494336
12/23/14 04:02 AM
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8Point
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Stupid question, but what makes it a stag? Google only made me more confused. No family jewels.
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
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#5494467
12/23/14 04:51 AM
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dogcatcher
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
[Re: bigun]
#5494475
12/23/14 04:55 AM
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BrazosHunter
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That is caused by a hormone deficiency (no testicles).
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
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#5494502
12/23/14 05:16 AM
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Western
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I kill one just about every year. Meats awesome. Shorten your fences I have never seen one, but heard about them.
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
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#5494601
12/23/14 11:36 AM
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mreed
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I had one like that on my place last year but never got a chance to put a pin on him
"Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid."
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
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#5494677
12/23/14 01:23 PM
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TxAg
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A condition called "Hypogonadism" causes stag bucks. TPWD released a good paper on it a while back.
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
[Re: bigun]
#5494806
12/23/14 02:32 PM
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landsurveyor
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
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#5495713
12/23/14 08:28 PM
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Murphscout
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Lease partner killed one in Llano county. Biologist told us that ther is a fungus (moss) that grows on the granite out here that the deer love. If they eat too much of it as fawns it can cause the jewels not to drop. Hence a cryptorchid deer. Always velvet little to no testosterone. Uncommon but not rare out my way
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
[Re: bigun]
#5495946
12/23/14 10:33 PM
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BayouGuy
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From the S.E. Louisiana pine woods. (No granite around here. )
If you can't laugh at yourself, give me a call. I'll gladly laugh at you. "I keep trying to see Nancy Pelosi's and Chuck Schumer's point of view, but I can't seem to get my head that far up my [censored]." Senator John Kennedy, Louisiana
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
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#5496921
12/24/14 12:37 PM
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Deerhunter61
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Yep, hill country has quite a few. I shot one a few years ago.
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
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#5497077
12/24/14 02:28 PM
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dkershen
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Shot this freaky muley stag on our place a few years back..
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
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#5497157
12/24/14 03:10 PM
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don k
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I killed one once. Turned out it was the neighbors pet that they had castorated.
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
[Re: Western]
#5497177
12/24/14 03:22 PM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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kind of a big deal
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I kill one just about every year. Meats awesome. Shorten your fences I have never seen one, but heard about them. They can't get much lower..lol
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
[Re: bigun]
#5497280
12/24/14 04:14 PM
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bigun
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I really didn't know they were that common thnx for the feed back
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
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#5497711
12/24/14 07:18 PM
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crb1970
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Re: extremly odd deer...input needed
[Re: bigun]
#5497725
12/24/14 07:26 PM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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kind of a big deal
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I really didn't know they were that common thnx for the feed back Some parts they are extremely rare, others not so much
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