Forums46
Topics538,021
Posts9,731,900
Members87,055
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
#6473818
09/29/16 06:54 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 8,841
DocHorton
OP
THF Trophy Hunter
|
OP
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 8,841 |
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6473819
09/29/16 06:55 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 9,185
hook_n_line
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 9,185 |
Wow! I'd call him "Jester". Prickly pear buck. Look up cactus buck.
Last edited by hook_n_line; 09/29/16 07:00 PM.
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6473823
09/29/16 06:58 PM
|
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 24,359
dkershen
Rev Dave
|
Rev Dave
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 24,359 |
Yep. Stag is what we call them. Damaged testicles not giving off enough testosterone to harden his antlers, and they don't drop off at end of year.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.www.NewHopeEquine.com - Health and Healing through Horses.
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6473839
09/29/16 07:14 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 756
DirtNapTET
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 756 |
Dont see a Tarsal gland.. Antlered Doe maybe?
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6473841
09/29/16 07:17 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 3,126
kdkane1971
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 3,126 |
He's going for that natural, relaxed - look all teased out and frizzy. It's the new style...all the young bucks are doing it.
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: dkershen]
#6473867
09/29/16 07:37 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 909
Triplesnake
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 909 |
Yep. Stag is what we call them. Damaged testicles not giving off enough testosterone to harden his antlers, and they don't drop off at end of year. Yep, we call them Stags too. Quite a few of them around the llano area. Best eating whitetail there is. Since they don't breed all they do is get fat.
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6473888
09/29/16 07:54 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 39,549
redchevy
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 39,549 |
Brother shot one a few years ago. Had a wang but no nuts.
It's hell eatin em live
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: redchevy]
#6473922
09/29/16 08:18 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 18,954
ChadTRG42
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 18,954 |
That's funny right there! A guy I hunted with once shot one like this. Large non-typical frame, but the antler broke off in his hand when he went to move the buck. Same thing- "Had a wang but no nuts"
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: redchevy]
#6473929
09/29/16 08:23 PM
|
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 198
TexasATC
Woodsman
|
Woodsman
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 198 |
Brother shot one a few years ago. Had a wang but no nuts. I work with a couple guys like that...their wives got 'em
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6473943
09/29/16 08:31 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 6,863
HuntnFly67
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 6,863 |
Almost looks like a cape buffalo with those bases coming together. 10:1 he has undescended testicles.
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6474050
09/29/16 09:49 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,811
TxAg
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,811 |
Stag or Cactus buck. Scientific name for the condition is "Hypogonadism." TPWD did a study on them back in the 60's.
Fairly common in parts of the Hill Co, got 4 or 5 on our place this year. They don't breed, but man can they burn some protein. Fatten up like a big ol' steer.
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: redchevy]
#6474224
09/30/16 12:17 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 29,034
Western
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 29,034 |
Brother shot one a few years ago. Had a wang but no nuts. So, it's a "wingnut"?
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6474267
09/30/16 12:46 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 32,601
sig226fan (Rguns.com)
duck & cover
|
duck & cover
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 32,601 |
His momma laid down with an Auodad
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: sig226fan (Rguns.com)]
#6474311
09/30/16 01:18 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,734
NMGW
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,734 |
His momma laid down with an Auodad That's just wrong...
New Mexico: Not Really New, Not Really Mexico
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6474617
09/30/16 12:40 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,102
Bbear
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,102 |
Hunted Llano county for over 20 years. We took quite a few off of the lease. Our lease rules were one 8 pt or better as wide as their ears or wider - stag bucks didn't count as your 'good' buck. I have an 8 pt mounted skull cap that's completely in velvet with larger than expected bases. Shot him the week before Christmas one year. According to the GW there at the time (now the county sheriff I think), about 10 to up to 20% of the bucks in that area may have this each year. Some get over it on their own, others, like the one pictured, never do. Their antlers grow some mighty weird looking shapes and sizes. Like others have said, these deer are the best eating one's out there. You will actually have marbled meat especially if you feed protein. Bust him if you get the chance.
[IMG][/IMG]
Pay it forward - Kids are the future.
Rifles are similar to boats and young women...there's no end to how much money you can pour into them without making them any more useful.
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6474623
09/30/16 12:46 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296
stxranchman
Obie Juan Kenobi
|
Obie Juan Kenobi
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296 |
I have never seen one in person but like others have said the occur in pockets around the state.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6474794
09/30/16 02:40 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 705
Age N Score ?
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 705 |
You might have to chew the sausage more than normal, but still a good few sacks of sausage!
I Feed Indian Corn. The deer love it and all the colors make them stay at the feeder longer.
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6474829
09/30/16 03:10 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 686
MoBettaHuntR
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 686 |
There was a real funny picture someone posted last time this topic came up
-Those who say money can't buy happiness never bought a dog.
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6474882
09/30/16 03:46 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 3,126
kdkane1971
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 3,126 |
This stag was killed in 2010 or 2011 on a free range lease I was on back in 2012. That's not me in the pics...it was sent to me at the time by the lease manager.
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6475603
10/01/16 03:52 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 773
TexasUplander
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 773 |
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6475624
10/01/16 04:59 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 171
C.K.
Woodsman
|
Woodsman
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 171 |
|
|
|
Re: Have you ever seen a deer like this...?
[Re: DocHorton]
#6475739
10/01/16 01:02 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 226
ChanceHuiet
Woodsman
|
Woodsman
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 226 |
My vote is an antlered doe. Could be wrong though
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|