I agree with "depends on the deer". I would never add antler to make one better. Thats stupid.

I did fix a broken horn blackbuck my daughter shot. Taxi did a great job molding and matching it.

What if the buck was bigger the year before? He grew bigger antlers, at some point. Would it be okay to “fix” his rack to be the same size as the year before?

If I have a pic of the buck before a break, I will repair, as long as it's a brow tine. Otherwise, I won't shoot a buck with broken beam or other tines. The way I feel is, they grew it originally, fix it back to what it was.

Depends on the circumstances at the time. Only had one repaired and no regrets.

If we're talkin' 'bout deer horns, that're missin', then they're broke plumb off.


However, if one were concerned about a fully grown and now missing portion of antler on a cervid, then the antler is unequivocally broken.

tisk. tisk.

This is my thought process as well.

I have exactly one deer mounted. It is a decent 8 pt with a 19 inch spread that was taken in Potter County Pa back when it was hard to get a decent buck there. This buck was a fighter with cuts and puncture marks on his face and neck. He also had several broken tines. I was hunting with a navy buddy on his family land and I had the deer done in memory of him and his family.

I had him done as he hit the ground to honor his fighting spirit. I have killed a lot of bigger bucks but for me it isnt the size that determines if it is a trophy and to me this one was special.