Posted By: MedinaCtyHunter
Northern Medina County low fence - 12/02/21 04:18 PM
Took this very unique 12pt last week. Looks like his G2 was bent back while in velvet.
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Northern Medina County low fence
Posted By: Ringtail
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/02/21 04:24 PM
Wow cool unique trophy! Congratulations!
Posted By: BenBob
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/02/21 04:28 PM
Nice buck.
Posted By: Hudbone
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/02/21 04:37 PM
That's a boy howdy!
Posted By: Erathkid
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/02/21 05:11 PM
Great buck. Love the character.
Posted By: ILUVBIGBUCKS
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/02/21 05:47 PM
Great deer!
Congrats
Congrats
Posted By: Pope&Young
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/02/21 06:15 PM
Outstanding buck 
Congrats
I would have to name him my "Wild Thing" buck
Congrats I would have to name him my "Wild Thing" buck
Posted By: Elkivory2
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/02/21 06:30 PM
Congrats on a great buck. Looks like you made an awesome shot too!
Posted By: Las Colinas Hunter
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/02/21 07:58 PM
Wow! Congrats
Posted By: ElkOne
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/02/21 08:28 PM
Great buck 
Posted By: Michael W.
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/03/21 01:37 AM
Very nice buck. Congrats
Posted By: skinnerback
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/03/21 02:09 AM
That is one heck of a deer!
Posted By: postoak
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/03/21 03:31 AM
Very nice buck with an unusual feature as a bonus.
Posted By: flintknapper
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/03/21 02:03 PM
Nice buck. Antlers just grew that way. Though developing antler IS somewhat soft/pliable it won't 'bend' without being irreparably damaged.
Typically injuries to forming antler tines result in that tine being truncated.
Often that portion will be dark colored.
Here is an example of that happening. This buck when in velvet had a G3 that had a piece of that tine (about 3" long) going 90° inward.
Later when all the antler was hard and velvet shed, that piece had fallen off and left the truncated G3.
![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/12/full-56101-324778-truncated.jpg)
Typically injuries to forming antler tines result in that tine being truncated.
Often that portion will be dark colored.
Here is an example of that happening. This buck when in velvet had a G3 that had a piece of that tine (about 3" long) going 90° inward.
Later when all the antler was hard and velvet shed, that piece had fallen off and left the truncated G3.
Posted By: MedinaCtyHunter
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/03/21 03:52 PM
Originally Posted by flintknapper
Nice buck. Antlers just grew that way. Though developing antler IS somewhat soft/pliable it won't 'bend' without being irreparably damaged.
Typically injuries to forming antler tines result in that tine being truncated.
Often that portion will be dark colored.
Here is an example of that happening. This buck when in velvet had a G3 that had a piece of that tine (about 3" long) going 90° inward.
Later when all the antler was hard and velvet shed, that piece had fallen off and left the truncated G3.
Typically injuries to forming antler tines result in that tine being truncated.
Often that portion will be dark colored.
Here is an example of that happening. This buck when in velvet had a G3 that had a piece of that tine (about 3" long) going 90° inward.
Later when all the antler was hard and velvet shed, that piece had fallen off and left the truncated G3.
Wow! That is very interesting. I have hunted this ranch for about 25 years and I had never seen this before in any buck. Do you think it is a genetic quality? Also, my taxidermist said that this doesnt look like a hill country deer, even though that is what he is. I have suspected for several years now that someone in our area might have brought in some deer from down south as we have seen body weights increase pretty dramatically. It is now not uncommon to have a mature buck field dress over 140 lbs.
Posted By: Erathkid
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/03/21 04:08 PM
Originally Posted by MedinaCtyHunter
Originally Posted by flintknapper
Nice buck. Antlers just grew that way. Though developing antler IS somewhat soft/pliable it won't 'bend' without being irreparably damaged.
Typically injuries to forming antler tines result in that tine being truncated.
Often that portion will be dark colored.
Here is an example of that happening. This buck when in velvet had a G3 that had a piece of that tine (about 3" long) going 90° inward.
Later when all the antler was hard and velvet shed, that piece had fallen off and left the truncated G3.
Typically injuries to forming antler tines result in that tine being truncated.
Often that portion will be dark colored.
Here is an example of that happening. This buck when in velvet had a G3 that had a piece of that tine (about 3" long) going 90° inward.
Later when all the antler was hard and velvet shed, that piece had fallen off and left the truncated G3.
Wow! That is very interesting. I have hunted this ranch for about 25 years and I had never seen this before in any buck. Do you think it is a genetic quality? Also, my taxidermist said that this doesnt look like a hill country deer, even though that is what he is. I have suspected for several years now that someone in our area might have brought in some deer from down south as we have seen body weights increase pretty dramatically. It is now not uncommon to have a mature buck field dress over 140 lbs.
Southern Medina county has always had big deer. It's actually part of the south Texas brush. Northern Medina is cedar country and Edward's plateau. Big deer have moved northward .
Posted By: MedinaCtyHunter
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/03/21 04:51 PM
Why have they moved northward? Any ideas?
Posted By: twdjr
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/03/21 05:40 PM
Cool deer, Congrats!
Posted By: Biscuit
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/03/21 05:41 PM
Beautiful
Posted By: Erathkid
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/04/21 02:59 PM
Originally Posted by MedinaCtyHunter
Why have they moved northward? Any ideas?
Not as in migratory. The quality has moved northward due to people managing their properties better. Feeding protein, letting deer get some age etc.
Posted By: Wilhunt
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/04/21 03:06 PM
nice buck!
Posted By: Boone Dozer
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/06/21 07:49 PM
That's a cool lookin deer, Congrats!!
Posted By: Bucks auto
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/09/21 03:54 AM
Nice buck congrats to you
Posted By: bphillips
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/09/21 05:57 AM
Great buck congrats
Posted By: hook_n_line
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/09/21 01:46 PM
Nice!
Posted By: bobcat1
Re: Northern Medina County low fence - 12/09/21 01:52 PM