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Damaged Will it grow next year?

Joined Apr 2009
381 Posts | 0+
Ewing, Illinois
Yearling buck decided to rip out his pedical instead of rub off his velvet!



Will he grow at all?

Will he look remotely like a buck or just a glob?



Any thoughts?
 

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We had a yearling do that last year. This year he grew an antler that looked like a moose antler. Heavily webbed with minimal point.
 
He will grow out , most likely will be a glob as you say but u never no I have had them grow back pretty uniform. This is why we cut mid sep.
 
I think at worst his two year old rack will be ugly, but I think by age 3 he'll be back to normal, or close to it.

for example I had a buck that did that same thing as a yearling. As a two year old he was a junkie looking thing that was lucky to score 130". I thought about selling him and not taking a chance on him.





I kept him, here he is this year, no sign of injury ever.