Soft Antler

South Alabama Whitetails

Joined Jul 2009

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Deer Park, Alabama

Discussion Starter
• Feb 7, 2011

• #1

We killed a deer 2 weeks ago with very soft antler, almost rubbery. you could dig into them with you finger nails. Any ideas what would cause this? It appeared to be a 2 year old.

 

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CurtisLloyd

Joined Apr 2009

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Tobin Lake, Saskatchewan

• Feb 7, 2011

• #2

any nuts ?

 

South Alabama Whitetails

Joined Jul 2009

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Deer Park, Alabama

Discussion Starter
• Feb 7, 2011

• #3

Nuts intact but one ugly deer!

 

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thuntclub

Joined May 2009

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Forest Home, AL

• Feb 8, 2011

• #4

Brett do you have pictures?

 

South Alabama Whitetails

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Deer Park, Alabama

Discussion Starter
• Feb 8, 2011

• #5

Troy

We did not take pictures. As a matter of fact we left him in the woods. I was afraid something was wrong with him. He did not look healthy and that is why I killed him. I did not know the antlers were soft until I shot him.

 

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daywoodwhitetails

Joined Jan 2011

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Barnett Mo

• Feb 8, 2011

• #6

Not to sound like a but head but you should have taken him to someone to be checked so if there was something wrong he didnt pass it on to other deer or wildlife

 

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virgil

Joined Apr 2009

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Polk, PA located in west central pa

• Feb 8, 2011

• #7

Yeah, they probly would have came out and shot every deer in a ten mile radius.

 

South Alabama Whitetails

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Deer Park, Alabama

Discussion Starter
• Feb 8, 2011

• #8

Virgil

That was my thought exactly. I had watched the deer in this field regularly and he was the only one that did not appear healthy. I could not find any signs of injury but something was wrong.

 

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Lanasvet

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Illinois

• Feb 8, 2011

• #9

Isn't hunting season over in Alabama? Thank goodness it is in Illinois.

 

South Alabama Whitetails

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Deer Park, Alabama

Discussion Starter
• Feb 8, 2011

• #10

Season ended January 31st.

 

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crocket

Joined May 2010

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nj

• Feb 9, 2011

• #11

BamaMom said:

oh yeah and rut has just started here ....CRAZY all over the roads. wonder if these wild weather swings have anything to do with it.



my son killed a 212 lb big guy that had a weirdly deformed lookin rack.....hes being mounted now..almost like 2 racks started on one side and a normal one on the other

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WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. RUT. HUNTING IN FEB

 

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RLAwhitetails

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Kinmundy Illinois

• Feb 9, 2011

• #12

Lanasvet said:

Isn't hunting season over in Alabama? Thank goodness it is in Illinois.

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Yes, thank God deer season is over in Illinois. Now it's shed hunting season.

 

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BamaMom

Joined Dec 2010

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Alabama

• Feb 10, 2011

• #13

crocket said:

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. RUT. HUNTING IN FEB

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since this was a thread about a deer with some rack deformity or illness, i merely commented on a strange one here.



i am sorry .. hunting season just over here .. Jan 31



rut has started, seems to be a little later and the deer are all over the hiways and in the ditches. i wondered if it was later due to the craziness of the weather that we have been having