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So I usually pull my trail cameras out after the season is over in January. Well this year I thought I would leave them up for the heck of it. I assumed when bucks dropped their horns they just fell off clean. I have this guy on one of my cams and it looks like it's Mr. Splinterhead???

Is this normal or is something wrong? Sorry the pic isn't any better and the only pics I have are at night.

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Doesn’t look normal to me.
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Check the bobwire fence to see if there's jewels dangling off it
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Pinegoat wrote: February 27th, 2022, 6:01 pm Check the bobwire fence to see if there's jewels dangling off it
Exactly what I was going to say. I have read about and even seen one castrated buck that’s horns looked like that and sometimes never loose their velvet….
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That's what I would say too. But there are still hard horned deer here still... If barbwire is Tru be cool to see what he does or doesn't become
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When whitetails drop their antlers they break cleanly at the pedicle. That isn't a result of the annual antler drop for sure.
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I shot a buck several years ago. Had very strange bases very similar to your trailcam pic but also had somewhat normal points growing out of it. Also still had some velvet around bases. was middle of December. He also had no family jewels! it looked like antlers never dropped and new growth was trying to form layers over the old.
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Always heard then called "Cactus " bucks. Had one on the farm I hunt similar to that. Antlers were maybe 5 inches tall and maybe 20 points.Growing straight up.
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The best way to tell is to ground check 'em this fall!!!!!!!!
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Tail Feathers wrote: February 27th, 2022, 8:56 pm When whitetails drop their antlers they break cleanly at the pedicle. That isn't a result of the annual antler drop for sure.
Well, that's what I was thinking..........maybe I'll get some daylight pics and get a better idea???
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He's either been accidently castrated or has some other issue going on.
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That’s really cool, Kevin.
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The real question.... What's he score?
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Ol Tom, he's a bruiser............probably high 180's
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CamoMan4025 wrote: March 2nd, 2022, 3:06 pm Ol Tom, he's a bruiser............probably high 180's
Now Kevin, don't be so modest as you know he'll be in the 200's :cheers:
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Here's one on my camera in february n
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Here's one in February in PA
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Nice one.... hopefully you'll get a shot at him come fall.
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I've killed several deer with wonky racks but never seen anything like that. Did you leave the cam out & get any more recent pics?
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The camera is still out, I'm probably gonna check them in a week or so.
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