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Old 08-20-2004, 03:17 PM   #103
BrianR
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Deer shed their antlers regularly. It does not hurt them to do this. In most cases antlers that are harvested are cut off above the blood supply, so THAT doesn't hurt them either. I dunno about growing them, especially in strange ways like the picture. You sure there isn't two of them and it's one behind the other...I've looked and there MIGHT be one back there...

Methinks this one is an aberration or is sporting a birth defect, possibly caused by exposure to some kind of drug or pollution.

I'd still shoot it during antlered season and definitely pay to have it stuffed and mounted on my wall. The rest of it to be butchered and frozen in my freezer to be enjoyed for the rest of the year. Unused portions of meat can be given to neighbors or donated to homeless shelters.

Brian
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