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ANTLERS, the curious and the malformed.
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wicklow202
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a few pics of sika/hybrids from wicklow.
A Hybrid hummel from wicklow
A sika with one pedicle
Shot by a friend a three legged hybrid, it had corkscrew antlers and there was damge to the testicles.
A Hybrid hummel from wicklow
A sika with one pedicle
Shot by a friend a three legged hybrid, it had corkscrew antlers and there was damge to the testicles.
True !
Sika are normally very regular.
Below are two which I shot in Co.Wicklow, Eire some years ago on the same trip over. Both have abnormal growths at the junction of the brow tines and main beam. [Both of these beasts were shot many miles apart on different areas but had very similar extras.]
The old man on the left made a Silver medal and had an unusual top left front tine with a fork on the end, it is a pity that his right rear inner tine was broken.
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Sika are normally very regular.
Below are two which I shot in Co.Wicklow, Eire some years ago on the same trip over. Both have abnormal growths at the junction of the brow tines and main beam. [Both of these beasts were shot many miles apart on different areas but had very similar extras.]
The old man on the left made a Silver medal and had an unusual top left front tine with a fork on the end, it is a pity that his right rear inner tine was broken.
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NickJ
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A very interesting thread this, thank you. Their antler range is certainly something that helps makes roe so fascinating.
I wonder what people's views are on something that has long puzzled me. A friend had a piece of ground that threw an amazing amount of roe malfoms, much higher than normal levels; his dining room has the trophies all on all four walls. They vary but many are corkscrew or a single beam that L shapes. Could this be genetic?
I had asked all the usual testicle damgage questions (fences, dogs, shotguns) and all were a negative.
I wonder what people's views are on something that has long puzzled me. A friend had a piece of ground that threw an amazing amount of roe malfoms, much higher than normal levels; his dining room has the trophies all on all four walls. They vary but many are corkscrew or a single beam that L shapes. Could this be genetic?
I had asked all the usual testicle damgage questions (fences, dogs, shotguns) and all were a negative.
With static species such as Roe genetic faults can easily be transmitted from one generation to another.
With nomadic species this is less likely to happen.
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With nomadic species this is less likely to happen.
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Another Wicklow Sika, just missed a Bronze medal because of the missing top rear tine.
It also exhibits another curious feature, the rare `bent-nose syndrome.`
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It also exhibits another curious feature, the rare `bent-nose syndrome.`
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The above `bent-nose ` Sika.
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An interesting Sika/Red Hybrid shot in Co.Wicklow by a resident German hunter.
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A Wicklow trio.
Sika, Red and Sika/Red hybrid.
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Sika, Red and Sika/Red hybrid.
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The late G.Kenneth Whitehead took an enlarged picture of them to an international Sika symposium.
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The late G.Kenneth Whitehead took an enlarged picture of them to an international Sika symposium.
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wicklow202
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great pic there, do you have a record of body weights for the three animals.
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great pic there, do you have a record of body weights for the three animals.
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Sorry but no.
Liam McG. was with me when I shot it and wanted to drag it a mile back to the motor in one piece but it was so heavy that I had difficulty turning it over for the gralloching.
We cut it and he carried out the haunches and I took the head and both rifles.
The haunches weighed in excess of 100 pounds so it was a whopper.
I went back the next day to fillet the rest of it but had great difficulty finding it and if it had not been for a couple of Grey Crows sitting up a nearby tree I may not have found it.
The 5.6X61 Vom Hofe Super Express bullet had totally wrecked the front end but it was not totally wasted.
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Sorry but no.
Liam McG. was with me when I shot it and wanted to drag it a mile back to the motor in one piece but it was so heavy that I had difficulty turning it over for the gralloching.
We cut it and he carried out the haunches and I took the head and both rifles.
The haunches weighed in excess of 100 pounds so it was a whopper.
I went back the next day to fillet the rest of it but had great difficulty finding it and if it had not been for a couple of Grey Crows sitting up a nearby tree I may not have found it.
The 5.6X61 Vom Hofe Super Express bullet had totally wrecked the front end but it was not totally wasted.
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Here's a malform that my boss shot with me last weekend, no damage to testicles or legs:
Another cull Roebuck.
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