Interesting roe malform

[willie_gunn]

His left antler has an interesting malformation, with no front tine, a fork at the top, the coronet seemingly extended to the rear, and with two additional points almost forming a separate beam.









Alhough losing some image quality, here is the same view enlarged.

 

[bullet chucker]

I have a mount not dissimilar to him, would seem the damage was done by a .22 bullet through the coronet.

BC.

 

[baguio]

Beautiful photos again Willy.

 

[Bandit]

Great pictures Willi, had this one two yrs back but the extra bit coming out the front. Left a buck in his area a few years before that had snapped his left antler in velvet and had grown sideways. Don’t know wether it’s the same buck but could be.

 

[@theroedeerguy]

His left antler has an interesting malformation, with no front tine, a fork at the top, the coronet seemingly extended to the rear, and with two additional points almost forming a separate beam.


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Alhough losing some image quality, here is the same view enlarged.

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Brilliant photos and cracking malform.
Thanks for posting

 

[Woodsmoke]

Interesting one! What are your plans for him? Looks to be an older buck, so is he a candidate?

Had an interesting one myself last year. No sign of injury, and body condition was superb.

 

[willie_gunn]

Interesting one! What are your plans for him? Looks to be an older buck, so is he a candidate?

Had an interesting one myself last year. No sign of injury, and body condition was superb.

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Apologies, only just seen this. That does look like a similar type of malformation.

The buck is on a track near the village, so not on ground where have the stalking rights. From my perspective I'll just be following his progress with the camera, hopefully up to and including during the rut. There is a stalker who comes up from Wales to control the deer, so it may be the buck gets taken before then, but we'll just have to see. There are more roe in the area, so if he does get shot there will doubtless be others to migrate in.

 

[willie_gunn]

Great pictures Willi, had this one two yrs back but the extra bit coming out the front. Left a buck in his area a few years before that had snapped his left antler in velvet and had grown sideways. Don’t know wether it’s the same buck but could be.

That really is quite some headgear!