Born this way or injury?

[Brittany Chukarman]

This little showed guy up this week. I got a feeling this won't end well for him as he ages and his antlers grow. He's also getting rutty.

 

[noharleyyet]

Pedicle injury?

 

[Forkyfinder]

Injury.

But you would have the mona lisa of forky euros if you were to help him out

 

[antlerradar]

Injury,

Next year he will grow a more normal antler.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

I hope you're right. The angle of the pedicle makes me wonder.

 

[belshawelk]

Injury,

Next year he will grow a more normal antler.

Maybe. Some never do. The skull may have a damage to it. I have a shot or seen several bulls that have been shot and the skull actually has a deformedly.

If it doesn't he will get killed. Hard to defend himself that way

 

[antlerradar]

I hope you're right. The angle of the pedicle makes me wonder.

I have examples in the antler collection. The pedicle will remain broken and the same but the new antler will try to compensate for the deformity. It will not be the antler it would have been with out the injury, but it most likely will grow upward.

 

[antlerradar]

Here is a big elk antler from a bull that at some point in life broke his pedicle and it leaned forward on the skull. As you can see the antler started to grow forward, but quickly compensated and grew back like a normal bull. The other side was a giant antler that is normal in every way except for the size. Several years of antlers were found from this bull and both antlers similar from year to year. I only found one set.

 

[cgasner1]

Nature is neat I wouldn’t argue with @antlerradar about bone structures

 

[jpcoll01]