[williams111]

I just got these pics off of my mineral today, if you look close you can see he is favoring his right back leg, he looks fairly old, any guesses on age?

 

[buckrub]

Deer

He looks old enough to run an arrow through.

 

[dgf41]

Can't tell his age. But that is a big sore on his leg. And a wild set of antlers.

 

[cabooser]

Don't know his age but he's been hurt since last year at least. You can tell by his screwy left antler. An injury to the right side of a deer often alters antler growth on the left side and vice versa. My first buck, "Stumpy", had his right hind leg shot off @ the hock & completely healed. Very goofy looking rack.

SHOOT HIM!!!

 

[blue thunder]

I'd take him if I had a chance.:thumbs_up

 

[razorjack]

Shoot him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yep i would shoot him,gotta remember .. QDM....:darkbeer:

 

[Maybee-R]

i dont know how old he is but i think this is his last year he will reach if i saw him. good luck at getting him.

 

[deerhunter3241]

Doesn't look like anything much pass 2.5 to 3.5 yoa...His body is still sleek and young looking including his face...That injury is what caused the rack to go crazy...I would take him regardless, but it appears he's in pain so all the more reason to arrow him this year...!

 

[Sandilands]

Poor guy.

That leg doesn't look good. Looks like an old injury but look at the position of the tail...... he's hurt'n. I saw a pic on another board and it was of a doe w/ 2fawns she was missing her front leg. I think I would rather be an amputie than to have the infection that buck has . I would take that buck the first chance I got.:killpain:

 

[Phalanx]

Deer

It's even beyong hunting or herd management. That poor fella needs to be put down for his own good. That tail is buckled way under...probably intense pain in that joint.

 

[longstick]

I agree with CABOOSER..been hurt since last year.the reason for the bad rack on one side

 

[Viper69]

Looks like a tough old brute!

 

[frontier]

stick him "QDM" I would say hes not as old as you think maybe two&half or three

 

[Jeff K in IL]

Remove him, his injoury resulted in his wacky headgear. Might as well end it for him, if you need help I could drive that way!

 

[ChrisM101]

Id estimate 3.5yrs, probably unable to breed anyway, thats an old injury, but probably this years.
It looks like the leg was busted and that the bone healed into a big callous knot.

I dont know about that opposite rack to injury theory.

But I would imagine he favors his good side, thus he is banging the developing horns into more brush and stuff as they formed this time around.
Hes obviously not agile enough anymore to duck brush, limbs, fences, etc.
So his good side is taking a beating at every step as they grew.

Of course i could also picture a car striking him in the right rear and knocking his developing rack on the pavement on the left as a more likely cause,
it takes quite a bit i would imagine, to push that main beam back all the way at the base.

Hes obviously still feeding and fat. Right at shooting age anyway.
If the opportunity presents take him.

 

[Hoyt Havoc]

I'd guess him to be 2.5 yrs. And I'd guess he got hit by a car or something when he was in velvet. His leg looks real sore and it doesn't look like he uses it at all. Whack him.