Eye antler

[goatman]

At first I thought this young buck from last year had a busted antler. Looking closer I saw he had a antler growing below his eye.

His pedicle must be down there as he has shed and has a spike with two fingers on there now.

 

[Ishi]

Wow! That is crazy

 

[Deer Nut]

Yikes! I wonder if it even hurts?

 

[BDAHMS]

cant see the picture?

 

[soil]

My stepdad killed one similar to that. It had two normal antlers in the right location but also a third small 1 inch point that came out just below the back of the eye.

 

[soil]

Now that I look back at the pics it was actually above the eye but still an inch and a half from the other antler.

 

[Deer Nut]

That one definitely looks like it hurt. Blinded an eye?

 

[Turkey Creek]

I read a research paper that indicated you can actually get a antler to grow anywhere on a deer if the cell tissue from the pedicel area is transplanted. I have seen the same thing on antelope much more frequently. The will have small horns less than 1" long growing on their foreheads and the bridge of the nose.

 

[soil]

I had pics of the buck where he did not appear blind in that eye. The taxi said he had a lot of bruising and pus around that eye and forehead as well as some deep cuts that he figured was from fighting.