Odd & Broken Racks

heres some sheds i found this year -Nelly-

Here are a couple. The archery buck I got this past November on public land in southern IL. He had 3 tines broken off. I arrowed him right after he destroyed a tree within visual distance. He was not what I was looking for on the trip, but it was the last hour of the last morning (we were leaving by noon).

The gun buck a friend took in Iowa county, WI. I had never seen this buck in person or on camera, but he showed up in the first few minutes of opening day in 2010.

Buddys dad with a freak, shot with a recurve, columbia co.

Back in my first season I was with a cousin. A buck walked by with a 3 point rack swinging loose from his head . Someone must have just hit the base on an angle. The other side was was only a nub. This was before hunter's choice so it was only legal on one side. . We registered that one fast, before the horn fell off. Two years ago I shot one with three horns with a total of ten points that scored just over 100 (not much width). I will have to try and post a picture.

I love all the pics of oddball deer and I hate to be the first to say it, but it almost seems like some guys are in a sense trying to ethnically cleanse deer. I know it is a little hard to swallow, but essentially that is the intent, they want to kill the "inferior" deer so that the "superior" can thrive. I certainly have never had the thought that any buck was a "cull buck", that's the kinda crap I hear while I'm changing the channel from some hunting show from Texas. Is that what this state is becoming? I know, making a holocaust comparison is a bit risque, but essentially that's what it is, well for those of you that respect these animals as much as I do.

Check this one out.

Pic from this year.

Here is one I smacked a few years ago and one on the trail camera from this year. Shot a different buck on the same morning this guy was under a different stand.

I've shot 3 bucks on my parents property over the years that had 5 points on one side and just a big nub on the other. If it had matching racks would be about 125 inches. It's ashamed. I probably should have passed them but maybe the wouldn't matter. Now they are just pile of racks sitting in my basement. Also I shot a nice buck with 7 on one side and another with 6 and just a long spike. All of these bucks appeared healthy and no injuries. Pretty weird. Maybe just genetics around there.

They all are unusual...

Here's one I shot only cause he was wounded. A neighbor shot over the fence and hit him. 3wks later I was able to get him. We found the other side of rack a few weeks later.

Don't have any pics handy but we have seen a few the last few years. In 2009 I bow killed a true 6pt, 3 a side that scored almost 120. Pic is on LL bow kills somewhere. My dad shot a buck missing almost a whole side, broken off. And this year we had a buck that looked like he grew both sides on the same side. Had matching points for nearly every point on one side. 10pts on one half 2 pts on the left. He's pretty cool looking.

We hunted him for 2 months before we found his rotted carcass in a fencerow still in velvet. He was hit by a car, before the season even started.

this was last year bow buck. found out it was hit by a car.

just some weird bucks on camera. and then bow buck as my display pic. check them out, hope you enjoy i love weird bucks and i hope they can grow old and big.

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