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Originally posted by Sippy View PostDamage to blood flow and nerve transmissions.
Most antler abnormalities are due to a pedicel injury or an injury to the antler itself when in velvet.
In all seriousness, I get the whole foot/leg injury causing opposite antler deformation, etc. What causes things like extra points and something like palmation or extreme non-typical racks? Is that purely genetic or based on nutrition?
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Originally posted by WTN View PostI seem to recall a thread last year that suggested it may be caused by cottonseed baskets. By chance do you feed cottonseed out of the mesh wire baskets?
That was me that suspected velvet injuries from the cottonseed feeders. I stopped feeding cottonseed this year in May. I haven't run cameras yet, so I don't know yet if I have as many freaks as last year.
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Originally posted by TexasTK View PostThis thread went off track. I believe the reason for this is because I switched feed this year. I believe it upset the rumen and that caused the antlers to go haywire. Some of the deer though are still pretty impressive such as crazy mass, double beam, etc.
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Originally posted by Peyton View PostThat was me that suspected velvet injuries from the cottonseed feeders. I stopped feeding cottonseed this year in May. I haven't run cameras yet, so I don't know yet if I have as many freaks as last year.
This is the year after the injury and then the following year when he grew back normal.
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Originally posted by Sippy View PostI'm the guy who "claimed " to be a biologist. I am a Certified Wildlife Biologist.
Yes, leg injuries cause antler deformation.
What you fell for was something completely different.
Is it deer from a certain area that normally use their feet to curve antlers into drop tines?Last edited by Patton; 08-09-2016, 07:40 AM.
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