tex2 Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 anyone now why horns malform ? , shot a few roe in the same area all with strange horn growth. Lack of minnerals? any one shed any light on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double four Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Im not far from you and have shot a few red/roe malforms I reccon its genetics especially with reds from a small gene pool most of the roe malforms have had sustained some kind of injury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redgum Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 A common reason for deformed antlers is a testosterone imbalance during antler growth through injury,common injury would be a damage testicle from previous years rut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex2 Posted July 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Im not far from you and have shot a few red/roe malforms I reccon its genetics especially with reds from a small gene pool most of the roe malforms have had sustained some kind of injury A common reason for deformed antlers is a testosterone imbalance during antler growth through injury,common injury would be a damage testicle from previous years rut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigadam Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Damaged while in velvet if there are alot of high cattle fences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex2 Posted July 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Damaged while in velvet if there are alot of high cattle fences flat open fields with black thorne,hedges , may damage horns whilst pushing through the hedges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elk hunter Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Testoserone imbalance offen produces perruque heads that never come out of velvet. Damaged limbs will produce uneven heads. But poor Heath is a very common one. This one has suffered from phumonine this winter and has affected the antler growth. very heavy scaring on the lungs. Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double four Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 http://i1041.photobucket.com/albums/b411/Bigboregunner/Stalking/DSC00046.jpg This malform had alladins slippers, don't know if its significant or it sustained an early injury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul T Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 As said, malformed antlers can be due to a lack of testosterone and/or damaged to the testicles. Alternatively, deer with one damaged antler could have sustained damage to a leg or to the body on the OPPOSITE side to the malformed antler. Did my DSC1 last weekend with YDS off here. Was good fun and highly recommended - learnt lots of useful stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc'y marc Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 shot just lastnight see leg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 shot just lastnight see leg A fine example of how a injury can affect growth. Also Elk hunter (Andrew) what were the nodes like? I've seen this type of thing before where the nodes n the throat were like golf balls(likely I was with a highly experienced stalker/vet T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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