Texan_Til_I_Die Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 A couple of knowledgable guys recently posted a statement that an injury, say a broken leg, can lead to an abnormal antler growth, usually on the opposite side from the injury. Anyone know the physiological reason for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thayer Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Injury and Antler Growth Supposedly, left brain controls right side of body, right brain controls left side of body. Anymore specific than that...I don't know. What I do know..my buck this year had drop tine on the right antler and a wounded left rear leg, that had healed over some time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Injury and Antler Growth Cannot remember for sure, but think Dr Leonard Lee Rue III refers to it as something like a contralateral condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Injury and Antler Growth Responded to this in the deer hunting room to, but here you go. [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I have heard the same thing, and witnessed three bucks that were injured on one side and had a messed up antler on the other. [/ QUOTE ] Really? I wonder what the physiological reason is for that? It's news to me. Thanks guys, I think I'll post the question in the Management Forum! [/ QUOTE ] From Leonard Lee Rue III's Way of the Whitetail. " It is well known that the right part of the brain controls the left side of the body and vice versa. In deer, an injury to the leg on one side of the body shows up as malformed antlers on the opposite side. This condition usually manifests itself for the rest of the deer's life and is known as contralateral condition " It is also noted that this contralateral condition is more commonly seen in antler deformities in rear leg injuries. [/ QUOTE ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Re: Injury and Antler Growth I do not know where I heard that, but it has been spoken over and over, about an injury effecting the oppisite side antlers growth. I have wittnessed and taken a injured buck that had a malformed right side and a injured left rear leg. Thats proof enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6sixpoint_nobrows Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Re: Injury and Antler Growth its kinda like how everything is connected...like a cat , if you cut the left side of its whiskers it will be off balance and walk to the left everytime... when a deer hurts his right leg then that right antler will be messed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Re: Injury and Antler Growth Yeah, I've always thought of the right brain, left brain thing too. I've only seen it in the wild one time. A buck with a noticeable broken left rear leg had the goofiest right antler I've ever seen. It was basically 5 or 6 tines growing out of the pedical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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