Texan_Til_I_Die Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 I think this is a whitetail / mule deer hybrid. Had more muley characteristics, but several things looked like a whitetail, and others were just plain bizarre. BTW - No comments allowed using "ugly" and "hunter" in the same sentence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 That is interesting, have you asked your area wildlife biologist abtou this deer yet? What is the deal with the downward growing antler, does it grow into the corner of the mouth or is it just close? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted November 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 It's just close. There's about an inch between the club and the side of his face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Interesting!!!! Color looks like a mulie. I killed a spike several years ago in Childress, buddy of mine swore it may have been a hybrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack_W Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Weird deer but nice! We have one like that where we hunt too.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 surely a unique one at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 very unusual. I have a few cam pics of a buck with a downward growing antler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaCoyote Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 looks like a mulie to me, but small.What did the tail look like? A couple years ago I saw the same sort of thing prior to the season. It was a good sized 3x3 and the left antlers hung down just like that but they were shaped normally otherwise. Not a weird club like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Did the tail have a black clump on the end of it? I have seen a couple of hybrids around here that people have shot! From what I have heard it the whitetail buck that breeds a mule deer doe! Weird to say the least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampRAGS Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 different sort of a buck.....is he missing part of his front leg or just folded under him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 what character, nice looking buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkV Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 By the looks of the neck I would say Buckee got ahold of it with his knife LOL:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Weird. Stupid question--did you shoot it in the neck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Yeah, looks like it might be a hybrid. Too bad about the rack. My son said we have one like that around here....and we do. Not a hybrid but a buck with horns just like that one. If I see him....he's outta the gene pool for sure!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerngirl Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 WOW!! Sure does look like a hybrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michiganbowhunter_SQ2 Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 pretty weird....i don't think that's an antler, i think it is a wireless head set for its cell phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerngirl Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 pretty weird....i don't think that's an antler, i think it is a wireless head set for its cell phone. I've heard it all now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airman312 Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 yea, thats ugly alright... what did you kill it with??? a knife:confused:? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigalt78 Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 looks like he is missing half of his right leg. whenever deer break or injury one leg really bad the opposite side rack is usually messed up as well. so if a deer breaks its right leg getting hit by a car its left antler will be messed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 yup, that's a freak I was talking about the deer by the way :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sureshot Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 to me he looks like a mulie with a wierd rack, he has the mule face and color, he has the mule ears, the rack is forked at top like a mule, alldepends on his tail which I cannot see, and how he ran,jumped!if I seen him here in the field where we have both kinds I would swear a mule! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superguide Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Yeah Brett it looks like a straight mulie to me also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Wierd. Nice deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted November 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Sorry to take so long to reply, but I've been out of town hunting. First, there was nothing wrong with his front leg, it was just folded back in the picture. Second, his tail was very odd. The first 4 or 5 inches was solid black, then there was a 2 inch section of solid white, then another 2 inch section of solid brown at the tip. Gave him a ring tail look. The blood on his neck is from a bullet hole from my 7 mag. Easy shot from 40 yards with a solid rest. The oddest thing, and what really made me think it was a hybrid, was his butt. There was absolutely no hair growing around his butt or along the bottom of his tail! It wasn't worn or rubbed off, it just wasn't there. He looked like one of those baboons in the zoo. I didn't get to see him run, so I don't know if he pogo'd. He weighed about 200 pounds on the hoof, and I ended up using my mule deer tag on him. Oh, and I'm not sure if you age mule deer the same as whitetails, but judging from tooth wear, I'd put him at 3.5 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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