that left sided spike is a biggun. do the herd a favor and remove him from the gene pool, it don't look like that side was broken off.
Just one disfigured antler doesn't mean bad genes. Could have suffered an injury to the opposite side of his body, might still carry a bullet or broadhead from a couple seasons ago, been hit by a car, etc. and that affected the growth of that antler.
There was a herd of albino deer on Jekyll Island, GA back in the late '70s when we lived there, and there was a nice 8pt buck we saw on our street a few times. He got hit by a car in the left hind quarter shortly after the rut, hurt him but not life-threatening. The next year his right antler was skinny, curved backwards and had one little point, where his left side was still a nice rack. My mom had taken some pictures of it, but I have no idea what happened to them. I'll see if my dad kept them after she died, but I kind of doubt it. One of my sisters may have ended up with them.
I just now really looked at the pics good. That 1st one has a little age on him. Definitely time to pull him out in the back of a truck. :rockon
maybe so G.O. but he's still a nicely filled out mature deer and would be my 1st pick of that bunch. Rad after you shoot him do an autopsy and let us know, send me the backstraps for a second opinion.
Get at it slappy. :toast
sorry for the offtopic but Jekyll Island brings back good times!
