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Variances in Nature

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Yes, that is a drop tine coming out at the base of the antler.
Sometimes the gene pool throws in a few surprises.

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Posted by admin on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 1:22 pm 
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10 Responses to “Variances in Nature”
  1. HANNIBAL says:
    December 12, 2008 at 2:50 pm

    Hi Stacy, first time at your blog—Love it! Fascinating series on whitetail bucks! I can’t imagine how long it took for you to search and discover all of these individually unique creatures! I have spent countless days and really…years without finding half of the anomilies you have found. Amazing images, as well as excellent info and commentary!

  2. Tom Sorenson says:
    December 12, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    He also have a split brow tine? Looks like it. Also it appears he spent all his energy on growing that drop tine on that side – rest of that side is considerably smaller than the other. Very cool pics!

  3. Chris says:
    December 12, 2008 at 6:49 pm

    Hi Stacey…
    Wonderful… The first one is awesome!!!
    I like this mammals but we do not have them in Iceland!!!

  4. fishing guy says:
    December 12, 2008 at 10:31 pm

    Stacey: Neat captures of the neat antler shapes.

  5. Ken Conger Photography says:
    December 13, 2008 at 2:33 am

    Nice series. That drop tine is huge. Blue Skies.

  6. The Texican says:
    December 13, 2008 at 12:53 pm

    Hey Stacey, Great to have you drop by for a visit. I can see you have been busy. Great photos as usual. Humans aren’t immune to surprises in the gene pool. Pappy

  7. 2sweetnsaxy says:
    December 13, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    This whole series was really interesting. I feel sorry for the one in the post below but that is their life isn’t it? Fascinating info and pictures. I saw a coyote for the first time the other day and got all excited. I can imagine how excited I would have been to see what you see on the regular. :-)

  8. Wren says:
    December 13, 2008 at 4:40 pm

    “drop tine” – I hadn’t heard that term previously. Not sure I’ve seen one in RL, either.

  9. Willard says:
    December 14, 2008 at 10:38 am

    Hi Stacey,

    Thanks for dropping by and mentioning the weather conditions in your area. We are probably having a heat wave compared to you. Although what we are having seems cold to me, it is not in the same league as what you are talking about.

    I have seen a bull elk with the same type of deformation as the first buck and in that case it was caused by an antler being broken where it attached to the skull, actually breaking the skull at that point. A biologist tranquilized him and cut the antler off above the pedicel. The skull then healed, but that antler was always deformed after that.

    I have been following your whitetail series closely and enjoy it very much. I can’t think of a name for the hawk right now, but if a good one comes to mind, I’ll kick in my two cents worth.

  10. Natural Moments says:
    December 14, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    Love all of your photos of your white tails. They are always fun to watch and study. I look forward to visiting your future posts. Till then, Happy Holdiays…

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