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It's kinda sick and twisted but...I want to see the guy breeding deer....sorry it sounds like a sucky job!

That's exactly the opinion that I got today from the guys on the Kerr and Chaparral Wildlife Management Areas. They all said that they have seen deer with mesquite thorns stuck in the growing antlers that produced holes like the ones in Roundoaks' photos.

I'm no DNR guy but I believe that its due to the fact that the male of any species is not that far apart genetically than we think they are.

In this case, I believe that bucks aspire to attach things to their antlers to put [bleep] on (like shelving) and after much trial and error, they have decided that the pocket joint is the best method. A select few have figured out how to make the pocket joint which is pretty remarkable because I highly doubt that they have the thought process to make a pocket hole jig.

The lack of decent shelving material and thumbs is the only reason why we don't see them running through the woods with a few 1/2 quarts of oil, a trouble light, and a bunch of dirty tools on their heads.

This is my theory but like I said, I'm no DNR guy.

Yeah, we had figured that out, but you get a B+ for a vivid imagination!

I think Rooster may be on to something.

The hole.



With the #2 pencil found next to the buck the day he was shot.



And here he is one evening back in September looking for the same pencil he had dropped.



Ya never know...

Sometimes you do, and sometimes you don't...that's the way the world works.

Here is a few pics of a nice shed I picked up 24 years ago. Should have been a heck of a 12pt. He has a dandy hole in his beam......

That is a dandy buck! Bet he's a shop teacher!

I have heard of ticks latching on the velvet as well.

My father shot a buck about 30 years ago that had a hole that is probably close to an inch across on the bottom of one beam. Inside, at the bottom of it, it looks kind of honeycombed.

He was told by a couple biologists at the time that they think they are caused by flies, etc when in velvet. I never really thought too much more about it.