ever seen this on a male deer before ???

[oz]

Shot a 3 by none several years ago, looked like it had been injured as a spike and the hair had grown over it the next year. there was a pedical down under the hide, just no antler growing from it.

[Trad Whitetail]

I have seen two such unicorns.  I watched them on and off through the season a few years ago and then I found out they were extremely bad luck.  I was driving home from hunting and had just pulled onto the main highway.  As I crossed a bridge one of them (the smaller one)jumped up from the embankment and right in front of my Jeep and totaled it.  Only deer I have ever hit with a vehilcle  :( .  Anyway It was a four point on one side and had a button on the other.  Appeared normal other than that.

[Trad Whitetail]

I forgot to add - I missed Thanksgiving dinner because of the collision and had a heck of a time getting someone to pick me up because they all thought I was joking.

[durp]

ive killed a couple of them in years past...had a one sided forky on film last year as well as a one sided spike doe...she's still here this year with twin fawns...killed a spike doe years ago that was in velvet in nov...three years ago i killed a 18 inch wide forky with a third main beam spike about 3 inches long...not sure what's going on around here !!!

my son killed a 5x1 bull this year that was not damaged...the pedistol grew out the side of his head and he had a second skull growing around it...he sure tast good!!!

[Robertfishes]

I have seen bucks with one antler and no pedical on the other side in Pulaski County, Georgia (middle Ga.) My brother said he thought it was genetic and everybody shot them on sight..At a WMA in Florida I saw a 40-45lb buck a guy was checking in that had 2 tiny buckshot sized bumps on his head, the Game Bioligist pulled the jaw bone and aged the deer at 3 1/2 years old??

[Bill Carlsen]

Dirtguy: One of the  nice things about NH, despite lower deer densities, is that the deer are generally very healthy. Where I am hunting is my own private 23 acres. It is landlocked and all the land around it is pretty much posted or hard to get to so  hunting pressure is low so the deer put on some age. This year the deer do seem to be heftier for some reason but it is not uncommon for a button buck to dress out at about 80#. I have killed 3 button bucks in a row and they were all very nearly "adult" size and are great eating.

[Steve H.]

Yes.  In 1998 I arrowed a buck in Mazzoura that had 4 points on one side and no obvious pedicle on the other side.  Evidently he probably got hit by a car or ??? and had lost his whole pedicle in a previous year.  The hide had grown back over and was smooth like nothing was ever there!

[bofish-IL]

Got this photo off the 1st game camera I had an old 35 MM.

Saw this buck one morning right under my tree for about 5 minutes His right antler was growing out right above the eye socket.

 

[landman]

He's a pretty big deer.  Take him out, tag him and enjoy the venison, knowing that he won't be propagating.

[Ari]

I'd guess it's a deformity, but what ever it is doesn't sound good.