Ever seen a smaller 8-point rack?

[JLyle]

I found these in an antique store and got 'em cheap. They look typical...just tiny. Less than 9" from button to tip and main beams as thick as my pinkie finger. I was curious what your thoughts would be about 'em.
 
 
 

[fujimo]

our little sitka blaktail , here on the queen charlotte islands have tiny racks like that.

[Canyon]

I was thinking Coues deer but have never seen one that narrow. Maybe a Florida Keys deer?

[TRT]

I have seen deer with antlers like that in Louisiana and Arkansas.  In La and Ar it is just a young deer.  My first buck was a 6 pt. much like that one.  I shot him near Waverly back in the '80s.

[wollelybugger]

My first buck was a 7 point that was just a shy wider than that rack but not as tall. It was a Pa. mountain deer and got it with a 12 gauge slug. I was the tender age of 12 and was the only one to shoot a deer that day.

[Mudd]

JLyle quote: "I was curious what your thoughts would be about 'em."

My 1st thought was ~  he's not going to get any bigger......ever!    lol

Thanks for sharing.

God bless,Mudd

[katman]

P&Y jackalope    

[Jon Stewart]

I see your from Texas so it reminded me of a 6pt set (both  sides) of drops that I found that is much smaller than that but almost perfect to look at. I found these in a woodlot next to the RV Park near San Antonio that we were staying at.

My thoughts are that the horns in both cases are first year antlers meaning from what would have been a very nice buck.

[ranger 3]

I'll bet he had great back straps (LOL)

[A.S.]

Originally posted by Jon Stewart:


My thoughts are that the horns in both cases are first year antlers meaning from what would have been a very nice buck.

My thoughts exactly. This was a 1 1/2 year old buck with great genetics and good food. He would have been a dandy in a couple years.

[huskyarcher]

Very cool.....i would have probly shot too lol

[KOOK68]

Here in Louisiana, along the coast, the deer don't get much bigger than 120 lbs. A 14-15" spread is pretty much a trophy from the coastal marsh. I have seen some 8 points not much bigger than that one.

[huskyarcher]

Very cool.....i would have probly shot too lol

[ron w]

I have seen lots that looked like that. One time at work a guy came in with a shopping bag, in it were 8, 10 pt racks and skull caps like that one. That's back when everyone shot the first thing they saw and nothing got to grow. Lots of farms back then, good food and good habitat. Back then very few deer got to be 2 1/2 years old!

[Mojostick]

Looks like about 1/2 the yearling bucks from northern Michigan. LOL

[tmccall]

I've seen smaller in Arkansas.  That's what we call a basket rack.  My buddy killed a 10 point that was small like that a few years ago.

[South MS Bowhunter]

I have a smal 8 point rack i’ll have to dig around for it, it’s about that size but more symmetrical. Killed the deer in central MS.

[gregg dudley]

My wife's grandfather killed a Wisconsin buck with a rack like that thirty years ago.

[Bonebuster]

VERY common in Northern Michigan.

1 1/2 yr old buck carrying eight points and very narrow and thin.

I have seen and passed up many of them just like that. When you hunt an area and MOST bucks the same age have spikes or forkhorns, you just KNOW genetics come into play.

Too bad our firearms season is so long, because over eighty percent of Michigan bucks are killed wearing their first set of antlers.

Not that BIG bucks are what it`s all about, BUT older age class bucks give a hunter a TRUE view of natural whitetail behavior.

[Killdeer]

I can't get past the width of the skull plate. Look past the antlers, note the size of the skull.

For a deer to have those antlers, he is at least a year and a half old. But the plate is the size of a (local to me) four month old fawn's. I have never handled a Blacktail or Coues deer, so I don't know how they would compare to a Virginia whitetail. I would be very ready to believe it to be other than my local species of deer.

Killdeer~ skritch, skritch...