Mtn blacktail?

[kodiakcombo]

Justin just completed his Kodiak combo today with a Mtn blacktail? Yesterday king salmon, the day before a Mtn goat, he is done!

[4merguide]

Wow......now that's one strange lookin' critter. Just think if some of that mass around those bases was able to get to some top points...!!!

F&G really needs to see that and figure out what went on......

[0321Tony]

Looks like cow horns. Crazy looking head gear for sure

[Anythingalaska]

Is that velvet peeling off it's antlers? One of those weird genetic deer that grow the non typical antlers that never shed their velvet?

[mjm316]

Looks like one of those gay deer...

[Gary]

Queer deer for sure. My idea of a meat buck.

[POLE BENDER]

more like MUTANT deer!!

[Boater]

Speaking of odd deer, 3 of the 5 bucks we shot on the South end of Kodiak this year had no testicles. Typical racks, no velvet, just no berries on the twig.

[AKDoug]

That's what happens when the entire gene pool is related to 30 something original deer.

[JuliW]

Justin just completed his Kodiak combo today with a Mtn blacktail? Yesterday king salmon, the day before a Mtn goat, he is done!

Stag? very cool... and congrats to Justin on a very successful trip! (and you too!)

[JuliW]

34 deer from my research, AKDoug... but I was told there was also a possible cause from a chemical in seaweed... anyone know of this to be true?

[mossyhorn]

My guess is there needs to be some diversity injected into that gene pool.

[Roger]

Did he have any testicles ? We shot a few deer like that in S.C but not that thick of horns the biologist said it was because they were castrated caused that kind of growth

[BRWNBR]

I've seen two with issues like that on kodiak. One out near
Olds River and one in kiluda. One is no longer with us. 😎
It happens all over he US, so I doubt seaweed has anything to do with it. Probably just a chromosome got broke or something which causes no testicals. Without those the testosterone is outa whack...

[4merguide]

Did he have any testicles ? We shot a few deer like that in S.C but not that thick of horns the biologist said it was because they were castrated caused that kind of growth

I don't doubt that at all. One old boy I knew as a kid killed this massive muley that only had one nut. When I say massive I mean like 350# on the hoof. But he had a perfectly symmetrical 4x4 rack that was 42"wide.....