With all of the photos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Internet discussion forums and magazine covers, we are being increasingly desensitized to an endless parade of nice, clean 8- and 10-point white-tailed bucks. Typical antlers are becoming boring to those with ADHD (Avid Deer Hunter Disorder). We are naturally drawn to the unique. Flash a picture of a freakish non-typical set of antlers and you get everyone’s attention. Stories of big bucks are so much more interesting when sprinkled with the descriptions of kicker points, drop tines, cheaters, forks, crab claws, palmation, double brows, double drops, cactus bucks and triple beams. Most people, even the 10-point purists, love the looks of a rack with a little “extra.”
Many circumstances can cause non-typical antler growth, but two conditions are important foundations for…
