Hunter bags rare antlered doe: 'Deer of a lifetime'

[444ttd]

this ain't cast boolits, but i think that this belongs here...........

https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/hunter-catches-deer-antlered-doe

HUNTINGPublished 1 hour agoLast Update 14 mins ago
Hunter bags rare antlered doe: 'Deer of a lifetime'
By Janine Puhak | Fox News

That’s not a buck!
One Oklahoma hunter was recently in for quite the surprise when he realized the antlered deer he shot was not a male, but rather a female doe.

Over the weekend, outdoorsman Chris Blades was on the prowl in Seminole County when he nabbed what he initially suspected to be “an extremely non-typical buck” that was, in fact, biologically female. Officials for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) have since described the doe as "the deer of a lifetime."

“Biologists say this can occur in an average of 1 [in] 10,000 does,” reps for the ODWC wrote on Facebook.

“For this reason, regulations for deer are referred to as ‘antlered’ and ‘antlerless,’ not ‘buck’ and “doe,” the department said, sharing three images of Blades’ catch in a post that has since been liked more than 2,200 times.

When contacted for comment, a spokesperson for the ODWC confirmed that Blades’ catch was a whitetail deer.

Hunting blog Big Game Logic reports that while whitetail does do not typically grow antlers, it is possible for the female to grow them “under rare circumstances,” likely due to a hormonal imbalance.




well i'll be...........

[skeettx]

WOW
Interesting

[OutHuntn84]

Can't believe this is the first I've heard of it. That is really cool!

[ShooterAZ]

I have witnessed one of these here in AZ. It was a mule deer doe, and the antlers looked sort of like matted and twisted hair. It wasn't in velvet either like the photo in the link. Very strange indeed.

[Hickory]

I have met women like that, they think and act like they wear the pants.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Oh boy! Here we go with LBGTQ Deer rights......;)

[swheeler]

I shot a small forked horn white tail buck in Kalispell, Mt in 1988 or 89, he-she had no male sex parts, just female, that is the only one I've ever seen. And yes it was in velvet near the end of season, late November.

[Beerd]

Foxnews said the hunter "caught" the deer.
Wonder if he threw it back?
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[M-Tecs]

I don't know if it is genetics for the area but it was common enough in North Dakota that they changed the licenses from Buck and Doe to Antlered and Antlerless. I have personally killed two. One was a small rack 2x3 and the other was a medium sized rack 4x4.

I know of 3 others taken in the same area. I started deer hunting in 1970.

[bikerbeans]

I saw a full bodied piebald doe mount that had a 4 point rack. It was shot in ohio in the early 90s. The kill was confirmed by ODNR.

BB

[fiberoptik]

I once caught a doe with my hands while driving down a dirt road. Grabbed her in a headlock when she run along the side of the car. Oldsmobile with a 425 I think? Beast didn’t pass many gas stations. Anyway, hung onto her for maybe 1/4 mile or so. She got tired and I let her go. Didn’t even have a knife [emoji380] to clean her with. Now I carry 3. Boy did I get yelled at for letting go!
High school—81

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[waksupi]

They are not uncommon in my area. I've never seen one larger than a forked horn.

[LazyTCross]

I’m in ND and my grandpa shot a spindly 4x4 years ago that was a doe. I shot a velvet goofy horn buck a few years back in NOVEMBER with no nuts. He was a steer. Fat bugger. Meat was almost marbled.


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[Tripplebeards]

Would have liked to see the rack in another year.

[nagantguy]

.on thanksgiving day several years ago I took my best ever muzzle loading buck up till that time nice wide 8point ; he had a double set of testicles and he had 4 teets for lack of a better trek, they were leaking a milky white fluid-

At the shot he fell down and jumped back up and ran across the creek into the swamp ; a swamp noted around here for black muck, quick sand and mosquitoes the size of blue jays; luckily he only made it about 20 yards- but when he fell he broke his left side main beam off just about in the modest so he was a broken 6 when I recovered him, still a trophy cause I’d been hunting him for two seasons.
Thanks to the OP for sharing this story about the antlered doe!

[Dale53]

Who wudda thunk it? A transgender deer?:holysheep

Dale53

[Pioneer2]

She identifies as a buck.

[fiberoptik]

It’s a shim!


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[Maineboy]

We had a what I believe to be an antlered doe in our area a few years ago. We saw it often in late March and early April and it had crotched horns still covered in velvet. It wasn't a very big deer and we never saw it after that spring.

[Jedman]

About 40 years ago there was a local AMC car dealership ( American Motors ) and in the showroom was a nice whitetail mount. It had a really nice rack and being a deer hunter I had to ask about it and was told it was a antlered doe killed by the owner of the dealership with a car.

Jedman

[yeahbub]

She thounds tho very butch. . .

[Cary Gunn]

Gents,

I shot a bearded hen turkey several years ago.

Spotting the short, "shaving brush" of a beard poking from the bird's breast feathers, I thought I was "squeezing off" on a nice, tender, young jake.

But -- on second glance, up close -- that poor, scrawny old bird reminded me of the little, withered, 100-year-old ladies in black dresses who seem to populate photographs from the rugged lands of southeastern Europe.

And, the bird was pure disappointment on the table, having the toughest meat I've ever encountered, save for that of an ancient woodchuck I gunned as a boy. It was really "unchewable."

Happy trails,

-- Cary Gunn --

[fcvan]

I had a buddy I worked with for quite a few years. He and I chased various game at times. Over the weekend, he had bagged a nice buck, and brought in pictures as he was pretty proud. We were in a board meeting waiting for the next presentation. I said, "didn't you get a deer this weekend?" he proudly said "Yes I did!" I quickly replied, "Show everyone that doe you shot and used 'Lee Press-On Horns." He looked pretty disgusted at me but we all had a good laugh.

Yes, it was a buck and a dandy at that. Unfortunately for him everyone took turns clowning him even though he was a good and successful hunter. Once, a few guys drove up the mountain but it wasn't legal daylight. He got out and went to the side of the road to get rid of some processed coffee. There he is peeing over the side of the road. The bear he was peeing on was none too happy and growled at him before climbing up the grade. He ran to the truck, bear not really close behind, and he still hadn't gotten his pants situated. Just as he gets to the truck his hunting partner looked at him, smiled, and locked the doors. We had more than a few laughs at his escapades and sometimes misfortune.

[Little Oak]

Back in the day when I as involved with deer control in UK I came across a few Roe deer does with antlers, a pal of mine once accidentally shot one as a cull buck as the antlers were very poor. Interestingly, I never ever saw one of them with a 'young un' when all the other does had them?

[ThomR]

https://www.petersenshunting.com/editorial/illinois-hunter-shoots-30-point-antlered-doe/273259

257254

This doe was killed in 2011 close to my home town. Bass pro offered him like $25,000 for it.

[DanishM1Garand]

https://www.petersenshunting.com/editorial/illinois-hunter-shoots-30-point-antlered-doe/273259

257254

This doe was killed in 2011 close to my home town. Bass pro offered him like $25,000 for it.

Been me? Sold! If I’d get to visit it and show her off.