I spoke with a biologist and he claims the deer I have w/ the bent nose is at least 9 to 10 years old and is common in old bucks. has anyone heard of this. He called it a roman nose. And for an old deer he is sure full of battle wounds.
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Yes he is a old buck I have seen it before in big mature deer .I am not sure what age they aquire it I would like to know. KIM
I would think they get a roman nose from all the fighting and rubbing they do during the rut - the cartilage in the nose gets smashed, bruised, etc. even the bone can get broken during a good fight.
i have a roman nosed deer from ill to do, he aged at 2.5 yrs old, so not all roman nosed deer are old
I saw the measurements and proportions that you had posted earlier. Your buck doesn't really fit into the classic Roman nose description.
A question on Roman Nose was the first question I responded to here on the Forums.
what's a Roman Nose
http://www.taxidermy.net/forums/BeginnersArticles/02/b/026486937E.html
Good luck on your alteration.
Roman Nose is much more common in Mule deer, and Blacktails. Much more so in older deer, but I have seen it in Mule deer that are as young as three or four. Not often though.
I shot a buck like that in archery season 2 years ago. I do not think he was avery old buck though, he was an 8 point with about a 17 inch spread, not much mass to the horns. But the nose had a difinant "hump" in it. I thought that they wer called roman noses, but was not sure. So now I know.
has a form with a roman nose, from Van Dykes I've never used one,
but give it a try.