check this out found on ebay

I looks like its brain got out of his head. Must have been painful tto have that. Always wonder how you guys mount something like that.

 

Just saw that on another post, but he didn't have a link to it, so I provided it.

U-G-L-Y if you ask me. But definitely unique. Wonder if the growth is bone? Or will it eventually rot? Looks to be some sort of cancer, though. But still gross to look at, no matter what it is. Good one to go into a 'freak show' display, though.

 

You couldn't force that thing on me, cant believe there is 8 bids on it. Maybe a science teacher lol.

 

looks like a rotten pumpkin on it's head

 

AND HE WAS STILL CHASEN THE LADIES.

 

Now that is weird!!

 

Poor deer! Good thing they shot it. Wonder what this will look like when it's mounted on someone's wall...?

 

That looks painful, but I wonder if its a bone or antler based growth. It was probably a good thing it was shot if it was suffering. Though the fact it was still showing interest in the ladies makes you consider that it probably, and mercifully, had no pain issues with the growth. I saw a similar kind of growth on the base of a roe buck antlers many years ago on a deer stalker's trophy wall, that was curiously quite sought after. The description, or name, for that particular type now escapes me.

On another matter, my home town of Plymouth in the UK has raised the American flag above the Mayflower steps today, in tribute to the pilgrim fathers set sail to America. So from the people of Plymouth (or a small riotous crowd of them gathered here drinking and playing cards) have a happy thanksgiving.

 

Blargh.

 

ewwwuuckkkk.

 

I've seen this on a roe buck before, as well. A trophy wall at my old school in Windsor, England. They said that it occurs when a male has a fertility problem, and the antlers keep growing into a thick mass, having something to do with testosterone and natural growth hormone imbalances in the animals' system. They are usually unable to reproduce. I wish I too could remember what the phenomenon was called. Looks uncannily similar to the deer in the eBay listing! I would LOVE to know if that growth on the eBay deer is actually antler, bone, or skin!

 

another example of a cactus buck, their are a few pics of deer like this on the forums somewhere.

I was gonna Rick, but decided I was not going to touch this with a ten foot pole hahahaha

 

I wondered, as well, if it had male or female 'parts' or was missing its testes.

 

I sent the guy a message on eBay asking if it was soft an stinking. He said a few taxidermist in his area said that it was hard like horn. I would hate to see that thing rupture if it wasn't horn.

 

HI Vicki Chritton- Myers, Light Rail coyote, in reference to that ebay buck I id a bit of digging on google and found this It seems this might help to solve the uncertainty. The word to describe it, and I could not recall is Perruque.

The phenomenon of failing to cast before new growth begins can take a more serious turn in a compound-growth condition known as perruque. Perruque, from the French meaning ‘wig’, is a condition where the antlers continue to grow during subsequent years without casting; the result is the growth of what can, in advanced cases, be a rather grotesque and heavy lump of bone that cascades down across the face and obscures the eyes. In particularly warm periods any damage to the velvet tissue, which is often retained indefinitely, may become infected. Perruque seems to be caused by damage to the testicles. To the best of my knowledge, the only documentation of the onset and progress of perruque in Roe deer comes from this single Roe Mr Prior cared for. Although most commonly reported in Roe bucks, there are occasional records of less dramatic perruqueing in Fallow and Red deer. Wishing you well, stargazer.

 

They are called cactus bucks, do a search on cactus bucks and you will find all kinds of pics like this guy.

 

Who would want that stupid thing??

 

I sure wouldn't want it, and definitely wouldn't want a mount like that around my shop if I were a taxidermist. I'd think it would hurt business and send people away.

 

Interesting! Thanks for the info! =)