Can antlers ever be TOO big?

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Can antlers ever be TOO big? #1858558 09/27/16 10:32 AM 09/27/16 10:32 AM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 8,033 Huntsville jono23 OP 14 point
jono23 OP 14 point Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 8,033 Huntsville	I'm at home sick today, and instead of working on things I should be working on, I've been watching hunting and deer youtube videos all day. I ran across this video, and it got me wonderin'. Can antlers ever get so big that they are unhealthy for the deer? I know these are farm deer, but still? Also, imagine running into one of these in the woods...

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: jono23] #1858577 09/27/16 10:50 AM 09/27/16 10:50 AM
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 13,888 Mobile, AL S SouthBamaSlayer Gary's Fluffer
SouthBamaSlayer Gary's Fluffer S Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 13,888 Mobile, AL	They could get caught in something and cause a deer to be strangled or drowned, but as for the health of the deer, antlers are only going to grow as big as the available nutrients allow them. In years of low nutrient availability, antler growth will be stunted in order to provide adequate nutrients to the necessary body parts.

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: jono23] #1858580 09/27/16 10:53 AM 09/27/16 10:53 AM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 450 here Savage7mm 4 point
Savage7mm 4 point Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 450 here	Looks like that'd cause a migraine

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: jono23] #1858582 09/27/16 10:59 AM 09/27/16 10:59 AM
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Smells 8 point S Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,153 Leeds	That's just grotesque to me. I want my deer to be non-gmo! Give 'em to me just the way God made 'em and don't monkey around with them.

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: jono23] #1858617 09/27/16 11:16 AM 09/27/16 11:16 AM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 38,489 N. Bama 257wbymag Boo Boo Head
257wbymag Boo Boo Head Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 38,489 N. Bama	That's like asking can boobies ever be too big. NO Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: jono23] #1858618 09/27/16 11:16 AM 09/27/16 11:16 AM
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timbercruiser Freak of Nature T Joined: May 2011 Posts: 20,017 PDL, Fl	Our old briar patch nannies would run like hell if they saw a buck like that coming after them.......

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: 257wbymag] #1858626 09/27/16 11:23 AM 09/27/16 11:23 AM
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FurFlyin Freak of Nature Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 39,449 Marshall County	Originally Posted By: 257wbymag That's like asking can boobies ever be too big. NO I concur If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: SouthBamaSlayer] #1858628 09/27/16 11:25 AM 09/27/16 11:25 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 51,953 Round ‘bout there C Clem Mildly Quirky
Clem Mildly Quirky C Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 51,953 Round ‘bout there	Quote: They could get caught in something and cause a deer to be strangled or drowned Elk and moose have bigger antlers, both run through the woods the way deer run through. All antlered and/or horned animals may get caught on something now and then but it's darn amazing how they maneuver so deftly in thick, thick cover without getting hung up, strangled, drowned, neck-broke yanked around or anything else. "Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter "Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013 "Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: jono23] #1858670 09/27/16 12:09 PM 09/27/16 12:09 PM
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Remington270 Freak of Nature R Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 21,781 USA	The Irish elk might have been extincted, at least in part, due to antlers that were too large Irish Elk

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: jono23] #1858690 09/27/16 12:32 PM 09/27/16 12:32 PM
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quailman Booner Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 12,927 In a Van, down by the River	It's all about $$$$$ anymore... Life is a journey. Make sure and bring plenty of Beer. My luck has been so bad lately, it could be raining pussies and I'd catch one with a dick broke off in it.

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: jono23] #1858719 09/27/16 01:13 PM 09/27/16 01:13 PM
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,678 Alabama Honolua I'm Honey Lou Lou and I voted for Obama... Twice!!!
Honolua I'm Honey Lou Lou and I voted for Obama... Twice!!! Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,678 Alabama	Them high fence deer don't do nothin' for me.

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: jono23] #1858732 09/27/16 01:30 PM 09/27/16 01:30 PM
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deerman24 10 point D Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 3,250 louisiana	disgusting to me.

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: jono23] #1858761 09/27/16 01:54 PM 09/27/16 01:54 PM
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James Freak of Nature Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 52,200 Gee's Bend/At The Hog Pen	Poor feller I bet that chits heavy How many people am i willing to sacrifice for freedom? Everyone. All of them... Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many!

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: jono23] #1858762 09/27/16 01:55 PM 09/27/16 01:55 PM
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Reloader79 Bitch Peas, I'm a Kitty Whisperer R Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 5,241 Behind your shadow	Me either. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong. Bluetick serpentines around green fields and rock spit a lease

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: jono23] #1858775 09/27/16 02:06 PM 09/27/16 02:06 PM
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AU7MM08 Booner A Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 14,020 Some Marriott/Auburn	Those non typical high fence deer are ugly, but different strokes for different folks I guess.

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: jono23] #1858781 09/27/16 02:09 PM 09/27/16 02:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 25,758 Fayetteville TN Via Selma jawbone Freak of Nature
jawbone Freak of Nature Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 25,758 Fayetteville TN Via Selma	I will assure you that if it walked in front of me during deer season those antlers it would be unhealthy for it. Other than that, I'm more impressed by a wild 10 point. Lord, please help us get our nation straightened out.

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: 257wbymag] #1858782 09/27/16 02:10 PM 09/27/16 02:10 PM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,054 Montgomery, Alabama jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread!
jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread! Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,054 Montgomery, Alabama	Originally Posted By: 257wbymag That's like asking can boobies ever be too big. NO Oh yes boobs can be to big. I've seen some boobies down around some thighs before. I've even seen some setting on some thighs while driving through Montgomery. It be's that way sometimes. www.sunpoolcompany.com

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: 257wbymag] #1858788 09/27/16 02:14 PM 09/27/16 02:14 PM
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AC870 Old Mossy Horns Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 16,495 Guntersville	Originally Posted By: 257wbymag That's like asking can boobies ever be too big. NO I was thinking this thought. “Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.” On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: jono23] #1858809 09/27/16 02:29 PM 09/27/16 02:29 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,102 Gulf Coast captjab 10 point
captjab 10 point Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,102 Gulf Coast	I don't think they can be to big in the wild, but that pen raised crap isn't for me.

Re: Can antlers ever be TOO big? [Re: captjab] #1858820 09/27/16 02:33 PM 09/27/16 02:33 PM
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FurFlyin Freak of Nature Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 39,449 Marshall County	Originally Posted By: captjab I don't think they can be to big in the wild, but that pen raised crap isn't for me. Same as boobs. Caucasian boobs. If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

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