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A mate of mine shot this last Feb on private land. has been a free deer for at least 6 years (was a farm animal) but the bigist thing I see is the split Brow Tines, I have never seen this before and am wondering if anyone else has come across this on the farm or in the wild???
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I have seen it before but only in pictures
Ha so this is photoshopped!Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
I have shot a stag with similar shaped antlers in the central north island. It had a very long and forked trey tine. Would be very surprised if it had any farm blood in it though.
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Yeh i don't believe that fellah's face is that yellow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Split brow tynes are a common trait in some farmed "trophy" bloodlines. I will stand to be corrected but NO NZ FERAL of original bloodlines have split brows. For better (or in my opinion) worse they will become a more common trophy from escapes or releases, plus of coarse, hunting estates.
Welcome aboard Gamehunter. how long have you lived in Tokoroa?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamehunter
We call em crab claws, my brother picked up a cast like that this yearQuote:
Originally Posted by Twoshotkill
45 years. Ex North Shore, Takapuna Grammar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
They are abominations !
Agree! Heinous looking heads!Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
I would shoot him just to put the poor bugger out of his misery! The weight and stress on his neck must be enormous - no wonder some of them suffer from skull fractures
Are not most (all?) farm deer in NZ descendant from wild deer back in the live-capture days? If so, apart from a bit of selective breeding (for trophies), escapees/farmed/estate/wild/what-ever lines aren't really any different? And reason that they look so different is not genetic but the amount of feed etc that a farmed/estate deer gets?
In theory, if I went and captured a spiker out of Te ureweras with good potential and stuck it in a paddock with grass for africa and all the nutrients needed, it would sprout a head like that in 1 DEER 1's photos?
