If a deer has a "typical" rack one year, can it have an "atypical" rack the next year? Do their antlers remain the same type with each year's regrowth?

gorkon

According to my limited research, it seems that antler growth is both genetic and environmental. So deer with large, typical antlers get that way from a combination of good genes, lack of disease, lack of injury, and good nutrition. Since the latter three would tend to vary from season to season, it seems highly probably that deer can have typical antlers one season and atypical antlers the next. Dec 13 09, 3:04 AM

star_gazer

Speaking of dear and antlers, this photo is amazing! http://www.huntonly.com/2009/01/the_heart_attack_buck.html Dec 13 09, 3:14 AM

Baloo55th

He was four years old - once.... Baloo thinks he upset his dentist's receptionists by pointing out that the deer on the windowsill were red deer not reindeer... Dec 13 09, 12:22 PM