Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

tphoyt

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Great pic. That would be a huge deer around here. Does average 80 to 120 and bucks 130 to 160. Occasionally I’ll see a really big buck but there aren’t many any more. I grew up in Fl and took my kids on a hike once in my old stomping grounds. They saw a deer and look dad a baby deer. I had to laught as it was the average size adult for those parts. About 50 to 70 was as big as they got.
 

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Great pic. That would be a huge deer around here. Does average 80 to 120 and bucks 130 to 160. Occasionally I’ll see a really big buck but there aren’t many any more. I grew up in Fl and took my kids on a hike once in my old stomping grounds. They saw a deer and look dad a baby deer. I had to laught as it was the average size adult for those parts. About 50 to 70 was as big as they got.
She wasn’t as big as that pic makes her. I’d say around 110. I do have my eye on a buck that’s looking pretty healthy this spring. He will probably go 150+ dressed by fall. As far as his rack it’s messed up. Big on the right weird on the left. I saw him last year.

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if his rack is messed up then genetically speaking you should cull the herd...
Messed up rack doesn't necessarily mean genetics. Years ago I shot a spike (when we were allowed to shoot spikes in PA) that I thought was a rack buck. I didn't look too closely when I shot because it about 300 yards away and I could see the rack with the naked eye. I dropped him and walked up to him and one side was about a 4-5 inch straight spike with a little hook on the end (it looked like a can opener). The other spike was about 15 inches long and curved up and out over his nose. When we butchered him we learned that somehow he had broken his back at some point in his life and was very deformed. His rib cage was literally twisted about 45 degrees. It was the weirdest thing. That did not hinder his walking or running however. Didn't notice the deformity until we had the hide off.

Deformed antlers can happen because of injury earlier in life ... it doesn't necessarily mean genetics.
 

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From our stop at Manatee springs this morning
 

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