He was killed with a truck in Missouri.

Subject: 35 point buck ( I killed with my truck on the way to work)
> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:46:14 -0600
> Thought you might like to see what a 35 point buck looks like!

> Here is a pic of a 35 point buck a guy killed near Sweet Springs in
> Central Missouri. Bass Pro has already offered $40,000 for it and he is
waiting on more offers. Jeremy Waltrip was the driver

Impressive mass, but IMO, ugly! Reminds me of some euro deer with big nasty knobs/masses on their head. As I understand it, most of those result from a testicular injury, if memory serves.

Kamo,

Testicular damage (especially in Roe deer) causes a Perruque head, where the antler doesn't harden. It's a horrible looking head, and often causes blindness in the buck because the antler mass falls over the eyes. Some German stalkers pay huge money for perruque heads for the novelty value.

Multiple points are usually caused buy fighting which damages the pedicle on the buck causing it to grow into a variety of points. Last weekend I was looking at a muntjac with a regular spike on one side and 4 spikes protruding from the pedicle on the other side.

I wish I had taken a photo now!!

I don't htik I'd be too adverse to shooting that buck TBH!!

Rgds,
FB

It reminds me of a deer shot by a guy in my high school a couple years older then me in north central Okla. Yet this deer was a doe producing milk and had a yearling with it. The doe had 17 single spikes coming from a single crown in the middle of its head. The longest spike was 18" and the shortest was about 1.5" if I remember correctly. Really a novelty just like this buck, which I certainly would not have passed, if given the opportunity.

I think the Waltrip fellow does the Ag market reports on the radio. He should get a good hunt out of the sale of this!

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I think the Waltrip fellow does the Ag market reports on the radio.

Nope wrong Waltrip.