Is this the same deer?

[Bill Dance]

I saw this deer while I was bow hunting in early September of 2007. Not a bad deer but nothing special. Couldn't get a shoot as it came out of the bush a 100 yards up from me and kept on walking away.
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh125/Bill_Dance60/3Point.jpg


Then My buddy and I was hunting back there again November 11 2008. My buddy found this shed.
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh125/Bill_Dance60/PC130001.jpg
It has a 17 inch G2 which is not to bad.


http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh125/Bill_Dance60/PC130002.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh125/Bill_Dance60/PC130003.jpg


But notice on the base of the antler that it is broken off. So that would mean that the deer lost it around Oct.- Nov. of 2007 due to the rut. This antler was also found 5 miles south of the first picture. The question is do you think that this is the same deer?

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh125/Bill_Dance60/PC130004.jpg

[Gateholio]

Could be..Or could be related.:p

[bad arrow]

That sure is a long tined buck, could be his shed I guess, more likely a cousin of the buck in the pic, I'll bet there's some nice bucks in the area.
Shy of takin it to the lab, thats my guess.

[dana]

It doesn't look like the live photo has a main that sweeps up. It also looks like it has a G1 (eyeguard) in the pic but is missing on the antler. That 17 inch point on the broken antler is considered the G2.

[hunter1947]

It could be the same antler ,in the pic you can't see the right main bean end to see if the antler does take a bend as showen in the shed pic ???.

[rifleman]

its hard to tell. the shed looks like it could be from the same buck. my son & I have shot three mulies from the same area & their antler configuration is almost exact. same gene pool. the shed could be the brother of the one you saw. shoot him next year & do a dna test.

[WBY.300]

either way a good gene pool to start with,good luck .