Typical? Or Non-Typical?

[Ghillie]

Hi. Il get straight to the point.
If a deer grows a set of non-typical antlers, will it always grow non typical antlers? Or will it grow typical some years? and vice versa: Can a typical grow a Non-typ set the next year? :confused:

[laredo318]

Typically, I dont know

[bushpig slayer]

i have seen a buck by my house for 5 years now had typical antlers except for 1 year his main fork had a kicker on it but only once

[Ponderosa]

if a deer recieves an injury that can affect antler growth so may cause a typical to grow a set of non-typical antlers one year.

[Pre '64]

My understanding is that the older a buck gets the more he tends to grow more non-typical points. From pictures I seen where guys have found sheds of a buck over the bucks lifetime, the antlers tends to look similar each year with more non-typical points a possibility as the deer ages. I don't think you'll find a buck with typical antlers one year and very non-typical the next year that don't look anything like the previous year, and then switch back to typical.

[dana]

Bucks can trash out as they age and they can also clean up and loose trash as well. The mainframe structure is what pretty much stays the same. Here is a buck I had the joy of filming for numerous years.
Summer 2000
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/Widebugger0001.jpg

Summer 2002
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/Widebugger0257.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/Widebugger0219.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/Widebugger0253.jpg

[dana]

Summer 2003
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/Widebugger0301.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/Widebugger0303.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/Widebugger0310.jpg

[dana]

Summer 2004 (cleaned out as a 200 inch typical)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/IMG_0191.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/Widebugger0404.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/Mar25008a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/MatchedSet001a.jpg

[dana]

Here's another buck that I was fortunate to watch grow up and then harvest. His mainframe structure stayed pretty much the same his whole life.
Winter 2002
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Muley%20Pics/MassNTrash01-02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Muley%20Pics/Dec11003a.jpg

Winter 2005
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Muley%20Pics/MnT04-05a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Muley%20Pics/MnT04-05c.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Muley%20Pics/Mar13014a.jpg

[dana]

Winter 2006
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Muley%20Pics/MassNTrash05-06a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Muley%20Pics/Mar13019a.jpg

Fall 2006
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Muley%20Pics/Dec11008.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Muley%20Pics/08630024.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Muley%20Pics/Mar13031a.jpg

[dana]

Here's a typical that grew some trash in his older years.
Winter 2005
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/DeepForks041.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/DeepForks045.jpg

Winter 2006
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/DeepForks051.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Wildlife%20Pics/DeepForks055.jpg

[dana]

Fall 2007
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Muley%20Pics/NOV17038a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Muley%20Pics/NOV17031a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Muley%20Pics/NOV17032a.jpg

[TheProvider]

@ Dana........ how am I suppose to sleep now after seeing those pics/ Great pics

[The Dude]

Man, you sure earn those bucks dana. No-one begrudges that.
Thx for sharing!

[Dirty Steve]

Wow man, you shoot some big deer! Very inspiring!!!