Big Texas 9-Point--Doe??

[tfowler10]

-Story goes this fellow was hunting a lease in Texas one evening in late November when he heard a mighty grunt. He thought it was a hog, but looked over and saw this nice rack. He dropped the deer with one shot from his .270.

He walked over to the deer; something didn’t look quite right. For one thing the musk glands on the hind legs were snow white. He lifted a back leg and was shocked—a doe with a 9-point rack!


My buddy sent me this email that he found on mikehanback.com and i was just wondering if anyone has ever seen or heard of anything like this before in whitetail deer? i thought it was pretty interesting so tell me what you think...

[reconman]

Is a hermie!!!

[one66stang]

A friend of mine shot an 8 point last year that was a doe. Was shot in Iraan in mid Dec and was still in velvet. The processor and the GW said that they see/hear of a couple a year. He called the GW to ask how to tag it. He was told to tag it as a Buck

[Tferg51]

I'd take it.

[snakejake]

Never heard of it, but doesn't anyone question the difference in the color of the fur about halfway down the body????? Just saying it don't look right.

[arsonhunter]

I believe that last year or the year before tth had an aricle about a doe with antlers

[Tuffbroadhead]

I remember one of Keeps friends killing a 9pt doe last year..maybe he will chime in.... I know where a freak doe is with a whacked out velvet rack..

[AF Slayer]

way to save a buck tag

[Tuffbroadhead]

way to save a buck tag

NO SIR!!! Must be tagged as a ANTLERED DEER....

Here is a link to Keep buddys 9pt doe.. http://discussions.texasbowhunter.co...ad.php?t=23922

[Tubby]

but isn't an "buck deer" defined as HARDENED antler protruding through the skin??

http://tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/annual/hunt/deer/

But I know if this is argued, the GW always wins....

I know this antlered doe has hardened antler, I'm talking about one that's taken that has "year round" velvet. Had a buddy of mine shoot an antlered doe 7 pt.

[Tubby]

No pics of the "identifying parts", sorry.

[mjhaverkamp]

My son killed one 3 years ago, it scored near 150, when I went to field dress it I figured I had too much to drink, all woman parts. The funny thing about it was about a week before I saw a buck trying to mount another buck, atleast it looked like another buck.

[BuckAssassin]

So what's up with the swolen neck?

[tfowler10]

-So, how rare is a racked doe? Found out there are 2 types of antlered does. The first are females with velvet antlers. These animals usually have normal female reproductive tracts and are capable of bearing fawns But does with polished antlers (like this one) are actually male pseudo-hermaphrodites, or "he-shes." They have the external genitalia of a female, but have male sex organs internally. As you might expect, antlered does are extremely rare.


Here is the other picture of that Buck/Doe and some info. about deer like this..

[Hollis F]

Very interesting!