Check out the rack on this deer

[scesfiremedic]

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/s...395204609?s=21

[GMX]

Chernobyl

[Savage Bacon]

I think the boss would like this deer as a pet to hang her laundry on.

[trigger7mm]

That’s what happens when you pump them full of growth hormones and who knows what else.

[pintailslammer]

Originally Posted by trigger7mm

That’s what happens when you pump them full of growth hormones and who knows what else.

Yup
I agree!

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[oldgutpile]

Farmed deer. This happens a lot with breeders and then they sell them to a hunt farm for some hero to take home.

[Chief16]

Originally Posted by trigger7mm

That’s what happens when you pump them full of growth hormones and who knows what else.

I would disagree. I found a paper from 1968 that states "the premature maturation of growth in regenerating antlers was achieved by administering sex hormones (testosterone)" and that "estradiol benzoate was even more affective in promoting precocious maturation of growing antlers". Link to the paper is below.
People on this page are so quick to jump on agriculture for all of these scary hormones "and who knows what else" when they really have no idea.
This is just a result of genetic selection for big antlered animals. It is the same as saying that a pomeranian came from a wolf do to hormones, antibiotics etc. when really it was just breeding for desired traits.

https://www.nature.com/articles/220083a0

[nast70]

Elk ranchers have been doing the same selective breeding for years to maximize velvet. More surface area/antler=more velvet/animal=more cash in the pockets.
It is selective breeding, not hormones etc. The over seas markets are picky about that stuff.
This guy was on an Alberta farm by fall before last:

[Pikebreath]

Originally Posted by Chief16

I would disagree. I found a paper from 1968 that states "the premature maturation of growth in regenerating antlers was achieved by administering sex hormones (testosterone)" and that "estradiol benzoate was even more affective in promoting precocious maturation of growing antlers". Link to the paper is below.
People on this page are so quick to jump on agriculture for all of these scary hormones "and who knows what else" when they really have no idea.
This is just a result of genetic selection for big antlered animals. It is the same as saying that a pomeranian came from a wolf do to hormones, antibiotics etc. when really it was just breeding for desired traits.

https://www.nature.com/articles/220083a0

That type of antler growth may be eventually achievable through genetic selection but the process would be painfully slow if done strictly through selective breeding. That said an individual specimen's head gear can certainly be enhanced through modern pharmaceuticals and genetic manipulation. I suspect this particular deer is likely a combination of several approaches.

At any rate the deer is freak by man's hand,,,, not a freak of nature!!!

[Kurt505]

Originally Posted by GMX

Chernobyl

It’s from PA, Christmas Island.

[Greatwest]

Yeah it is a shame that farms are allowed to pump them full of ***** like that just to sell them to hunt farms. That deer doesn’t even look very old to be packing around a set of antlers like that.

[Zuludog]

Looks like a coral reef. 🤢

[Bub]

Ugly. Not sure I would shoot something like this if I found it in the bush. Ok, I probably would, but it is still ugly. Weird how this type of farming is legal.