Black Magic Returns - 2007
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- Spike
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- Spike
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- Location: JUNCTION CO.
No problem BIGBUCKCRAZY. I hope you didn't think I was jumpin' on ya about it. I have never seen one in real life either. Just pics.
As for them growing, MOST of the time they will continue to grow mass upon mass throughout thier lives. The growth is a bit slower than normal antler growth however. Because they are caused by testosterone inbalances due to injury, birth defect, etc the amount of growth is dependant on the exact problem.
Sometime their antlers are rather brittle and they'll loose portions of them. However, they will continue to grow...and normally in very abnormal ways (Black Magic is a great example).
I've seen pics of another cactus buck who's antlers were so brittle that they broke a good number of points off just packing him out. Not all of them are as brittle though and some harden enough that breaking isn't an issue.
Here's a pic of the one I was refering to.
As for them growing, MOST of the time they will continue to grow mass upon mass throughout thier lives. The growth is a bit slower than normal antler growth however. Because they are caused by testosterone inbalances due to injury, birth defect, etc the amount of growth is dependant on the exact problem.
Sometime their antlers are rather brittle and they'll loose portions of them. However, they will continue to grow...and normally in very abnormal ways (Black Magic is a great example).
I've seen pics of another cactus buck who's antlers were so brittle that they broke a good number of points off just packing him out. Not all of them are as brittle though and some harden enough that breaking isn't an issue.
Here's a pic of the one I was refering to.
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