Strange find!

I found this strange skull and antlers. Cats tend to kill quite a few deer on the property that I lease for my cattle. The skeleton was next to this skull and I'm pretty sure this was a lion kill. Any idea why the rack would be so deformed? It must have been killed while the buck was still in the velvet.
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Hiker
a couple more photos.........
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bigbuck92
wow thats wierd. ya i dont know whats up with it but cool find
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Utahbowhunter
Yeah taht is wierd. but cool!
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MuleyMadness
Hiker, very strange indeed. Cool find. Not sure on why??

I've got TONS of strange freaky cactus bucks in my neck of th woods though. Will have some more pics of a couple of them hopefully before to long.
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johnyutah5
Are you sure the deer didn't didn't die from old age? I have seen some pictures of some bucks racks that really got funky as they got older. Just a thought.
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Hiker
"johnyutah5" wrote:Are you sure the deer didn't didn't die from old age? I have seen some pictures of some bucks racks that really got funky as they got older. Just a thought.
 It might have but I doubt it. The cats in this area really keep the deer in check, especially older bucks because they tend to be by themselves.
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chet
paint em black and call it an antegoat!!!
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kadejones2
strange find
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Looks like he's part antelope!
Great and rare find, thanks for sharing!
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Hiker
"skull krazy" wrote:Looks like he's part antelope!
Great and rare find, thanks for sharing!
 I found this buck in a big area of Ponderosa Pines, which has a lot deer. Thus far I have never seen a antelope in this area, plus the base of the rack is not at all like a antelope and is for sure a deer. When I first saw it, I thought maybe it was a strange looking spike bull elk but after a closer look, it's skull was way to small and the skeleton was for sure a deer.
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