Funkiest elk sheds

[dirtknap]

I found this bull two different years. The fist year, he had 2, 3 foot spikes. This is the one side I found the next year. (6 point 150" shed for size reference) What would cause a big bull to only grow giant straight spikes? Genetics or an injury to the nuts I figure. What's your funkiest elk shed?

 

[Ross]

Typically and injury or age, possibly an issue with a testicle

 

[Pony Soldier]

I stumbled into a bull one time with 3-4 ft spikes. I could have shot him but I was in the middle of crossing a spikey log and was trying to keep from perforating my legs and crotch. The bull stood and watched with a smile on his lips. Just as i cleared the tree he took off. I have never seen another.

 

[jolemons]

Pretty neat extras by the sword tines.

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[Jaker_cc]

My wife found this one last Sept

 

[Cameron.25]

This is my weirdest. I was told that an injury to the opposite side of the body can cause a deformed antler

 

[shootnrun]

Not mine, but a buddy found this while I was blood trailing. I stepped on it and didn't notice somehow. Love to see him on the hoof. For a western WA Bull he's a stud.

 

[BWG13]

Found this one a few years ago...

 

[Dfjm702]

awesome sheds on this thread

 

[ridgefire]

I found this one a few years back.

 

[6mm Remington]

This one hadn't shed his antlers yet(I shot him.) but it's still very funky. It's a 5x2 and the side with 2 points did not have anything broken off and it didn't appear to have been damaged as it was growing. It completely appears to be genetic and I can say pretty positively that it is. A few years later I saw a slighly older larger bull with the exact same antler configuration in this same unit. I haven't seen anything like it since though.

 

[griebel303]

Picked this one up this year. My daughters thought it was from a Unicorn