Do you think these 2 dead bucks are related???

[K.S.TRAPPER]

 

Before you answer I have more picks but a quick story about both of them.

The white rack we found the day my youngest son shot his first turkey when he was 10yrs old and he is now 21yrs old. The deer had been dead a couple of years already. I just stuck it up on the barn with some of the other racks but always thought it was a cool rack and would liked to have seen him alive.


 

The other rack I found yesterday while out shed hunting. I couldn't believe it when I saw how much it resembled the rack I had on the barn.

 

The first thing that caught my eye was the flattened out beam on the right side.


 

 

So does the other rack.

 


 

More picks coming!!

Tracy

[coaster500]

That looks like the same gene pool to me. It would be cool to do a DNA test  

It would be really cool to sneak up on somethimg like that during the season....

Nice finds !!

[bolong]

I would say they were probably kin folks.

[ron w]

If they are from the same local, I'd bet the farm that they had some genes that connected in the family tree.....kind'a neat.

[K.S.TRAPPER]

The left sides both have crazy splits in the tines.



 

Having trouble with Photobucket sorry.

Tracy

[K.S.TRAPPER]

I think there related too but I wanted to get everybody else opinion too. There is at least 10yrs difference between them and they were found about four miles apart witch I know is plenty close to be blood.

I just can't believe the similarities between them and that it would carry down that many years later. Sure typical's are one thing but it's hard to find two non typicals that close.

Regardless, I hope I get a shot some day at one of there kids passed down and I am going to clean them up and re-stain the racks and try to fix the chewed spots. I plan on displaying them in my shop together and I'm happy to have them.    :D    

Thanks for looking!!

Tracy

[Chris Surtees]

I no scientist but from the looks of the racks my gut feeling is they came from the same gene pool.

[Tom Phillips]

I am no biologist or scientist either,but would say the 2 are related in some way.

[Charlie Lamb]

Don't think so bud!! It's obvious to my experience eye that one of those was an antlered doe. Of course I could be wrong about that. LOL
 :D  

You don't happen to have a turkey tied up somewhere I could poke a hole in?

[Ragnarok Forge]

I don't know about the rest of you but I can hear the banjo's playing.  They are definately from kissing cousins.

[wapiti792]

Awesome antlers Tracy! I'd say that first one is the great, great, great, great Grandaddy of the second    There is something to that genetic thing  

[K.S.TRAPPER]

I can try and run one down for ya Charlie, I have been running alot lately          

You bet we can find a few to hunt around here and glad to have you. They have been gobbling pretty good when I have stopped by on the way home from work scouting.   :D  

Thanks Mike, I'm pretty sure I have picks of the new one yesterday in 08.

Tracy

[Ken Taylor]

For whatever it's worth, I agree with everyone.
Too many not so common similarities.
Definitely related.

[easyup]

No doubt, very cool.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Absolutely Not related  Just like Just like Billy and his twin brother Bob!

Great Finds

[Guru]

Heck yeah buddy!  That's too cool!

[Traditional-Archer]

Deer are often born in two's just wonder could they be brother twins ????????
 

[Wannabe1]

That is cool! Thanks for sharing.  

[hedgetree]

I think so, great find.

[Robert Honaker]

in the first pic I would say no.