Buck with no brow tines

[uplander]

 I killed a buck with no brow tines Saturday. Is that considered a genetic defect buck?
They were not broken of from fighting, they just never developed.

[Jeff]

I'd call it a trait, not a defect. Pretty common. Not the norm, but common at least around here.

[Magicman]

Maybe not common but certainly not unusual.  Sometimes they have only one.

[Corley5]

I shot a six point a couple years ago with no brow tines.  I thought he was an eight until I walked up to him.  Shot more than one seven point with one brow tine. 

[WDH]

I have known a few people that did not have any brow tines, either. 

[uplander]

35 years of deer hunting. Some where around 60 deer taken. Mostly on the same ground and this is the first time I have ever seen a buck with no brow tines.

It must be a genetic thing, what is passed down through succeeding generations.

Two weeks ago my brother killed a deer on the farm that he thought looked exactly like a buck that I killed in 1991. Sure enough we looked at the mount of that deer on the wall and the similarities were unmistakable.

[Sparty]

 

 
This weird little 6 point likes to visit my camera at 3am every morning.  I don't even see a hint of brow tines.

[Ron Scott]

Yes, a normal occurrence here.

[coxy]

same here lots  with out and with one

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

I have known a few people that did not have any brow tines, either.

[coxy]

I have known a few people that did not have any brow tines, either.

:D :D :D :D :D

[Okrafarmer]

I only shot one buck in my life, and it  was a six-point with no browtines. Laurens County, South Carolina, 1998.

[WDH]

I have known a few people that did not have any brow tines, either.

Let the guilty come forward.

[bill m]

I just got a 4 pointer yesterday with no brow tines.

[DeerMeadowFarm]

It happens a lot. My buddy in Maine seems prone to finding those!

[uplander]

It happens a lot. My buddy in Maine seems prone to finding those!

Not common in my woods. First one that I have seen. I bet he's going to taste fine though.

[DeerMeadowFarm]

And the day after I read this, my buddy gets a 4-point with no brow tines!


 

[Weekend_Sawyer]

Dy buddy Steve picked off a nice 6 point Saturday. No brow tines. They figure it was a 2.5 year old. I wonder if it's next set of horns would have had them.