I received an email from one of my friends today with this story of a 19pt. Antlered doe. I hear about one of these oddities every once in a while but they are pretty rare and thought everybody might like to see it.
The hunters name is Mike Tomey of Lewis County, West Virginia. The deer was killed on a Friday of the first week of the buck season near Sleeth’s Run, near the Gilmer-Lewis County border.
The hunter was aware of the deers presents and had numerous trail camera photo’s of what he thought was a non-typical buck.
It was a Friday afternoon and pretty miserable out and the hunter had decided to call it a day and was on his way out of the woods when he walked up on the deer. He anchored the animal with one shot but was pretty surprised when he got to the deer and saw just how many points he (she) was sporting.
Apparently he field dressed the deer and realized something wasn’t right but did not know the deer was actually a doe until he got home and a neighbor saw the thing and pointed it out.
The bad thing was it’s the biggest set of horns the guy has taken and…..it’s a doe!
Apparently a doe does not create enough testosterone to cause the antlers to come out of the velvet stage. I believe they just continue to grow at a slow rate for the entire life cycle of the deer.
Her fawns must really catch hell from their little fawn buddies!
Best of Hunts,
Larry
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