My 2019 Public Land Muley (Very Unique Buck)

[hoyt-guy]

Made a quick trip out to eastern Montana last weekend. The hunting was tough, but I did manage to glass up this very unique mule deer buck. It’s late November & this guy was still in velvet! This buck had a penis but no testes. Apparently bucks like this are called “cactus” bucks? They are born with a birth defect where the testes never descend & stay up in the abdomen. They never shed their velvet or their antlers. The do not rut or breed like a normal buck. Very strange deer. I don’t think I will ever come across a buck like this again. Any of you guys ever seen this before?

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[BH107]

Yup, a buddy of mine shot one down in Colorado this year.

 

[Sportsman247]

Well I would consider that a trophy. Heard of those but never seen one. Great job on a late season buck!

 

[Fowler530]

Congrats on a nice and unique buck!

 

[gfreidy]

Great job!

 

[jspradley]

Awesome! That's a really cool deer

 

[Osborn99]

Unique

 

[Pigdog]

That’s really cool. Anyone know if there are elk like this too?

 

[HuntInWild88]

Awesome buck!! Congrats!! I have never seen one in person however got this guy on my trail cam while livingnin Oklahoma never saw him again after these photos!

 

[JWAIV]

Awesome!!

 

[elkguide]

Great deer.

 

[High Climber]

Cool buck, congrats

 

[cardbender1]

My brother shot this one in Montana about 15 years ago.
Even the size and color were weird on his deer.

 

[GoBig]

Took some video of this buck in Eastern Montana when I was hunting there a couple weeks ago.

 

[ewade07]

Shot this guy in eastern Montana mid November. He had one small testicle. Had scraped some of his velvet off, some was still on him. Velvet was still bleeding and everything.

 

[Block]

From what Iv heard and read,,, more often they lose or injure their nuts,,, I have a ton of “stag” or “cactus” bucks on camera in areas with a lot of barb wire fences... seems their main frame stays pretty similar to whatever it is when they are injured and they stop dropping/ stay Velvet and just grow weird cheaters and bumps from that point on best I can tell from the dozen or so Iv seen from year to year... here’s one I followed on cam a few years.. called him “Clide” like the horses cuz of his absolutely giant body

 

[ChrisAU]

My brother shot this one in Montana about 15 years ago.
Even the size and color were weird on his deer.View attachment 136748

I think his daddy may have been an elk

 

[Travis907]

Congrats, I love those unique freak bucks! I have a whitetail on my property in Indiana that has always stayed in velvet! Mother Nature works in mysterious ways!

 

[cstab]

The buck on the right was like you described. Mid November in NM. Congrats on your buck!

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