What the heck is this???

[roymunson]

We've got a little guy on the farm. Still in velvet. Looks like a dwarf. Is that a thing?

I never got a chance to kill a velvet deer. This guy may have to get a second look if I get a chance.

Weird

 

[Bill]

He’s cool!

For the record it’s not a dwarf deer.
politically correct is Little, sheesh.
And I see that as more of a challenge. Smaller target.

 

[scott44]

A few years back while elk and muley hunting in CO a guy shot a muley still in velvet mid Oct. When they rollrd him over to gut him out they found him to be a buck but he was eunuch.

 

[35-acre]

That is really cool! Full body mount?? But it only will look cool if you can also have his friend in full body mount as well. Hope you've been saving $$$$

 

[roymunson]

my 8 year old wants to go out this year. That'd be a cool cool buck to put him on

 

[Telemark]

Probably an issue with his testicles.

We take a good number of deer(red deer and reindeer) here that are still in velvet. It is VERY difficult to keep velvet on antlers, and if you want the mount with velvet on, you should contact your taxidermist and ask him about preparation, timing, etc. Otherwise it comes right off and the antlers are thin and white.

 

[Rit]

2nd photo says 2011. I’d say he is probably a little bigger now.

 

[BenAllgood]

I'm gonna say it's a steer.

 

[roymunson]

2nd photo says 2011. I’d say he is probably a little bigger now.

That is because it's an old covert without a working LCD screen so I can't see to do any settings. I put it in a spot and just hope it takes pictures. It still does so I let it roll.

 

[Hoytvectrix]

My vote is for a doe with antlers.

 

[bigbendmarine]

If we're taking bets (especially if just pride vs any actual cash ), my vote is on a dwarf buck.

Google search led me to several links showing a handful of deer that look similar to yours. Interestingly, several of the links specifically spoke of an area in Alabama where hunters have harvested several -- guessing due to some increased genetic anomaly in the local herd.

My key reason for placing the bet on dwarfism is that the knees appear unusually knobby / the legs unusually short, and guessing that's due to achondroplasia -- slowed bone growth in longer bones (often leg bones) due to hardening of cartilage during early development.

Regardless of the actual cause, super cool little buck and agree that'd be an awesome one for one of your kids to harvest!

 

[Troubles Trees]

That is very cool! I have never heard or seen anything like it. Short legs, call him stumpy! :)

 

[Telemark]

My vote is cryptoorchidism.