Pet deer on the loose and a safety oriented owner with a hacksaw!

 

Yep. I'm thinking that buck was in a breeder pen. A friend of mine who raises deer told me that when they get a fighter among the other bucks, instead of hurting two or three good bucks, they get rid of ( turn out) the trouble maker or cut his horns back. That same friend sells 140-150 B & C bucks for around $6500- $8500 per. Kind of amazing to me.
Give him a year then go get him!
Good luck

 

Somebody had to have trimmed him up. No way that could happen naturally.

 

I watched a nine point on my trail cameras at my camp several years ago break off every point he had from the time the velvet came off until the day I shot him in gun season. No idea what he was doing, but he wasn’t getting “trimmed” by anyone.

 

Never argue with a chainsaw while it's working!

 

Thanks for the replies and they all have merits, but the main beams are not changed at all, that is why I couldn't pick that reason.
I was thinking a possible reason might be from a feeder, some folks have been known to put strong wire above to speed the shedding process and that wire may still be there?
I believe it's illegal to do that but so many don't care what the law reads!
But, they appear to be SO uniformly cut/removed.
I know game farms in the state will cut the racks off most of their bucks about 1/2inch from base, and they collect the short base pieces after they are shed, and match to the antler and sell them together.

 

Is it possible the shutter time was a little slow and the buck was moving through the frame? Just a thought.

 

A game farm buck was my first guess, trimming for safety of other bucks.

If your cribbage opponent was into pranks and practical jokes this could be a staged photo with a fake buck.