[Valin]

13-point deer shot by hunter turns out to be doe
Associated Press
Published Nov. 20, 2002

WILLMAR, MINN. -- A Willmar man thought he had a trophy buck when he shot a deer northwest of Willmar on Nov. 9.
But when Tom Schneider flipped it over, he noticed something was amiss.
In fact, it was a doe.

Schneider and his hunting companions saw that the 200-pound animal with the 13-point non-typical rack of antlers was a doe.
He says they took pictures to document their unusual find.
Chris DePerno is deer project leader for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource's Farmland Zone of Minnesota.
He says does with antlers are rare.

DePerno says the deer must have suffered some hormone imbalance to cause the antler development.
He doesn't know if Schneider's kill is a record for an antlered-doe because there doesn't appear to be any current records on the books.


He says he'd have to see the deer's teeth to determine its age.
Schneider says he's having the head mounted.



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[Iowa Granny]

Schneider says he's having the head mounted.

Well, I would hope so. Isn't 13 pts atypical?

As for the "other irregularities", I will reserve comment.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Boy, that hunter must have been shocked! LOL!