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The crab claw #6994491 09/19/20 10:54 AM 09/19/20 10:54 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 28,715 Eastern Shore of Maryland HobbieTrapper OP "Chippendale Trapper"
HobbieTrapper OP "Chippendale Trapper" Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 28,715 Eastern Shore of Maryland	What causes it? -Goofy-

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6994506 09/19/20 11:27 AM 09/19/20 11:27 AM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas	Sage brush? Where did you take that one? “What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6994509 09/19/20 11:38 AM 09/19/20 11:38 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 28,715 Eastern Shore of Maryland HobbieTrapper OP "Chippendale Trapper"
HobbieTrapper OP "Chippendale Trapper" Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 28,715 Eastern Shore of Maryland	I didn’t, it is the decor when we acquired the place. -Goofy-

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6994512 09/19/20 11:41 AM 09/19/20 11:41 AM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas	My best guess is that someone on the eastern slopes took him bright and early in the season during a big drought and when his velvet started cracking they rubbed it off and polished him up with a shoe shine wheel. I've been wrong before but that does NOT dissuade me- I am particularly fond of my own ideas and sometimes I actually get it right LOL “What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6994517 09/19/20 11:46 AM 09/19/20 11:46 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 28,715 Eastern Shore of Maryland HobbieTrapper OP "Chippendale Trapper"
HobbieTrapper OP "Chippendale Trapper" Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 28,715 Eastern Shore of Maryland	So it was created after the kill? -Goofy-

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6994521 09/19/20 11:50 AM 09/19/20 11:50 AM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas	JMO it is either genetics or harvested early before those tines did anything- maybe an automobile vs dumb deer thing. “What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6994542 09/19/20 12:33 PM 09/19/20 12:33 PM
Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 5,879 perry co.Pa wetdog trapper
wetdog trapper Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 5,879 perry co.Pa	Genetics. It's a mule deer

Re: The crab claw [Re: wetdog] #6994555 09/19/20 12:46 PM 09/19/20 12:46 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 63 Northern Utah Lost in utah trapper
Lost in utah trapper Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 63 Northern Utah	+1 Genetics

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6994630 09/19/20 03:06 PM 09/19/20 03:06 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,255 Port Republic South Jersey N Newt trapper
Newt trapper N Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,255 Port Republic South Jersey	Salt marsh South Jersey Trapping and Snaring School January 19-20-21 2024 NEWT -----------------OVER---------------- www.snareone.com

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6994640 09/19/20 03:39 PM 09/19/20 03:39 PM
Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 5,214 Crivitz WI Sprung & Rusty trapper
Sprung & Rusty trapper Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 5,214 Crivitz WI	Doesn't look like a whitetail. No Jab.

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6994663 09/19/20 04:53 PM 09/19/20 04:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 6,340 se South Dakota NonPCfed trapper
NonPCfed trapper Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 6,340 se South Dakota	Mulies often have those. Same as not having much for brow tines. Probably a 3 1/2 year old buck, not much more than that. "And God said, Let us make man in our image ï¿½and let them have dominion ï¿½and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6995022 09/19/20 11:30 PM 09/19/20 11:30 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 1,578 MT S Slick Pan trapper
Slick Pan trapper S Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 1,578 MT	A biologist could help with this but I will take a stab at it.I believe it's caused by old age on mule deer.The deer are regressing in antler growth.

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6995045 09/20/20 12:17 AM 09/20/20 12:17 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,083 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,083 Minnesota	That's easy His mother messed around and got crabs NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6995063 09/20/20 01:11 AM 09/20/20 01:11 AM
Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 6,577 MB J Jurassic Park trapper
Jurassic Park trapper J Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 6,577 MB	I’m glad I wasn’t raised by any of you guys! LOL Cold as ice!

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6995145 09/20/20 07:30 AM 09/20/20 07:30 AM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 3,597 Va. Lee Co. D Donnie H trapper
Donnie H trapper D Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 3,597 Va. Lee Co.	We are too...LOL Donnie

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6995146 09/20/20 07:31 AM 09/20/20 07:31 AM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a. P pcr2 "Twerker"
pcr2 "Twerker" P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.	can i get a AMEN.

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6995155 09/20/20 07:49 AM 09/20/20 07:49 AM
Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 415 South Dakota P Prn trapper
Prn trapper P Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 415 South Dakota	Seems like a standard mule deer to me. Without a crab claw they are called a "forky". So I would say age causes that.

Re: The crab claw [Re: Donnie H] #6995286 09/20/20 11:03 AM 09/20/20 11:03 AM
Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 6,577 MB J Jurassic Park trapper
Jurassic Park trapper J Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 6,577 MB	Originally Posted by Donnie H We are too...LOL Donnie Cold as ice!

Re: The crab claw [Re: HobbieTrapper] #6995421 09/20/20 02:24 PM 09/20/20 02:24 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,165 Central NC T traprjohn trapper
traprjohn trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,165 Central NC	here's our Crab Claw www.sevenoakstrappingsupplies.com for trap mods and gear The 10 Commandments are not suggestions. Buy a soldiers meal EVERY chance you can.

Re: The crab claw [Re: traprjohn] #6995506 09/20/20 05:09 PM 09/20/20 05:09 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,083 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,083 Minnesota	Originally Posted by traprjohn here's our Crab Claw Bang NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

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