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Weird Horns

Weird Horns

In all my years of doing wildlife photography, I have never seen anything like this. This bucks horns and top of his head had a very unusual growth on both his ...
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In all my years of doing wildlife photography, I have never seen anything like this. This bucks horns and top of his head had a very unusual growth on both his horns and the top of his head. I showed this picture to a park ranger and who said this guy has been around for a few years. Other than this growth he looks healthy.
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NIKON D500

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 1100 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 6000/10

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Mar, 2019

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Very odd looking...great capture

So bizarre! Almost like fungus-y flowers growing on his head. Great shot!

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I wonder what that is growing on his head. Detail is spot on.

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Beautiful capture!! I have never seen such "decorated" antlers. : )

That is very strange. Fantastic shot!

He looks like he has a few battles in his time.

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barnacles??? Nice capture, Mark.

Joe says the Velveteen is sluffing off. Great capture and lighting on this photo.

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