Maine's 3 Antlered Whitetail

[crg1372]

We've come across some deer oddities, a herd of albinos, does with antlers, locked up bucks drowning.

But here's an extraordinary one.

Lucas Clark, a 15-year-old from Northport, Maine, has set the deer hunting world abuzz with his remarkable deer, which sports three antlers. Besides the two main beams coming from the normal positions, the buck has an extra antler growing out of the right side of its head.

But it's not only odd, it's big.

"I've always wanted a buck but I never pictured myself shooting one like this one. Not in Maine," he said. "The biggest we get up here are 10-pointers."

After several counts, the buck's antlers total 20 points. An amazed biologist viewed it and pulled a tooth to age it, which won't come for awhile. The green score is 194, Clark said, but it was attempted while the deer was hanging.

Clark had killed two does previously and almost took another Saturday. His wait paid off.

When he shot it, Clark thought the deer was rather nice but had no idea. It fell in the dry cranberry patch, its twin peaks hidden in the brush.

"All I saw was the side with the one antler, then I shot him," Clark said. "I waited a few minutes. The other side was driven into the cranberries. So I picked it up and I didn't know what to think. I was pretty stunned."

Not as stunned as his hunting partner, Jerome Bucklin, who at 45 has a bit more perspective on it being such an oddity.

"He was more excited than I was when he walked up to it," Clark said. "He was jumping up and down."

Offers for the deer have climbed to $10,000, but Clark said he plans to keep it forever.

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[dennishoddy]

Holy crap!! I would die in the stand if something like that came by.

the whitetail in maine are huge. If I remember right, some of the field dressed weights in Maine, and in Canada, New Foundland are in the 300 pound range. Huge animals up there.

 

[crg1372]

Holy crap!! I would die in the stand if something like that came by.

the whitetail in maine are huge. If I remember right, some of the field dressed weights in Maine, and in Canada, New Foundland are in the 300 pound range. Huge animals up there.

Yeah makes me sick seeing how large those things get up there. Heck even the deer in the northern part of the state here are generally larger than these scrawny fellers running around the woods down here. Hmmm....wonder if we'd have to get written permission from the ODWC before we could shoot a three antlered deer.

 

[Shadowrider]

Holy crap!! I would die in the stand if something like that came by.

the whitetail in maine are huge. If I remember right, some of the field dressed weights in Maine, and in Canada, New Foundland are in the 300 pound range. Huge animals up there.

They get big in Indiana too. I saw a doe that went 220lbs on the scale. They were all like meh.. fairly nice doe. I was like

How cold does it get up in Maine? Seems like the colder the climate, the bigger the deer.

 

[Tyson C.]

that dude is huge. i would have to think things over, like do i have a tag to shoot a deer with three main beams, or is there a hidden law..LOL

 

[Lotahp1]

thats thing would look great on my wall

 

[surjimmy]

crg1372, I didn't on my 3 main beam deer. 2006 mines the one on the right.