Now some might question the gene pool on the west coast .... and this one really seems to defy the odds .... a 50:50 red x fallow, if such a thing exists.
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Now some might question the gene pool on the west coast .... and this one really seems to defy the odds .... a 50:50 red x fallow, if such a thing exists.
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Warnham Park bloodlines. Fallow and red can't hybridize due to their genius.
Maybe someone took an antler out of one side of the skull and replaced it with another antler from another species to make it look like that :)
Odd balls happen from time to time, we have a nice drop tine 16 pointer coming to our cameras at times, I think it's just in there bloodlines.
There is/used to be a herd at Mahia with that distinctive palmated structure. Very cool.
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This is the drop tine 16 pointer, haven't seen him in the flesh yet but get him on camera a bit, you can see the drop tine on his right side. A friend told us that it is a trait of the Warnham Park bloodline.
I found a single, freshly cast, huge 9 point palmated antler in North Canterbury back in the early 1970's. I spent a long time trying to get that stag as he was living in a fairly small area completely surrounded by dense manuka. I made several trips but it was impossible to squeeze through the manuka without alerting him. His progeny are probably still in the area.
That palmation has nothing to do with Fallow. The animal was 100% Red.
The throw back has often been associated with the Windsor bloodline. Bruce Banwell used to refer to the Windsor throwback in his books. Lovely looking animal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mooseman
@bigbear wicked
when i first seen him i thought it was a legend fallow buck:huh: then i got a better look and realized it was a red. I prefer if iam going to shoot a stag it be in hard rubbed up, but i have had this guy stained up and is hanging in my boys bedroom.
A different trophy in his own way
a unique and very cool trophy... and better out of the gene poolQuote:
Originally Posted by bigbear
I think i know where he came from
bigbear's animal is from Woburn Abbey stock. So farm blood there. Bred for a big velvet bulb and multi-pointing. Chainsaws animal shows a flattened beam on the left antler which is very common on Woburn farm stock. However it could be as Mathias suggests Warnham blood but early Warnham Court as released into the poulter and not Warnham Park. I buy deer velvet and hard antler for export so see a fair bit of variation in heads.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigbear
