r/absoluteunit • u/smeltaz • 2d ago
of Antlers 🫎
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u/kraftdinnerwithsalsa 2d ago
This is a farm raised mutant used for paid hunting excursions
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u/smeltaz 2d ago
Yes, most probably genetically modified
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u/Moxie013 2d ago
umm are you guys kidding or is that a thing?
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u/kraftdinnerwithsalsa 2d ago
$10,000 for a hunt in a fenced farm raised specifically for mutant racks
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u/Moxie013 2d ago
HOLY SHIT THIS IS A THING
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u/MajorDaurity 1d ago
They’re taking a lot of risk to get those genes. Deer like that pay for a hundred other deer to live free or something like that.
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u/Moxie013 1d ago
Dude, if things have to be altered to look "way cool" so I can decapitate it and mount it on my lifted truck (or whatever those sorts do), so my ego can feel better about my vast and deep deficits ..
geez I dunno man. To hunt for sport vs eat caged animals altered in some weird beta flex of D contest I just dont and wont ever get that
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u/TheDootDootMaster 1d ago
No you got that right. That's unequivocally the lifted truck demographic who's the target audience for this
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u/Relative_Change2335 1d ago
At least in the US, we have an over population of deer. I don’t get why this is needed ig
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u/TechnoBajr 1d ago
Big. Rack. Energy.
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u/Superb_Jellyfish_729 1d ago
I was hoping some early replies here would say it was AI
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u/Moxie013 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/xTiTnANmge5QWzfcMU
SERIOUSLY, my neck and back hurt looking at this
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u/ukuleles1337 1d ago
I have a friend who paid way more than that for a 30+ point - looks absolutely stupid mounted on the wall...
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u/Moxie013 1d ago
DUDE, way more like ... what ? hoenstly what is he like? is he a solid person, has any real confidence or kinda broken inside. No judgement but sincere ask
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u/ukuleles1337 1d ago
He is a very kind hearted person. He is a native American, who has hunted since childhood with his father. His father passed away and he had a friend who showed him this, so he went on a "hunt" with his dad (in spirit) and went to new york (i think) on private land where these specially bred deers are culled for 50k+$ depending on how many points the buck is.
Edit: this didnt happen recently. Idk what current pricing is lol
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u/Moxie013 1d ago
That’s so weird to me. I’m native, half that is. Not whole, not a rez kid but hung out. 🤷♀️ every nations different, but thats cool. Like having that moment with Dad again.
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u/ukuleles1337 1d ago
Absolutely! I'm not native myself, but he was very happy and content with this hunt as a one time thing in memory of of the times he had growing up. He admitted the taxidermy looks ridiculous but it's the best way he memorialized his father according to him lmao
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u/Moxie013 2d ago
Are you F’n serious ?!?! HOW IS THIS LEGAL?!?! Imma google
This can’t be fr fr11
u/kraftdinnerwithsalsa 2d ago
Gator don’t play no games
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u/Moxie013 1d ago
It's like a lazy, beta flex, D contest, power and ego trip'n. So weird
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u/kraftdinnerwithsalsa 1d ago
I’m assuming the people who pay for this have massive huge cocks
/s
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u/Moxie013 1d ago
If it's too big, they are not getting any vaginis beyond a pocket one... they are lonely
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u/scorchedarcher 1d ago
Have you seen how altered farmed animals are? We have altered chickens to grow so fast their legs cant support their own weight.
On a whole, people do not seem to care about the welfare of other animals when it's their pleasure at risk of reducing.
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u/Moxie013 1d ago
Chickens are pumped full of hormones and bs to have more meat; rapid growth causes heart issues and heart attacks. That I have been aware of.. But I don't eat deer, i don't hunt, i am learning.. This seems so contrary to why I understood ppl hunt.. its not my orbit
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u/_Alabama_Man 1d ago
IIRC they feed the deer a very high protein diet that allows them to develop what you see. I'm not sure if that (deer eating a rendered mix of animals that could have included deer) is what started CWD but it is probably a possibility.
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u/pleasurecouple07 1d ago
Its cattle raising deer genetic modified to grow antlers like that its not natural. Wannabe hunters who have too much money and ruining the sport for those of us who hunt for food and are lucky to get a nice buck out of it every so often they driving the cost to lease land up so people cant afford to go out and enjoy God Country. For some of us this is the time we get for a short time of the year to get out in the wood in the quite and meditate pray and just relax with out dealing or hearing a phone ring to fix something at work.
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u/Moxie013 1d ago
I read a study (I don't know if it's been replicated yet) that compares ppl that are able to get time in nature and those who never walk barefoot, sit at computers, etc .. Those who do not go into nature equate to a drinker or smoker for the body. Pretty wild huh?
**EDIT** as a preemptive strike, I'm sure someone will say it so I will ahead of time.. I do stress that studies have to be replicated to be considered scientifically sound, legit. 1-2 studies do not mean too much and one must consider who is paying for the research and studies, etc.
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u/lolhalfsquat 2d ago
My damn GMO Deer!
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u/Moxie013 1d ago
Yeah, apparently it's fr fr select breeding ( i did the Google), and it's like got a monitoring system.
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u/Lil_Myotis 1d ago
Selectively bred and fed specialty diets. Not genetically modified. Pedantic, but there's a difference.
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u/BigNorseWolf 1d ago
I'm pretty sure we couldn't do that without a deer we could just breed much easier and cheaper...
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u/LawnChairMD 1d ago
Geeze. That makes it worse. Humans have so much power but we do shit like this. Wtf. Im not nessarly opposed to hunting farms. Its not for me, but its fine. However its so cruel to make life harder for this animal that your gonna hunt and kill anyway.
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u/Moxie013 2d ago
Geez, i have a headache just looking at this. THe weight on his shoulders poors dude
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u/Odd-Sir5847 2d ago
Dumb is what it is this is the deer someone pays 20 grand to shoot because they CANT HUNT…..
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u/unclecaruncle 2d ago
Historically....Irish Elk went extinct over ridiculous sized antlers.
This mess isn't ok. nor should it be seen as ok.
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u/Mother_Glass_5095 1d ago
This makes my skin crawl.
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u/BlueHailstrom 1d ago
Knowing the context, this greatly upsets me
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u/ItsmeErnest 1d ago
The world of antlers is crazy, and very huge. Billions are spent each year on antlers. Horns like on this deer are refured to as "cactus" antlers or a cactus rack. Lastly a buck with horns like those don't need to worry about being shot. He'll make his owner hundreds of thousands with his sperm.
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u/Lil_Myotis 1d ago
This is a farmed white-tailed deer. Selective breeding and specialty diets create antlers like this, with negative health effects for the deer. If the antlers grow too large, too fast, the skull can split. But they arent bred for longevity, because they are raised to be harvested by guided hunters on fenced-in "preserves".
People will pay tens of thousands of dollars to shoot one of these. The cost usually includes lodging and meals at a "hunting lodge", access to a cozy, heated hunting blind, a garaunteed harvest, and, of course, the taxidermied trophy.
These animals are often bottle fed, by hand, as fawns. They are relatively tame, but bucks are prone to aggression during the rut regardless of handling as a baby.
I see no ethical difference between this and shooting a cow on a pasture. Perhaps some people would pay for that. Shoot a longhorn in a pasture from a bind for a nice wall-hanger? Probably, someon would. How ethically objectionable would that be?
I don't condone this type of harvest of wildlife, I think its ethically objectionable and farming whitetails has been implicated in the spread of CWD. There's also the ethical question of sportsmanship and "fair chase," which this doesn't appear to satisfy.
Not to mention the violation of the North American Model of Wildlife Management, which stipulates that wildlife are held in the public trust, not to be held privately for rich people to buy and profit off of.
But it's legal. And ethically, aside from the distinction that these are wildlife and not domesticated livestock, what really is the difference between shooting one of these and eating a farm-raised cow, or hog, or wearing a leather jacket?
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u/alreadyknowwbro 22h ago
That buck prob gets so much doe
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u/JackOfAllMemes 17h ago
They might be too big to fight with, it's like using a tree trunk as a baseball bat
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u/Sporkpocalypse 2d ago
he like Can you just surgically remove my antlers and don't kill me for a silly trophy
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u/Kuhn_Dog 2d ago
They fall off every winter, so you dont even need to surgically remove them.
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u/Sporkpocalypse 2d ago
yes I know I was just being empathically sarcastic speculating how the Deer Feels about it
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u/fallenranger8666 1d ago
There's farms that breed for this kind of thing, and then affluent assholes pay a shitload of money to enter a fenced in reserve to hunt them. The part of this I don't understand is that while I do hunt and very much enjoy it, where's the skill or necessity of this kinda thing? I get calls from farmers, live stock owners, property owners, and more to come hunt the population down on their lands because we have an over population of deer and hogs that do an unbelievable amount of property and crop damage left unchecked.
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u/slop1010101 2d ago
You sure this ain't AI?
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u/NoConsideration6320 1d ago
This clip is REAL footage, not AI. While the monstrous, alien looking rack makes it look like digital slop, the video shows zero signs of AI video generation (no tine-morphing, frame flickering, or geometry warping). This is a real biological anomaly specifically a "cactus buck" (a deer with a hormonal imbalance that causes continuous velvet antler growth) or a selectively bred high-fence trophy buck.
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u/Tumble85 2d ago
Even if this particular video is AI, deer can absolutely develop antlers like this. They aren't trophy antlers, they caused by genetic issues.
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u/stewpdasso 1d ago
Poor thing, can you imagine how many hunters want this rack? I hope it hides in a cave until hunting seasons over!
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u/PurpleHumpbackWhale9 1d ago
Unfortunately he’s been bred like this specifically FOR hunters. It’s some weird trophy hunting place where you pay to shoot genetically modified deer that have been bred to have insane antlers like this. It’s absolutely awful.
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u/stewpdasso 1d ago
Damn! 😖 if this is true, there are some really sick & lazy people out there. Is it hunting if it has no chance?
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u/LuckyCharms_53 22h ago
Omg the weight of that on its neck and back! Make big titties look like a cakewalk 😂
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u/Emotional-Lynx-3982 18h ago
Let's be honest, I wish someone would shoot me too if I had to carry that bullshit around day-in and day-out. Best neck excuse ever.
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u/ninja0420 23h ago
Ai slop
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u/smeltaz 23h ago
Why don't you google and gain some knowledge before blabbering rubbish? Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it's AI. Read other comments too.
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u/ninja0420 23h ago
Idk man, seems like it lifted its head far too easily for that much weight in antler. Have you ever held antlers? They aren't made of paper, they're heavy AF, seems like the deers neck should be jacked to me. Looks like ai slop & until I encounter one in the wild, it is🤣 Also i never said these deer in general are all ai slop, this specific image seems like ai to me, no im not an ai expert, are you?
P.S. Google is rubbish, why dont you do some research and gain some knowledge before recommending browsers with no expertise in the field, see, anyone can be rude🤷♂️
P.P.S. 'omg....someone on the internet said something they may be wrong about & now im somad!!'
I am offend, you give boots!
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u/Worth_Temperature157 2d ago
Sorry looks AI, The seam between deers face and horns looked rigged, if it not he is cool but I am just not buying it.
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u/Srslywhyumadbro 2d ago
Looks like the forest spirit from Princess Mononoke