Unicorn

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Just kidding.

It's just a buck with half his rack.  This is one of five distinctive antlered deer that were photographed in the last couple of weeks.  Like I said the other day - deer aplenty around here.

It strikes me as a wee bit early for antlers to be dropping already.  In prior years it was common to see antlers on the local whitetails well into February.

Nevertheless, individual differences have to be accounted-for and this particular buck may experienced some physical stresses that have cased antler drop already in December.

The Labs are looking forward to antler hunting already.