What are these?

[TazBux]

Well what a score for me this was.I got them just then from the local market(sunday morning).I haggled the guy down from $10 and he said "Just take the bloody things","I don't have a clue what they are"...

I saw them at 200 yards as soon as I got out of my from car.I gave a little silent airpunch and hiss,but didn't get to excited incase I could not afford them.

My first thought was they are a set of 2nd or 1st year caribu antlers.2nd year maybe?
But I'm sure they are caribu (rudolf perhaps?lol)

I would have went to $100 but I wasn't about to tell him that.he he he

Bloody rippers they are.
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[DEERSLAM]

Great pic up TazBux!
Those are antlers from an Eld's deer or they are also called Brow-tined deer. They are from southeast Asia.

 

[TazBux]

WOW.Cheers for the info.I did abit of searching (after reading your reply Deerslam) and they don't seem the most common deer on Earth.The words I saw were "Vunerable","Endangered","Extinct in some parts of their natural range".
What a score that was.It's a good size representation of the animal also.13.5 inch brows.I have to do abit of searching for a record book on these babies.I have never ran the tape over an asian species and it's quite exciting.

 

[BelchFire]

Awesome score, TazBux ^5

 

[DEERSLAM]

Yep they are a great addition to your collection TazBux.
They have some Elds deer in Texas, though I have never seen one on any of my 3 trips down there.
I would guess you are one of the very few to have a set of Elds deer antlers and for $7....what a steal!

 

[fossilman]

Congrads Taz..............heck of a find.................Cool deal!!!

 

[barel74]

great score, but why would you pay $100 for 'em?

 

[TazBux]

BECAUSE I'M ANTLER NUTS

I paid $70 for a mule rack.$60 for the monster fallow horns(cheap as chips).
I have seen people pay much more for alot less(I sold a rancid small fallow scull for $150)+(4 small 1st year white horns for $100).I honestly thought they were caribu and was prepeared to go higher than 100 if another bloke was their(but their wasn't).

Knowing what I know now they are worth alot more to me than 100 bucks.
30 exist in captivity,180 in a national park,a few in Texas ranches.They are protected/extinct/endangered elsewhere.

BECAUSE I'M ANTLER NUTS

 

[bmtoth]

wow taz you got a great deal. i remember seeing some sheds of the elds deer that were bigger than that but i think they went for $400. its costs alot to kill those deer in texas.

 

[barel74]

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[Cold1nhand]

CHA-CHING!!

you hit the jackpot on that one!

 

[guyintx]

I was curios as to what an Elds deer cost to hunt so i looked it up 15K

at this place.

http://www.recordbuck.com/exotic_pricing.htm

the price is in the right column about 1/2 way down.

looks like you got a heck of a deal taz congrats.