DNA testing shed antler

[redwoood]

Has anyone ever had a shed antler DNA tested and compared to a deer that you harvested?

Seems kinda crazy I know...but I have what I suspect is a yearling shed off of the deer I killed last fall. The timeline works out and I found the shed on the same farm that I killed him on. Would love to know for sure.

 

[Schaaf]

I'd recommend asking a Facebook Hunting Group if they're the same deer. Those groups have the bottom of the barrel levels of intelligence and they'll add 30" to your deer score to make you feel good.

You might even get lucky and have it transition into a caliber argument.

 

[antlerradar]

put up some pictures. Can be tough to tell with yearling bucks but not imposable.

 

[grizzly63]

DNA test probably isnt cheap.

 

[Gerald Martin]

It can’t be a yearling if it’s got more than two points.....

 

[rwc101]

Sounds like an episode of Maury.

 

[redwoood]

In this case it's nearly impossible.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

WGI - Wildlife Genetics International - Nelson British Columbia Canada

This is the lab I would try to use. Not sure cost or if they would/can do what your asking. If you find out let us know.

 

[.270Rem]

If that's a two and a half year old buck you tagged, I would be surprised. I have to think you could find a DNA test for it somewhere. Maybe call MDC and see if they would tell you what labs test their evidence.

 

[F250]

Try Therion International in Saratoga, NY 518-584-4300. They have done wildlife DNA work for me in the past.

 

[3855WIN]

Same deer.

 

[Slm864]

I’d recommend going to the nearest deer farm to ask if they had one escape

 

[Big Sky Guy]

If that's a two and a half year old buck you tagged, I would be surprised. I have to think you could find a DNA test for it somewhere. Maybe call MDC and see if they would tell you what labs test their evidence.

He was saying the shed was the yearling shed of the buck he killed. Didn’t say how old the buck he tagged was I don’t think.

 

[antlerradar]

In this case it's nearly impossible.

Forget about all the differences out on mainbeam. Look at the browtine and the burr, If those places are similar there is a good chance it is the same deer.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

I never have, but I have a few sheds that I'd like to see if they came from the same critter.

 

[Corn king 60]

I don’t know the time frame from shed to tagged deer but it’s got to be at least 4 years. that racks not from any 3 1/2 year old deer I’ve ever seen.
if you’re in that area every year or run cameras you would think you would have more history with him over the years.
any deer farms in the area?

 

[Schaaf]

Forget about all the differences out on mainbeam. Look at the browtine and the burr, If those places are similar there is a good chance it is the same deer.

Yep. Burrs tell the story!

 

[redwoood]

He was saying the shed was the yearling shed of the buck he killed. Didn’t say how old the buck he tagged was I don’t think.

Correct. Picked the shed up 2 years ago. The buck aged at 4.5 via lab test.

 

[redwoood]

I don’t know the time frame from shed to tagged deer but it’s got to be at least 4 years. that racks not from any 3 1/2 year old deer I’ve ever seen.
if you’re in that area every year or run cameras you would think you would have more history with him over the years.
any deer farms in the area?

No deer farms. Just amazing genetics. There have been 3- 194 inch plus deer killed(that I know of) within a 2 mile radius of the farm I killed him on in the last 5 years.

Last fall was the first season I had this farm to myself. He showed up in late August. Definitely a wild deer....there were several disappointed hunters when they heard he had been killed.

The deer pretty much winter on this farm every other year due to crop rotation. So I don't have his sheds from last year. Although my knees hurt from looking for them this year. Can't quit thinking about them potentially laying out there somewhere.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

Correct. Picked the shed up 2 years ago. The buck aged at 4.5 via lab test.

You send it to us (Matsons)? Amazed at the size of some of the 4 year olds we’ve aged recently.