Antelope extra horn on nose ?

foundation · Jul 22, 2011

I got this buck a few years ago , and he had a weird little horn on the bridge of his nose . When I capped him I thought I might find some thing like a old injury or some thing weird on the skull , but it all looked normal .

Any body else seen extra little things like this growing some where on a antelope ? Just a guess on my part , but I figured maybe it was like a cow lick or swirl where the hair grew and it formed this growth .

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jsc · Jul 22, 2011

I shot an antelope years ago that also had a horn on the bridge of his nose. It was less pronounced than that picture but I have seen it. The horn on my goat was approximatly an inch long and about a quarter inch in hieght. I also have seen a few goats that we have done the taxidermy on with extra horn growths around the ears and scent glands. I am not sure why it happens.

bucklover · Jul 22, 2011

Got one hanging in my living room that has bone on the nose. Not quite as pronounced as yours, though.

littlejoe · Jul 23, 2011

Have several from WY that have anywhere from 1-3 of them. Interesting and kind of unique. I thought it was weird the first time I saw them as well.

nontypical · Jul 23, 2011

It's actually not all that uncommon.

ElkSniper · Jul 23, 2011

A few years back one of our friends killed a buck with the same thing. A horn growing out if its nose. Talked to a local Taxi and he said that it is a past injury that the buck may of had mainly crossing fences. He said their vision in not very good when a fence wire is in front of them. Its a barbed wire cut that they had in the past.

foundation · Jul 23, 2011

Elksniper that actually does make sense or in any case is a possible reason why that growth is there .

Glad to hear that its not some super rare weird alien growth . LOL .

BuzzH · Jul 24, 2011

I've shot one antelope that had an extra horn behind the main horn one time as well as one last year in New Mexico with a horn growing from the nose.

I dont believe the horn is formed from an injury, but could be wrong about that.

You can see the horn growing from the nose in this photo:

A close up:

seedsman · Jul 24, 2011

This is a buck from 2009 in Wyoming that had a 4 4/8 inch extra from the base of his left horn, he also had a 1/2 inch one started on his right side, and a small one started on the bridge of his nose. The F&G took pictures and said that it was a throw back and that a small % that came through the check station had one of the three but was rare to have all three like this buck.

rkswyo · Jul 25, 2011

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I shot a buck last year that had four horns. There were 2 smaller horns about 2 1/2" long behind the normal horns. I didn't even realize it until I walked up to it. When I caped it out the 2 smallest horns had bone sticking up into them just like normal horns.

Zeke · Jul 26, 2011

I'll be those extra horns add quite a bit to the "gross" score! LOL

Cool looking critters! Thanks all for sharing your cool trophies.

Live and learn. I had no idea it was that common.

Zeke

brhodes916 · Sep 3, 2023

The extra horn is in their DNA from the past. Antelope use to have a horn on their nose and also short spikes behind their horns. Over millions of years the second set of horns went away. But the nose horn still appears on Antelope. Normally, it's just growing on the hide and not attached to the bone.