Typical Whitetail? It hardly seems right to refer to an animal as magnificent and wonderous as a whitetail buck as ... well, typical. Perhaps the category should be called Stupendous Whitetails. Now that's a description that most trophy deer hunters can get into.

The term typical in actuality, refers to what might be deemed normal antler growth. That is, the buck will sport a single right and a single left beam with individual tines projecting upwards from them. Dropped tines, forked tines or any antler growth considered to be abnormal are viewed as non-typical.

There are several factors that affect antler growth. Three of the prime culprits that naturally dictate antler size and shape are genetics, nutrition and animal age.

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